Tag Archives: Ontario Power Authority

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

The bad, very bad and very very bad of the NDP’s hydro fix

Posted on March 13, 2017 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(March 4, 2017) A plan by Ontario’s NDP to fix the province’s hydro crisis will only make matters worse.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Conservation, Costs, Renewables | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Hydro One, nuclear costs, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Ontario is headed for a fatal future and only ending the renewable deals can prevent it

Posted on October 31, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(October 28, 2016) If Ontario doesn’t rewrite the renewable contracts, virtually everyone in the province will suffer.

Posted in Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, Green Energy Act, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Ontario won’t be able to reduce soaring hydro costs anytime soon, say experts

Posted on September 9, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(September 9, 2016) Don’t expect any quick fixes for Ontario’s soaring hydro rates.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation 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, Renewable Energy | Leave a comment

Why are Ontario’s hydro bills soaring?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(July 8, 2016) Ontario’s hydro bills have been increasing by double digits in recent years. Here’s why.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector | Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, Toronto Hydro | 1 Comment

Queen’s Park moves to silence dissent on electricity

Posted on January 4, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(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.

Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, 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, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority | Leave a comment

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.

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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

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: 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 →