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Have you looked at your electricity bill lately?
(Sept. 8) Residents and businesses are being caught off guard by electricity rate hikes, writes Toby Barrett in The Tillsonburg News. Continue reading
Have you looked at your electricity bill lately?
(September 8, 2010) Electricity bills are begining to send shockwaves as ratepayers discuss the latest round of price hikes. Residents and businesses alike are being caught off guard. Continue reading
Hydro prices ‘going up like a rocket’
(August 23, 2010) Electricity prices in Ontario are “going up like a rocker,” fuelled in part by the Ontario government’s Green Energy Act, says a longtime observer of the province’s energy scene. Continue reading
Hot air
(July 8, 2010) Michael Trebilcock reveals the poor performance of wind power during Ontario’s recent heat wave. Continue reading
Pending N.B. report on power deal with Quebec dismissed sight unseen by Tories
HALIFAX, N.S. — A provincially appointed panel will release its opinion Monday on a controversial deal to sell major NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec, but New Brunswick’s Opposition leader is already dismissing its work.
Conservative Leader David Alward maintains the six-person panel appointed last November by Premier Shawn Graham to provide independent advice has been "irrelevant from square one."
He also questions the legitimacy of the panel’s report, which will be presented in Fredericton by chair David Ganong and panel member Louis LaPierre. Continue reading
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Pending N.B. report on power deal with Quebec dismissed sight unseen by Tories
(Jan. 31, 2010) HALIFAX, N.S. — A provincially appointed panel will release its opinion Monday on a controversial deal to sell major NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec, but New Brunswick’s Opposition leader is already dismissing its work. Continue reading
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Clear financial rewards
(Nov. 19, 2009) Power: Profit, savings are the factors influencing P.E.I. and Quebec (in their talks about a possible electrical energy deal), experts say
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Clear financial rewards
Power: Profit, savings are the factors influencing P.E.I. and Quebec(in their talks about a possible electrical energy deal), experts say
HALIFAX – Cheap power and domination of the regional electricity grid.
According to energy experts, those are the two biggest factors influencing Prince Edward Island and Quebec in their talks about a possible energy deal.
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‘A boon for New Brunswick’
(Nov. 13, 2009) Clearwater Seafoods director says proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec would help province retain and attract business. Continue reading
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'A boon for New Brunswick'
Clearwater Seafoods director says proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec would help province retain and attract business.
HALIFAX – One of the region’s top entrepreneurs says the sale of NB Power, combined with recent tax cuts, would be a "boon" for New Brunswick industry.
On Thursday, fisheries magnate John Risley said the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec would help New Brunswick both retain and attract business.
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