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Category Archives: Electricity
Parker Gallant: Wind turbines and solar panels bring Ontario energy poverty: Chapter 1
Green sustainable energy is working for Ontario making us all more prosperous.” There are a large number of people in Ontario who would disagree with that statement and they are reflected in the increasing number of people living in “energy poverty”. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, The Deniers
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, energy, environment, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies
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Ontario’s HOEP should become HOPE and GAM become GAS
(May 29, 2014) Those who pay attention to their electricity bills in Ontario will recognize the acronyms “HOEP” and “GAM” as two key components in the makeup of our electricity bills.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables
Tagged electricity, green energy, nuclear costs, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind turbines
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Parker Gallant: Ontario Power Generation: then and now
(March 12, 2014) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on March 7, 2014, released its results for the year ended December 31, 2013, which claims they eked out an after tax profit of $135 million on gross revenue of $4.9 billion. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Biomass is carbon neutral, and the world is flat!
(March 5, 2014) The largest coal generation plant in the UK is transforming itself by converting half of its coal burning generation units into biomass (wood pellets) by 2016.
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Ministry of Energy “Achieving Balance” would be a surprise
(February 18, 2014) As a part of the revised Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP) announced by Minister of Energy, Bob Chiarelli, on December 2, 2013, his ministry released a myriad of other information perhaps meant to either confuse or dazzle the reader. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Environmental Defence blame others for their CRA problems
(February 9, 2014) The CBC in an news item February 6, 2014, announced that the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) had launched an “audit” of some of Canada’s well known environmental charities and included on that list was Environmental Defence (ED).
Parker Gallant: Hydro One, how’s that new billing system working out?
(January 24, 2014) In the spring of 2013, Hydro One launched their new “real time” billing system, allowing them to generate an additional $160 million (reported as an $80 annual cost for a consumer of 800 kWh per month) of … Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Toronto Hydro: Creative accounting baffles Toronto City Council and the OEB
(January 14, 2014) Recently I stumbled upon a 2003 Toronto Hydro bill in my effort to rid the office space of paper piles.
Parker Gallant: Thunder Bay, gored with the Wynne
(November 24, 2013) Seen by the Liberals and Environmental Defence (ED) as a breath taking moment for Ontario, the high priest of Global Warming, Al Gore arrived in Toronto to heap praise on the Premier and the Ontario Liberal Party at an event at MaRS Discovery District on November 21, 2013. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Manitoba, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged Al Gore, Ontario, Ontario Liberals, Parker Gallant, Thunder Bay
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Parker Gallant: Pumped storage equals pumped energy prices
(November 18, 2013) As Hans and Franz of SNL fame used to say, “we want to pump you up,” and that appears to be what Northland Power Inc. want to do with a water-filled abandoned iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario. Continue reading
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