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Category Archives: Power Generation in Ontario
Zap! Your hydro bill’s going up
(Sept. 23) Ontario’s already higher hydro bills will double or triple within the next couple of years unless the McGuinty government stops overpaying for wind and solar and rethinks its pledge to abandon cheap, efficient coal plants, says Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Are you frying your eggs at 4 a.m. yet?
(Sept. 18) Instead of retooling the technology, retool the people. Continue reading
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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
Bumpy year for ‘boring’ Big Becky
(January 10, 2009) Underground hazards slow $30 million drill’s hydroelectric mission. Continue reading
Ontario’s Energy Crunch
(April 2, 2008) Good morning. I have some good news for you this morning. The good news is that Ontario has an easy and painless way out of the energy fix that we’re in. I have some bad news for you, too. Our government doesn’t know it, and, I am certain, neither do most of you in this room. Continue reading
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Natural gas firms crave the spotlight
(April 1, 2008) With all the talk of building new nuclear power plants and expanding the use of renewable power and conservation programs in the province, the natural gas sector is looking for a little love these days. Continue reading
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Salaries for Hydro One and OPG bosses were out of control, a critic maintains
(April 29, 2004) Toronto: Executive salaries escalated to millions of dollars at Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One between 1999 and 2003, and that shows the government has to take control, an energy critic says. Continue reading
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