Category Archives: Reforming Ontario’s Electrical Generation Sector

Michigan’s GDP and jobs grow—with a $4.5 billion subsidy (and growing) from Ontario ratepayers

Posted on October 7, 2019 by parkergallant2

(October 6, 2019) How was Michigan able to maintain rate increases below inflation while Ontario’s increases were well above? As it turns out, Michigan is a large purchaser of Ontario’s surplus electricity generation. Continue reading →

September 30, 2019 – just another high-cost electricity day in Ontario

Posted on October 3, 2019 by parkergallant2

If every day was like September 30, 2019, Ontario ratepayers would be paying $2.7 billion for power consumed elsewhere, while operators of FIT generators would be stuffing money in their bank accounts. Continue reading →

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Ontario Power Generation | Leave a comment

Global News: How the province ‘hijacked’ plans for a sustainable green economy

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Other News Sources

Global News has obtained 4,000 pages of internal documents which reveal the government was warned about the potential impact of its renewable energy plan – and how the microFIT program for small scale energy production went out of control. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, consumer policy institute, Green Energy Act, hydro rates, IESO, Ontario energy, Ontario power, OPA | 1 Comment

Hydro rates should not be subsidized. It would be unfair to future generations

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Other News Sources

(May 15, 2018) The province’s Financial Accountability Office estimates that Fair Hydro Plan rebates will save ratepayers $18.4 billion over the next decade, but those savings will ultimately cost future ratepayers $39.4 billion.

Posted in Energy Probe News, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, fair hydro plan, hydro rates, Ontario Energy Board | Leave a comment

Shut the Pickering reactors down

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Other News Sources

Tonight! March 27, 8:30 pm @Green_Beanery – stop by for our new Grounds for Thought discussion. Join Shawn-Patrick Stensil of Greenpeace as he focuses on the Pickering problem and why he wants nuclear power out of Ontario’s energy mix. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Towards Shutdown | Tagged Green Beanery, Greenpeace, Grounds for Thought, Pickering nuclear reactors | Leave a comment

The bad, very bad and very very bad of the Ontario PC energy plan

Posted on November 28, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 28, 2017) The Ontario PC’s energy plan doubles down on a couple of poor policies.

Posted in Costs, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, Darlington Refurbishment Project, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, fair hydro plan, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Pickering | 1 Comment

Key project at Darlington nuclear facility hundreds of millions over budget, delayed

Posted on October 18, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 16, 2017) A Global News investigation has uncovered a single component of the Darlington nuclear project could cost half a billion dollars, four-times initial estimates. Auditors say project “plagued” by problems.

Posted in Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Power, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, Darlington Refurbishment Project, Energy Probe, nuclear costs, nuclear energy, Nuclear Power, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Generation, OPG | 3 Comments

What have you done for me lately? Takeaways from the OEB’s Hydro One decision

Posted on October 10, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 6, 2017 ) The top five takeaways from the Ontario Energy Board’s decision on Hydro One’s transmission rate application.

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

Fair Hydro Plan advertisements: fact check

Posted on September 29, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 29, 2017) The Fair Hydro Plan ads being rolled out by the province contain a number of misleading claims.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, fair hydro plan, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board | Leave a comment

How megaprojects bankrupt public power utilities and leave regulators in the dark: report

Posted on September 6, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

Government-owned power utilities across Canada are pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar megaprojects, while undermining the regulators put in place to protect consumers from such reckless behaviour, according to a new analysis from the Consumer Policy Institute. Continue reading →