Category Archives: Reforming Ontario’s Local Electrical Distribution Sector

Parker Gallant: Toronto Hydro — exaggerated hype or sophisticated spin

Posted on March 11, 2012 by parkergallant2

(Monday, March 12) “The aggregate total of incentive payments to the top five active executives in the five years ending 2010 was $2.9 million!” That sentence caught my eye in an article that appeared in the January 27, 2012 Toronto Star. Continue reading →

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Ontario ratepayers subsidize taxpayers

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Other News Sources

(November 15, 2011) Ontario ratepayers are helping to hold down municipal taxes and the provincial debt, says Energy Probe director Parker Gallant. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: Hydro One’s free pass

Posted on August 17, 2011 by energyprbe

(August 17, 2011) Hydro One’s financial statements are out, yet despite all of the media attention about the electricity sector in Ontario, the financial results of the publicly owned power utilities attract no attention. Odd, since they are the instruments that the government uses to execute its controversial policies under the Green Energy Act. Continue reading →

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Hydro One: Time to break it up

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 23, 2011) In November 2003 the C. D. Howe Institute released a report entitled “What will Keep the Lights on in Ontario: Responses to a Policy Short-Circuit”. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: The Huff & Puff of Wind Power in Ontario

Posted on January 12, 2011 by energyprbe

(Jan. 12, 2011) Parker Gallant looks at Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan and its vision for renewable energy in the province. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Ontario’s odious obligations

Posted on December 18, 2010 by energyprbe

(Dec. 18, 2010) Could Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s green-energy contracts be reversed? Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: Open letter to Minister of Energy Brad Duguid

Posted on December 2, 2010 by energyprbe

(Dec. 02, 2010) Parker Gallant asks Ontario’s Minister of Energy, Brad Duguid, if he would be willing to openly debate the merits of the province’s Long Term Energy Plan. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: An $87-billion grave

Posted on November 27, 2010 by energyprbe

(Nov. 27, 2010) Ontario’s plan to pour colossal amounts of money into nuclear, wind and solar could bury the province. Continue reading →

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Green goals, bigger bills

Posted on November 26, 2010 by energyprbe

(Nov. 26, 2010) Former executive director of Energy Probe Tom Adams tells the Toronto Star that the Green Energy Act is politicizing energy in Ontario and placing utility regulation in the hands of a cabinet that rules by directives. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Ontario’s powerful sleight of hand

Posted on November 20, 2010 by energyprbe

(Nov. 20, 2010) McGuinty government is the biggest winner from the recent introduction of the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit. Continue reading →

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