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Energy rebates withheld
Ontario’s energy regulator is sitting on $570-million in rebates it owes to electricity customers as of the end of October.
While not one cent of that money will end up in the coffers of households across the province, it will help to cushion the blow of higher rates next year.
The surplus arose because Ontario Power Generation, the province’s electricity utility, has collected revenue this year that exceeds the cap imposed by the government.
Ontario, Manitoba may revisit power project
Provinces take first step to send electricity east
A $500-million energy agreement between Manitoba and Ontario could be the first step in reviving a long-shelved $10-billion generation project that would send Manitoba electricity to power-starved Ontario.
Gassing up
| A four-letter word that riles environmentalists, but is all the buzz around power company boardrooms these days, as the cost of cleaner-burning natural gas soars and utilities look to build new power plants to meet customer demand. |
Ontario, Ottawa in Candu finance dispute
The Ontario government’s suggestion that it will consider foreign nuclear companies for the construction of new power plants is a bargaining tactic aimed at getting Ottawa to cover any financial risks of sticking with Candu technology, sources say. Government officials began hinting in the summer that choosing Candu technology from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., a federal Crown corporation, is not a certainty and that reactor designs from countries such as France and the United States will also be explored.
Market shift could help Churchill: Energy Probe
A Toronto-based environmental organization says Ontario’s new-found interest in long-term power contracts could make the development of the lower Churchill River more feasible.
The Energy Probe Research Foundation believes a recent policy shift in Ontario may change the economics of the long-awaited hydro project.
Tom Adams, the executive director of Energy Probe, said the government of Ontario is ready to buy as much power as it can, for as long as it can.
Ontarians told to save energy or face blackouts
The Ontario government is warning people to start conserving energy now or face the possibility of another blackout.
"All we’re asking is conserve like hell," former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman said on Tuesday.
Ontarians are being reminded of the blackout in the summer of 2003. People were told to conserve energy then, but the message may not be sticking.
"I think we did for a while and I think people actually changed their thinking," Ontario Energy Minister Donna Cansfield said.
Ontario keeps cap on industrial power costs
TORONTO (Reuters): Ontario said on Thursday it will shave a tenth of a cent off prices for bulk users of electricity this year, offering relief to a sector hammered by high energy costs and the strong Canadian currency.
Energy Minister Donna Cansfield told a news conference that the province had decided to prolong a cap on energy prices for large industry, and lower the price to 4.6 Canadian cents per kilowatt, from 4.7 cents.
Coal may be in vogue again
Alberta’s Energy Minister Greg Melchin believes coal, whether we like it or not, is poised to become the most important fuel in Canada’s future.
And he’s not reluctant to say that in Ontario, where the government has vowed to shut all coal-fired plants by 2009. And where the Ministry of Energy estimates nearly 700 people a year die from pollution caused by coal plants, and where more than 300,000 suffer illnesses.
Ontario cannot afford to give up coal
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty long ago admitted his promise to shut down all of Ontario’s smog-producing coal-generated electricity by 2007 was impossible.
Ontario was already staring at a future supply shortage when he became premier and prices for that tenuous supply continue to be artificially suppressed by provincial subsidies. Where on earth would McGuinty find a new energy supply cheaply and quickly?
Energy policy in Ontario
Ontario Energy Association
Breakfast Series"Energy Policy in Ontario:
Some Perspectives on the Road Ahead"
Debate between:
Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance
And
Tom Adams, Energy Probe
(Opening statement presentation notes)
Tom Adams, Energy Probe
March 8, 2006
Tom Adams, Energy Probe
The presentation given by Tom Adams to the Ontario Energy Association Breakfast Series follows below:
Energy Probe 