Tag Archives: energy conservation

Ontario’s conservation program another corporate welfare handout

Posted on August 3, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 3, 2017) Ontario ratepayers will pay $100 million for a conservation program that experts admit is unnecessary.

Posted in Benefits, Conservation, Electricity | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity, electricity rates, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority | Leave a comment

How Ontario’s 1 per cent can do its share to reduce fuel poverty

Posted on August 17, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 17, 2016) Ontario’s wealthiest residents can help lower electricity rates for everyone else.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity rates, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, renewables | Leave a comment

Ontarians paying more to use less electricity, a trend critics say won’t change

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Other News Sources

Consumer hydro rates have risen in Ontario since 2012, while they’ve dipped elsewhere. Continue reading →

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, consumer policy institute, energy conservation, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board | Leave a comment

Ontario’s soaring hydro bills offset conservation efforts and hurt conservers most: study

Posted on October 1, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 1, 2015) Soaring hydro costs are offsetting ratepayer conservation efforts and hurting conservers most, according to a new joint study by the Consumer Policy Institute and Energy Probe.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board | 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.