Tag Archives: energy

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.

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

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

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

10 things you need to know from Hydro One’s rate application

Posted on March 17, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 17, 2015) Energy Probe breaks down 10 important parts of the OEB’s decision on Hydro One’s distribution rate application.

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

Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 3

Posted on March 6, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 6, 2015) The prior Chapter in this series finished with the disclosure that many affected by “energy poverty” were seniors living on fixed incomes wanting to spend their final years; “aging at home” but rising energy prices were making … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Electricity, Global Cooling, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged energy, green energy, Green Energy Act, natural gas, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies | 4 Comments

Renewable energy not walking the talk on competitiveness

Posted on February 23, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(February 23, 2015) When subsidies are cut, renewable energy investment largely disappears.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Renewable Energy, renewables, subsidies, wind power, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Parker Gallant: WHO’s facts are right!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(September 11, 2014) The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued Fact Sheet No 266, “Climate change and health” and one of the facts they published was this one …

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Clean Coal, Climate Change, Costs, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, energy, green energy, Ontario electricity, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind turbines | 4 Comments

Green energy and Ontario’s surging cost of power

Posted on September 5, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 29, 2014) Hydro bills have increased dramatically since the provincial government introduced its Green Energy Act.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind power | 4 Comments

Parker Gallant: Electricity in Ontario—Premier Wynne’s transparency is opaque

Posted on August 6, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(August 5, 2014) According to the 2012 Yearbook of Electricity Distributors on the OEB’s (Ontario Energy Board) website the total electricity purchased by local distribution companies (LDCs) in Ontario for 2012 was 125.3 terawatts (TWh).