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Category Archives: Utility Reform
Municipal utility privatization: putting the public first (speech)
(April 2, 1998) Instead of planning cutbacks and struggling to avoid tax increases, municipalities could be planning to use the funds from a perpetual, income generating endowment and preparing to issue a special dividend payment to taxpayers. Continue reading
Letter on legislative change requirements for natural gas deregulation
(January 25, 1998) The following remarks are in response to your letter of December 19, 1998 about the Ontario Energy Board’s “Advisory Report to the Minister of Energy, Science and Technology on Legislative Change Requirements for Natural Gas Deregulation”. Continue reading
Hydro thorn Energy Probe rooted on the right
(August 23, 1997) When Ontario Hydro’s reactor woes made headlines last week, no one was in more demand than a small Toronto anti-nuclear group called Energy Probe. Continue reading
Energy Probe’s Oral Presentation to the Nuclear Fuel Waste Environmental Assessment Panel, Phase 2 extension
(November 21, 1996) In my last presentation, I addressed the issue of the “burden of proof” for the safety of this concept, and I have since added a few more sentences on the record, based largely on the important contribution of Rod Northey last Monday evening. Continue reading
Update on Consumers Gas meter reading costs
(November 1, 1996) After filing Energy Probe’s meter reading evidence in the Consumers Gas 1997 rates case before the Ontario Energy Board, Consumers Gas agreed, during the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process prior to the hearing, to reduce its 1997 meter reading budget by $500,000 or about 7%. Continue reading
Comparative Review of Meter Reading Costs
(April 1, 1996) AND IN THE MATTER OF an Application by The Consumers’ Gas Company Ltd. for an order or orders approving rates to be charged for the sale, distribution, transmission and storage of gas for its 1997 fiscal year. Continue reading
Risk Methodology and Criteria for a Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility
(March 1, 1996) Part 4 of Energy Probe’s Submission on the Adequacy of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s Environmental Impact Statement on the Concept for Disposal of Canada’s Nuclear Fuel Waste. Submitted to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel. Continue reading
Manitoba public utilities board inquiry into the future role of Central Gas Manitoba
(February 26, 1996) Energy Probe’s Prefiled Evidence in Manitoba Public Utilities Board June 1996 Inquiry into the Future Role of Centra Gas Manitoba Continue reading
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Finishing the job on gas deregulation: separating Gas Merchant and distribution functions
(February 19, 1996) After 10 years of success with deregulation of gas, provincial regulators of gas local distribution companies (LDCs) should finish the job. The road forward is to fully deregulate that which can be competitive. Continue reading
Moving ahead with gas deregulation: separating Gas Merchant and distribution functions
(January 31, 1996) Ontario’s gas local distribution companies (LDCs) and their regulator, which have together done a very good job of serving their customers and the public interest, must make a break with the status quo and embrace further commodity purchase deregulation. Continue reading
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