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Category Archives: Natural Gas
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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Lawrence Solomon: Fantasies about global warming and other delusions will fare poorly in 2015
2015 will see more ethnic groups within today’s cobbled-together countries successfully assert their autonomy, with the greatest changes occurring in the Middle East. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Renewables, Shale Gas, The Deniers
Tagged Climate Change, Fox News, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, predictions, renewables, Shale Oil
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Lawrence Solomon: Russia-China gas deal a good deal for the world
(May 29, 2014) The $400-billion sale of gas by Russia to China serves the West too, helping our economies while lessening geopolitical tensions. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas
Tagged China, Lawrence Solomon, natural gas deal, Russia
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Enbridge household customers catch a break on natural gas bills
(May 22, 2014) After considering the views of individuals and groups, such as Energy Probe, the Ontario Energy Board has announced consumers will now have 27 months to pay back the $655.5 million shortfall accrued by Enbridge Gas Distribution. The Board is also slated to reassess its process of reviewing the cost of natural gas utilities pass on to customers. Continue reading
Legislature’s gas-plants committee a gong show
(April 26, 2014) Digging up important facts becomes secondary to doing, or dodging, political damage. Former Energy Probe executive director, Tom Adams, implored the Queen’s Park committee probing the cancellation of a pair of power plants in Oakville and Mississauga, to cut the bull: “I urge you to pass the baton of sorting out the issues of document destruction to the OPP, the courts and the Information and Privacy Commissioner,” he told them. “My pitch is, do not allow the gas scandal investigation to get waylaid again.” Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas
Tagged gas plant scandal, investigation, Liberals, Queen’s Park
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Lawrence Solomon: America’s LNG exports won’t counter Putin
(March 28, 2014) Europe is prospecting for gas in the wrong place in asking for U.S. LNG. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Liquified Natural Gas, Shale Gas
Tagged Crimea, Lawrence Solomon, LNG, Russia, shale gas, Vladimir Putin
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Lawrence Solomon: Lavish energy lifestyles
(January 9, 2014) With energy becoming abundant, we’ll be heating our sidewalks and bringing back large cars – all part of a new Age of Plenty. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Shale Gas
Tagged energy surpluses, lifestyle changes, OPEC Oil Crisis
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