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Category Archives: Utility Reform
Parker Gallant and Scott Luft: Michigan and New York’s best friend–Ontario
(September 18, 2013) The press releases flowing from the Ministry of Energy’s offices have been many over the past several years and claim a variety of wonderful things despite the mundane attributes of the electricity sector. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Bright Ideas from Toronto Hydro discloses they failed math
(September 13, 2013) For the approximately 700,000 customers of Toronto Hydro who have either received or are about to receive their latest hydro bill they should pay attention to the brochure enclosed with the bill, titled, “bright ideas” and the subheading: “Electricity rates are rising. We want you to know why.” Continue reading
Listen to Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin on CBC Radio
(August 14, 2013) The 2003 Blackout ten years after — what have we learned from that experience and are we better off now? Continue reading
The big Ontario power-plant question
(Dec. 3, 2012) Will the Liberals ever explain their botched site-selection process? Continue reading
Listen to Energy Probe on Green Majority
(August 21, 2012) Energy Probe’s Director of Research, Norman Rubin, joined a roundtable on nuclear energy in Canada hosted by the environmental news radio program ‘Green Majority’ (CIUT FM 89.5), which you can listen to in full at the link supplied. Continue reading
Another wind protest
(April 3, 2012) Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon presented at the third annual Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum today on wind turbine development. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Toronto Hydro — exaggerated hype or sophisticated spin
(Monday, March 12) “The aggregate total of incentive payments to the top five active executives in the five years ending 2010 was $2.9 million!” That sentence caught my eye in an article that appeared in the January 27, 2012 Toronto Star. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: The Ontario Power Authority – helping to create the rural urban divide
(February 24, 2012) Where you live in Ontario will have a bearing on what constitutes a “green” energy project by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) under their program(s) and what they will pay per kilowatt hour (kWh) – as the town of Bancroft discovered. Continue reading
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Energy consultant cautions against capital spending cuts for NSP
(February 14, 2012) Former Energy Probe director says systems upgrades necessary to ensure power service reliability. Continue reading
Posted in Nova Scotia
Tagged Business, Energy Probe, Nelson Blackburn, nsp, review board, small business advocate, Tom Adams, utility
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Hydro Ottawa told to cut costs
Ontario Energy Board also directs utility to scrap flat fee for smart meters. Meanwhile, interveners — including Energy Probe and the Consumers Council of Canada — argues Hydro Ottawa dramatically overstated its 2012 expenses, and maintains they could readily be reduced by $5 million or more. Continue reading
Posted in Utility Reform
Tagged Energy Probe, Hydro Ottawa, OEB, Ontario Energy Board, smart meters
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