Category Archives: Benefits and Risks

Ottawa is committing suicide

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Lawrence Solomon

(June 24, 2022) Will Ottawa be the first capital city to die a woke death?

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels | Tagged Enbridge, Energy Evolution plan, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario Energy Board, Ottawa City Council, Patricia Adams | 2 Comments

All that glitters isn’t green. Or renewable.

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Other News Sources

(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 →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Clean Coal, Climate Change, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Renewables | Tagged Andrew Roman, energy security, environmental protection, fossil fuels, greenwashing, renewables | 1 Comment

Wind turbines – clearly not needed

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Other News Sources

(October 30, 2019) Energy blogger Parker Gallant looks at a day of wind in October and finds that just one day provides a good example of what wind turbines do on spring and fall days. While ratepayers take a beating, the president of CanWEA talks up wind’s reliability and low-cost! Continue reading →

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Costs, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Parker Gallant | 2 Comments

The bad, very bad and very very bad of the NDP’s hydro fix

Posted on March 13, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 4, 2017) A plan by Ontario’s NDP to fix the province’s hydro crisis will only make matters worse.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Conservation, Costs, Renewables | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Hydro One, nuclear costs, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 3

Posted on March 6, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(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 | 4 Comments

Toronto Hydro’s ratepayers pay dearly for electing GTA Liberals

Posted on December 14, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(December 14, 2014) Anyone aware of the fallout from the Auditor General, Bonnie Lysyk’s report on “smart meters” knows Ontario’s Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli, challenged her report suggesting the energy sector was hard to understand because it is so “complex”!

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, green energy, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant | 5 Comments

Parker Gallant: WHO’s facts are right!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(September 11, 2014) The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued Fact Sheet No 266, “Climate change and health” and one of the facts they published was this one …