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Financial Update on Ontario Electricity Financial
(September 9, 2002) Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (OEFC), the legal continuation of Ontario Hydro, released its 2001-2002 financial results on Aug. 29, two months behind the schedule required by law, but a marked improvement over its first two years of operations – which commenced with the breakup of Ontario Hydro in April 1999. Continue reading
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Clear away barriers for smart electricity meters
(July 8, 2002) Kudos to the Star for speaking up in favour of more intelligent electricity meters. Smart meters capable of keeping up with continuously changing spot prices are the front line of customer protection in Ontario’s new electricity market. Continue reading
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Zoned hydro rates proposed for Ontario
(June 27, 2002) Ontario consumers would pay different power prices across the province in a zoned rate system being considered for the new electricity market. Continue reading
Unfettered electricity markets fuel cynics in Alberta
(June 6, 2002) Calgary — Alberta businessman John Davies has spent a year and a half on the deregulation roller coaster, and he’s now tired of the ride. Continue reading
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Bidding opens for Ontario electricity
(April 30, 2002) Toronto — Ontario’s electricity market opens for trading tommorow morning, but the drama begins today for Dave Goulding, who heads the Independent Electricity Marketing Organization (IMO). Continue reading
Electricity Metering Part II
(April 12, 2002) Paralleling the approach adopted in the Distribution System Code, a public interest group in Australia called the Public Interest Advocacy Centre argued in a report issued in May 2000 that customers without interval meters should not have to make any contribution to the cost of metering improvements. Continue reading
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Electricity Metering Options for Ordinary Consumers in Competitive Electricity Markets
(April 12, 2002) In Canada, the United States and many other jurisdictions around the world electricity markets are changing. Liberalization, including commodity price deregulation and customer choice, already exists in one Canadian jurisdiction, is imminent in another and under active consideration in several more. Continue reading
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Direct Energy, NDP leader clash over quotes
(April 5, 2002) Sales agents from Direct Energy Marketing Ltd., one of many firms aiming to capitalize on electricity deregulation in Ontario, are using quotes from Howard Hampton – one of deregulation’s fiercest opponents — to lure new customers. Continue reading
Hidden hydro tax skewers $137 million ‘windfall’
(April 2, 2002) Hamilton electricity customers will pay what amounts to a hidden hydro tax for years to come to give city council $137 million to play with now. Continue reading
Toronto’s out-of-sight hydro kitty
(March 30, 2002) What’s a billion? Toronto City Council doesn’t seem to care. Just before they launded into an acrimonious budget debate earlier this month, Toronto city councillors had close to $1 billion dumped in their laps. With one exception, they ignored it. Continue reading
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