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Category Archives: Utility Reform
Favoured Ontario plants to get deal on electricity
(January 3, 2001) The Ontario government has granted some of the largest industrial electricity consumers in the province secret cut-rate prices for four years after the market opens for competition later this year, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail. Continue reading
Backgrounder: The unnatural price of natural gas
(January 1, 2001) Every day now, it seems there’s another story about the soaring cost of natural gas. Millions of Canadians who heat their homes with gas are facing a severe case of sticker shock this winter. Each bill seems to be 10, 20, even 50 per cent higher than the last one. Continue reading
Shocking news! Electric bills are going up right now
(December 20, 2000) Hydro rates are goin up. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has approved a 2.6 per cent increase in hydro rates for Enersource Hydro Mississauga custombers to take place immediately. Continue reading
Hydro customers lost in the dark
(December 11, 2000) Deregulation leaves millions of people with no way to know which firm offers the best power deal. Continue reading
Ottawa consumers brace for 17% jump in natural gas bills
(December 8, 2000) Natural gas prices are going through the roof this winter, creating increases of $500 or $600 in the annual bills for many typical households and a $25-billion hit to Canada’s manufacturing industry. Continue reading
Higher hydro rates predicted
(November 14, 2000) Deregulation, debt loads, market forces will see users digging deeper, experts say. The Ontario electricity market, the biggest in the country, is about to be jolted by higher and more volatile power rates, according to industry experts. Continue reading
Hydro billing leaves customers in the dark
(November 10, 2000) Engineer can’t get answer about unbundled bills. Electricity bills are changing with the advent of a competitive market. But customers may not understand the new “unbundled” bills or how the charges are calculated. Paul Kozma, a retired engineer, has gone to great lengths to figure out his Toronto Hydro bill. Continue reading
Playing the hydro waiting game
(October 31, 2000) “Nobody knows what the new price of electricity will be,” said Peter Dyne, who is in charge of the energy committee for the Consumers’ Association of Canada. “So people should wait until the market opens.” Continue reading
Electricity utilities told to phase-in power hikes
(October 2, 2000) The Ontario Energy Board has ruled that electricity rate increases must be phased-in over a three-year period. The regulatory agency said Friday electrical utilities would only be allowed higher increases in special circumstances. Continue reading
Hydro hikes must be phased in, OEB rules
(September 29, 2000) Looming electricity rate increases sought by local utilities must be phased in over a three-year period, the Ontario Energy Board has ruled. Continue reading
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