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Category Archives: Natural Gas
Media misleads the public on wind and solar power: report
A survey found that Americans want a big power grid and more cheap, clean energy. Wind and solar power, however, are neither cheap nor clean.
Measuring Canadian energy subsidies
(August 17, 2023) Controversies over the development of estimates for energy subsidies in Canada has impeded subsidy reform and elimination. A new report from the Fraser Institute looks at the extent of those controversies and the difficulties that have developed … Continue reading
The impossible green dream
(July 12, 2022) Instead of refurbishing an old and deteriorating natural gas pipeline that has served Ottawa for 65 years, Ottawa is investing instead in a fantasy strategy it calls its Energy Evolution plan. Unfortunately, Ottawa is not alone in … Continue reading
All that glitters isn’t green. Or renewable.
(February 3, 2022) “Green” is used as a political obedience button. We are expected to agree, without closely examining proposed laws and policies. After all, how could it be bad if it’s green? We are not expected to ask “green in … Continue reading
USMCA could kill Canadian retailers. Here’s how to save them (without handouts)
Under the new trade deal, shopping in Canada will often be too pricey to compete. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Natural Gas, Toll Roads, Transportation
Tagged Canadian retail industry, toll roads, USMCA
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Lawrence Solomon: Theresa May may become one of the most radical western leaders of the century
Under May, NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) becomes PIMBY (Please In My Back Yard). Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Shale Gas
Tagged Lawrence Solomon, NIMBY, PIMBY, shale gas, Theresa May, United Kingdom, Western Europe
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Ontario’s residential energy bills will continue to march higher
Provincial policies will push Ontario’s gas and hydro bills higher in the coming years. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged consumer policy institute, energy prices, Energy Probe, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board
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Ontario climate change plan could spike hydro, natural gas rates
(May 17, 2016) $7-billion plan seeks to phase out natural gas.
Ontario’s push for uneconomic natural gas expansion will increase bills
(July 2, 2015) A move to expand the province’s natural gas system will result in higher bills for current and future customers.
Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 3
(March 6, 2015) The prior Chapter in this series finished with the disclosure that many affected by “energy poverty” were seniors living on fixed incomes wanting to spend their final years; “aging at home” but rising energy prices were making … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Electricity, Global Cooling, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged energy, green energy, Green Energy Act, natural gas, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies
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