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Category Archives: Natural Gas
Toronto gas customers still footing the bill for Ottawa homes
Toronto folks in dense, cheap-to-serve spots quietly chip in extra to cover the longer pipes and higher expenses for farther-out areas like Ottawa.
Posted in Costs, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas
Tagged Enbridge, energy bills, Energy Probe, flat-rate, OEB, subsidies
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Does stupidity reign supreme amongst those managing our electricity system?
Pragmatism in bad weather is not on the IESO’s agenda under Lesley Gallinger.
Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Utility Reform
Tagged affordability, climate, climate cult, electricity, Global Warming, IESO, Lesley Gallinger, Parker Gallant
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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.
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