Tag Archives: electricity rates

The Hydro One sale’s upsides

Posted on November 5, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 5, 2015) The sale of Hydro One offers a number of potential benefits to both ratepayers and the province.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Hydro One, hydro one sale, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, privatization | 2 Comments

Debt, subterfuge will cost B.C. Hydro ratepayers

Posted on October 27, 2015 by energyprbe

Why ratepayers in B.C. can expect their electricity rates to go in one direction: up. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Utility Reform | Tagged B.C. Hydro, electricity rates, increasing debt | Leave a comment

A $2.6-billion stimulus for Ontario

Posted on August 12, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 11, 2015) Putting money slated for conservation spending back into the pockets of consumers would give the province’s economy a much-needed boost.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity, electricity rates, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy | 2 Comments

Hydro Ottawa latest distributor to say customers are fine with higher rates

Posted on May 26, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(May 26, 2015) Hydro Ottawa is telling the Ontario Energy Board that its customers support its rate hike proposal.

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

A broken electricity system, not a Hydro One sale, the real risk to ratepayers

Posted on May 20, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(May 20, 2015) Privatizing Hydro One won’t be bad for ratepayers, but a lack of reform in the province’s electricity sector will be.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, privatization | 2 Comments

How utilities are trying to con customers and regulators into higher rates

Posted on May 11, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(May 11, 2015) Ontario’s electricity distributors are doing whatever it takes to hike rates.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: The Chiarelli charade

Posted on May 4, 2015 by parkergallant2013

Reading an April 27 interview in the Almaguin News with Ontario’s Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli, gives one the impression that he resides in a state of mind the rest of Ontario’s residents don’t understand. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Electricity | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, Hydro One, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 3 Comments

Revamped Hydro One will tread line between private, public enterprise

Posted on April 27, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(April 27, 2015) Hydro One Inc. will face private-sector challenges from which it is currently immune when Ontario’s government sheds a 60% stake in the electricity transmission and distribution utility in an IPO.

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

Higher hydro bills to pay for high hydro bills

Posted on March 27, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 27, 2015) Ontario’s Ministry of Energy is hiking hydro bills on all ratepayers in an effort to stop already high hydro bills. Make sense?

Posted in Costs, Electricity, 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, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: IESO’s windy forecasts: more will produce less

Posted on March 26, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 26, 2015) The Independent Electricity System Operator’s quarterly “18 Month Outlook: An Assessment of the Reliability and Operability of the Ontario Electricity System” has this writer a bit rattled.