Category Archives: Conservation

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.

Posted in Costs, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Manitoba | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, manitoba hydro | Leave a comment

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

Top 10 takeaways from auditor general’s report on Ontario’s electricity sector

Posted on December 4, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(December 4, 2015) Ontario’s auditor general blasts the province’s dysfunctional electricity sector.

Posted in Conservation, Costs, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy | 4 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.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Electricity | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, Hydro One, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 3 Comments

Higher hydro bills to pay for high hydro bills

Posted on March 27, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 27, 2015) Ontario’s Ministry of Energy is hiking hydro bills on all ratepayers in an effort to stop already high hydro bills. Make sense?

Posted in Costs, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Hydro One, blessed by the Ontario Energy Board

Posted on March 13, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 12, 2015) Wow, another great day for Hydro One and another chance to sock it to Ontario’s ratepayers. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) issued their ruling late today (March 12, 2015) on the Hydro One rate application and pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 1 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

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 2

Posted on March 4, 2015 by parkergallant2013

As noted in Chapter 1, finding information on “energy poverty” in Ontario is both time consuming and frustrating as there is no central collection point. Continue reading →