(November 14, 2017) Political leaders are determined to bury the risk of pet megaprojects. Continue reading
(November 9, 2017) The price consumers pay for power is now a political decision, rather than an economic one. Continue reading
(October 20, 2017) This week it was Australia’s turn to desert the cause, when it rejected its Clean Energy Target.
(October 18, 2017) Ontario’s Auditor General said the Fair Hydro Plan raises rates in the long-run, contravenes the province’s accounting standards and further erodes the independence of the Ontario Energy Board. Continue reading
(October 16, 2017) A Global News investigation has uncovered a single component of the Darlington nuclear project could cost half a billion dollars, four-times initial estimates. Auditors say project “plagued” by problems. Continue reading
(October 6, 2017 ) The top five takeaways from the Ontario Energy Board’s decision on Hydro One’s transmission rate application. Continue reading
(October 6, 2017) Electric vehicles are for city folk. For most rural residents, their role is to give, give, give.
(October 2, 2017) Nalcor’s Muskrat Falls hydro project will cost more than double original estimates, is years behind schedule and will impose triple-digit rate increases on electricity customers when it starts producing power. Continue reading
(October 2, 2017) Government-owned utilities have a costly, longstanding habit they can’t seem to kick: megaprojects. Continue reading
(October 2, 2017) The Site C dam exhibits many of the same traits afflicting other megaprojects: an undermining of the regulatory system, accounting tricks that mask the real cost of the project and an explicit guarantee of a taxpayer bailout.
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