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Lawrence Solomon, Executive Director of Energy Probe, will present "Global Warming: The Science Is Not Settled"
(September 30, 2010) Dept. of FARE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT DEPARTMENT of FOOD, AGRICULTURAL and RESOURCE ECONOMICS ” GLOBAL WARMING: THE SCIENCE IS NOT SETTLED. Continue reading
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Zap! Your hydro bill's going up
The Ontario Energy Board thinks you’re not paying enough for hydro so it’s yanking another $60 out of your wallet.
Ontario hydro ratepayers — already hammered by the HST, time-of-use pricing and rate hikes — will pay an added $240 million a year, the Ontario NDP says.
Officials at the provincial crown agency — whose salaries are paid for through hydro bills — decided earlier this year that utilities should be able to boost their rate of return to 9.85% from 8.39%.
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A Liberal power surge: Blizzard
Many Ontarians can’t keep paying these ever-escalating fuel bills
The two biggest issues in next year’s election will be the HST and the price of electricity.
As consumers open their hydro bills this month, they’re getting sticker shock from the extra 8% the HST has added.
Last week, both Opposition parties were hammering at the Liberals for other sneaky costs that have been quietly added to their already ballooning bills.
Andrea Horwath and the New Democrats were especially effective.
Horizon seeks hefty hike
Electricity in Hamilton and St. Catharines is about to get more expensive.
Horizon Utilities, which distributes power in the two cities, is asking the provincial regulator to increase the distribution charge for power by almost 12 per cent effective January. And the utility says there will need to more increases in the future.
At the same time, provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath has started a campaign to cut bills by getting the provincial government to remove its portion of the new Harmonized Sales Tax.
Waterloo seeks hydro bill hike
(September 29, 2010) WATERLOO — Electric bills in Waterloo, already the highest in the region, are poised to rise higher. City council’s electric utility is seeking to hike its delivery charge 18.5 per cent next May, in part to continue pouring millions in profits into city coffers. Continue reading
A Liberal power surge: Blizzard
The two biggest issues in next year’s election will be the HST and the price of electricity.
As consumers open their hydro bills this month, they’re getting sticker shock from the extra 8% the HST has added.
Last week, both Opposition parties were hammering at the Liberals for other sneaky costs that have been quietly added to their already ballooning bills.
Andrea Horwath and the New Democrats were especially effective.
Horizon seeks hefty hike
Horizon Utilities, which distributes power in the two cities, is asking the provincial regulator to increase the distribution charge for power by almost 12 per cent effective January. And the utility says there will need to more increases in the future.
At the same time, provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath has started a campaign to cut bills by getting the provincial government to remove its portion of the new Harmonized Sales Tax.
Zap! Your hydro bill's going up
The Ontario Energy Board thinks you’re not paying enough for hydro so it’s yanking another $60 out of your wallet.
Ontario hydro ratepayers — already hammered by the HST, time-of-use pricing and rate hikes — will pay an added $240 million a year, the Ontario NDP says.
Officials at the provincial crown agency — whose salaries are paid for through hydro bills — decided earlier this year that utilities should be able to boost their rate of return to 9.85% from 8.39%.
Radiation’s benefits
(September 25, 2010) Will a gamma ray a day keep the doctor away? A new book says low-level radiation may prevent cancer. Continue reading
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Are you frying your eggs at 4 a.m. yet?
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is under fire for forcing smart meters onto the province’s electricity customers.
The meters make no economic sense for consumers, critics point out, costing consumers far more than can ever be offset through lower power bills.
The meters, in fact, make perfect sense when understood from Mr. McGuinty’s viewpoint, despite a total price tag estimated to run as high as $10-billion.
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