Category Archives: Conservation

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 →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables | Tagged energy poverty, Low-income Energy Assistance Program LEAP, Ontario, Parker Gallant | 1 Comment

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 1

Posted on March 1, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 1, 2015) The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) annually puts out a consumer chart with the questions/issues most often asked about.

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, Global Warming, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, subsidies | 8 Comments

Parker Gallant: Liberal gas plant report: keep moving folks, nothing to see here!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(February 22, 2015) MPP Shafiq Oaadri, Chair, of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy presented the “Liberal” member’s perspective to the Legislature on “The Cancellation and Relocation of the Gas Plants and Document Retention Issues” several days ago.

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, green energy, natural gas, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind turbines | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Fantasies about global warming and other delusions will fare poorly in 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lawrence Solomon

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 →

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“Don’t subsidize us,” big business asks Ontario Energy Board

Posted on January 9, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(January 9, 2015) Ontario’s biggest users of natural gas told the Ontario Energy Board they don’t need subsidies to take conservation seriously.

Posted in Benefits, Conservation | Tagged Brady Yauch, Energy Probe, gas conservation, natural gas, OEB, Ontario Energy Board | Leave a comment

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

Costing ratepayers $243 million maximizes values for Premier Wynne

Posted on November 17, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(November 16, 2014) Both Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Hydro One announced their third quarter results last week within a day of each other and the news was mixed.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 1 Comment

Parker Gallant: Consume less. No, no; consume more!

Posted on October 14, 2014 by parkergallant2013

The Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) 2014 “conservation” budget at $483 million is presumably based on directions from the Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, Global Warming, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power | 1 Comment

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 …

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Clean Coal, Climate Change, Costs, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, energy, green energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind turbines | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Electricity in Ontario—Premier Wynne’s transparency is opaque

Posted on August 6, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(August 5, 2014) According to the 2012 Yearbook of Electricity Distributors on the OEB’s (Ontario Energy Board) website the total electricity purchased by local distribution companies (LDCs) in Ontario for 2012 was 125.3 terawatts (TWh).