Category Archives: Utility Reform

Parker Gallant: Hydro One, blessed by the Ontario Energy Board

Posted on March 13, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 12, 2015) Wow, another great day for Hydro One and another chance to sock it to Ontario’s ratepayers. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) issued their ruling late today (March 12, 2015) on the Hydro One rate application and pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 1 Comment

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 3

Posted on March 6, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 6, 2015) The prior Chapter in this series finished with the disclosure that many affected by “energy poverty” were seniors living on fixed incomes wanting to spend their final years; “aging at home” but rising energy prices were making … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Electricity, Global Cooling, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged energy, green energy, Green Energy Act, natural gas, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 1

Posted on March 1, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 1, 2015) The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) annually puts out a consumer chart with the questions/issues most often asked about.

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, Global Warming, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, subsidies | 8 Comments

Parker Gallant: Liberal gas plant report: keep moving folks, nothing to see here!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(February 22, 2015) MPP Shafiq Oaadri, Chair, of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy presented the “Liberal” member’s perspective to the Legislature on “The Cancellation and Relocation of the Gas Plants and Document Retention Issues” several days ago.

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, green energy, natural gas, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind turbines | 1 Comment

Toronto Hydro’s ratepayers pay dearly for electing GTA Liberals

Posted on December 14, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(December 14, 2014) Anyone aware of the fallout from the Auditor General, Bonnie Lysyk’s report on “smart meters” knows Ontario’s Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli, challenged her report suggesting the energy sector was hard to understand because it is so “complex”!

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, green energy, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant | 5 Comments

Ontario’s Auditor General lays into Ministry of Energy

Posted on December 10, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(December 12, 2014) A new report from Ontario’s Auditor General sharply criticizes a number of policies in the province’s electricity sector.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, Energy Probe, global adjustment, green energy, Ontario Auditor General, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy | 2 Comments

90% of Ontario’s wind subsidies benefit a select few multinationals: study

Posted on November 25, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 25, 2014) Subsidies given to Ontario’s wind farm owners largely benefit a select few multinational corporations, a new Energy Probe study shows.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, industrial wind turbines, Ontario energy policies, Ontario Feed-in-Tariff, Ontario Wind Power, Wind Concerns Ontario, wind energy | 3 Comments

Costing ratepayers $243 million maximizes values for Premier Wynne

Posted on November 17, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(November 16, 2014) Both Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Hydro One announced their third quarter results last week within a day of each other and the news was mixed.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 1 Comment

OEB stops $15 million cash grab by OPA

Posted on November 14, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 14, 2014) The Ontario Energy Board just saved $15 million for fee payers.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, Energy Probe, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: Consume less. No, no; consume more!

Posted on October 14, 2014 by parkergallant2013

The Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) 2014 “conservation” budget at $483 million is presumably based on directions from the Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli. Continue reading →