Tag Archives: energy

Clearing the air

(May 19, 2016) Ontario’s Minister of Energy made a number of misleading and inaccurate statements on TVO’s “The Agenda”. 

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Toronto Hydro customers face 18% rate hike in 2016

(April 21, 2016) Power bills for Toronto Hydro’s residential customers are set to increase by 18% in May compared to the same time last year.

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Op-ed: Ontario electricity rates fastest rising in North America

How fast have they risen? Hydro prices in Ontario have gone up three times faster than the price of other goods and services. Continue reading

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Getting Zapped: Ontario power prices increased at fastest rate in North America

(February 22, 2016) A new joint study by the Consumer Policy Institute and Energy Probe shows residential power prices in Ontario have increased at the fastest rate in North America.

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Lawrence Solomon: It’s ‘game over’ for global warming activists

The presidential election season can only add to environmentalists’ funk. Continue reading

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Queen’s Park moves to silence dissent on electricity

(January 4, 2016) A new law would shut down the last arena of independent public review of the billions of dollars in public spending on electricity.

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Ratepayers on the hook for Hydro

(December 23, 2015) Manitoba Hydro is embarking on a record-breaking spending spree that will saddle Manitobans with decades of above-inflation rate increases.

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Top 10 takeaways from auditor general’s report on Ontario’s electricity sector

(December 4, 2015) Ontario’s auditor general blasts the province’s dysfunctional electricity sector.

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The Hydro One sale’s upsides

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

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

(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.

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