Category Archives: Electricity

Ontario’s conservation program another corporate welfare handout

Posted on August 3, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 3, 2017) Ontario ratepayers will pay $100 million for a conservation program that experts admit is unnecessary.

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How Queen’s Park broke Ontario’s provincial electricity sector

Posted on April 12, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(April 12, 2017) Political meddling has undermined the province’s electricity sector.

Posted in Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy | Leave a comment

This time is different: OPG says its megaproject not like the others

Posted on October 13, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 11, 2016) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is confident that its new megaproject will do the impossible: come in on time and on budget.

Posted in Electricity, Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, Darlington, electricity, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario energy, Ontario Power Generation, OPG | 3 Comments

Ontario won’t be able to reduce soaring hydro costs anytime soon, say experts

Posted on September 9, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 9, 2016) Don’t expect any quick fixes for Ontario’s soaring hydro rates.

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How Ontario’s 1 per cent can do its share to reduce fuel poverty

Posted on August 17, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 17, 2016) Ontario’s wealthiest residents can help lower electricity rates for everyone else.

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Ratepayers on the hook for Hydro

Posted on December 23, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(December 23, 2015) Manitoba Hydro is embarking on a record-breaking spending spree that will saddle Manitobans with decades of above-inflation rate increases.

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5 reasons to oppose Ontario’s cap and trade proposal

Posted on December 11, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(December 11, 2015) Our letter to Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on why a cap and trade program is a poor idea.

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, cap and trade, carbon credits, Climate Change, electricity, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, renewables | 7 Comments

Ontario’s soaring hydro bills offset conservation efforts and hurt conservers most: study

Posted on October 1, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 1, 2015) Soaring hydro costs are offsetting ratepayer conservation efforts and hurting conservers most, according to a new joint study by the Consumer Policy Institute and Energy Probe.

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A broken electricity system, not a Hydro One sale, the real risk to ratepayers

Posted on May 20, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(May 20, 2015) Privatizing Hydro One won’t be bad for ratepayers, but a lack of reform in the province’s electricity sector will be.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, privatization | 2 Comments

Parker Gallant: The Chiarelli charade

Posted on May 4, 2015 by parkergallant2013

Reading an April 27 interview in the Almaguin News with Ontario’s Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli, gives one the impression that he resides in a state of mind the rest of Ontario’s residents don’t understand. Continue reading →