Tag Archives: Green Energy Act

Clearing the air

Posted on May 19, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

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

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 still coddling the top 1% with power freebees

Posted on September 17, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 17, 2015) Big Business is still the biggest beneficiary of Ontario’s generous renewable energy subsidies.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy, renewables, wind power, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Queen’s Park further weakens OEB oversight

Posted on June 3, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(June 3, 2015) Queen’s Park is, once again, undermining the Ontario’s energy regulator.

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

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.

Posted in Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity rates, Green Energy Act, Parker Gallant | 3 Comments

Parker Gallant: Hydro One, blessed by the Ontario Energy Board

Posted on March 13, 2015 by parkergallant2013

(March 12, 2015) Wow, another great day for Hydro One and another chance to sock it to Ontario’s ratepayers. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) issued their ruling late today (March 12, 2015) on the Hydro One rate application and pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity rates, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Parker Gallant | 1 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

Toronto Hydro’s ratepayers pay dearly for electing GTA Liberals

Posted on December 14, 2014 by parkergallant2013

(December 14, 2014) Anyone aware of the fallout from the Auditor General, Bonnie Lysyk’s report on “smart meters” knows Ontario’s Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli, challenged her report suggesting the energy sector was hard to understand because it is so “complex”!

Posted in Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Electricity, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, green energy, Green Energy Act, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant | 5 Comments

90% of Ontario’s wind subsidies benefit a select few multinationals: study

Posted on November 25, 2014 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(November 25, 2014) Subsidies given to Ontario’s wind farm owners largely benefit a select few multinational corporations, a new Energy Probe study shows.