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Ont. power rates drop slightly
The cost of electricity for the average Ontario household will fall by $6.60 to $55 per month beginning in November, but that’s still more than consumers were paying last winter.
Hydro costs expected to be lower this winter
Warming up by the electric heater will cost you a little less this winter, but don’t get too cosy.
Residential electricity consumers who aren’t on fixed-price plans will see rates fall nearly 6 per cent next month to reflect the lower cost of supplying power and a milder summer, according to the Ontario Energy Board.
The reduction means a saving of $6.60 for average consumers, based on a monthly consumption of 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Delivery charges are unaffected.
Re-wiring Ontario
A natural gas plant here. New nuclear reactors there. Massive wind farms in northern Ontario. Surplus hydroelectric power from projects in Manitoba and Labrador.
Who says Ontario is facing an electricity shortage?
On top of conservation efforts aimed at reducing how much electricity we all consume, the reality is there are plenty of opportunities – some cleaner than others – to generate the power this province needs over the next two decades. Even, it should be noted, with the shutdown of all coal-fired plants.
Skeptics incensed about 'bogus' Ontario energy report
Ontario’s chief conservation officer says electricity consumption is down in the province because citizens are keen to conserve, but skeptics say plant closures in the faltering manufacturing and forestry sectors are a more likely explanation.
Conservation chief Peter Love issued his annual reporter Wednesday that showed overall electricity consumption declined by 1.5 per cent between January and August compared to the same period last year after differences in weather were factored in. Consumption per capita fell by 2.5 per cent over the same period.
Coal plant extensions harm public health: Energy Probe
An energy watchdog is criticizing Ontario for pushing back the closing dates for the province’s coal-fired power-generation plants, saying political manoeuvring is harming the public’s health.
The criticism comes in response to news that the province is unlikely to close coal-fired plants until 2014, seven years past the original closing date promised by the Ontario Liberals.
Cameco anticipates boom in uranium demand from China
Cameco Corp. says it is laying the groundwork for an expected boom in uranium demand from China, as the Chinese and Canadian governments pursue talks that would facilitate Canadian exports to the nuclear weapons state.
But Canada is lagging Australia, its main competitor in the uranium exporting business, which signed a deal earlier this year with its Asian neighbour that will allow for exports and for Chinese investment in uranium mining there.
Ont. hydro companies to be on tighter leash after CEO's resignation: premier
Ontario’s hydro companies will be kept on a tighter leash now that the province is on the hook for $3 million in severance for the chief executive of transmission giant Hydro One, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
The province will be keeping a close eye on the Hydro One board to ensure executive salaries and expenses are kept under control in the wake of a scathing report by Ontario’s auditor general, McGuinty said.
Nukes, oil mix
Natural Resources minister says Alberta oilsands will soon be nuclear-powered
Nuclear power in the oilpatch is just a matter of time, according to Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Speaking to Sun Media from Victoria yesterday, Lunn said he’s very keen to see a new partnership between Crown corporation Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and a private Alberta company to build a Candu-reactor to power oilsands extraction.
Ont. calls for east-west power grid
If the federal government is serious about reducing greenhouse gases, it should put money into an east-west electricity grid that will reduce reliance on coal-fired power in Ontario and spur economic development in other provinces, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said Tuesday.
Grit eco-boast rejected as hot air
Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan is boasting about lowering coal-plant emissions even as he refuses to install more of the pollution control devices that contributed to the cleaner air, one energy expert says.
Duncan announced yesterday that greenhouse-gas emissions from Ontario’s coal-fired generation stations have dropped by 29 per cent since his Liberal government took office in 2003, bringing emissions below 1990 levels.
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