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Electricity 'deals' deceiving
Read the fine print.
That’s the message from a consumer advocate and local utility manager as dozens of new power sellers market long-term contracts now before the electricity market opens to competition next spring.
Bruce deal 'a giveaway,' NDP says
The Ontario government has given British Energy PLC the ability to make exorbitant profits from the Bruce nuclear power station without taking on any risks, New Democratic Party Leader Howard Hampton charged in the legislature yesterday.
"For a $7.7-billion asset, British Energy is only going to pay rental fees of $16-million a year. What a giveaway," Mr. Hampton said, citing a report yesterday in the Globe and Mail based on documents obtained using the province’s freedom-of-information law.
Ontario power union head turns privatization choirboy
Not so long ago, John Murphy was president of the 15,000-member Power Workers Union of Ontario (PWU), a foe of privatized energy services and a supporter of the NDP. But the one-time staunch unionist surprised friends and foes alike last May when he quit that position to accept the job of executive vice-president for human resources at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the major generator of electricity in the province in the new deregulated, post-Ontario Hydro era. Continue reading
California Daze
November 13, 2001
California’s continuing electricity nightmare
By Tom Adams, Energy Probe Continue reading
Power giant's best bet
Letters Editor
The Globe and Mail
Re: "Not-for profit Hydro One best path for power giant," November 20, 2001.
Hydro One's future
Hon. Jim Wilson MPP
Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
4th floor Hearst Block
Toronto, ON
M7A 2E1
Re: Hydro One’s Future
Dear Minister Wilson,
Energy Probe opposes converting Hydro One into a non-profit co-op controlled by political appointees.
Energy competition prompts end to all price controls
All price controls on Britain’s household electricity and gas sales were lifted on Monday by Callum McCarthy, energy industry regulator.
The move represents a decisive step in the liberalisation of Britain’s energy markets, which began 15 years ago when the gas industry was privatised. Few people then expected that consumers would be able to move freely between suppliers, which would compete against each other on price and service.
It's amazing anyone backs loony Hydro One idea
As press releases go, it was one of the duller offerings. Hydro One, Ontario’s electricity transmission company, and Hydro-Québec revealed plans this week to sink a line under Lake Erie.
Imagine a huge extension cord carrying power from Canada to the U.S. Northeast.
$10B power giant up for sale
Energy giant Hydro One is to be sold off in the largest privatization in Canadian history.
And Ontario is to announce next week the date in 2002 that the province’s $10-billion-a-year electricity market will be opened up to competition.
Premier Mike Harris yesterday rejected suggestions the two moves will translate into stiff price increases, but critics warned consumers can expect electricity rates to soar as they did in Alberta and California when electricity markets in those jurisdictions were privatized.
Electricity revamp will work
Re Harris irresponsible to deregulate hydro
Dec. 20.
In arguing against restructuring Ontario’s power system, the Star opines: "It isn’t as if Ontario is experiencing an electricity crisis."
The Star might remember that, in 1997, Ontario Hydro announced that it was unable to meet the financial requirements of our governing electricity legislation, effectively declaring the public sector equivalent of bankruptcy.
Energy Probe 