-
Support our campaign
to stop disastrous global
warming policies!
Getting Zapped: Ontario electricity prices increasing faster than anywhere else
Read Our Report On Wind Subsidies in Ontario
Tag Archives: Ontario
Lawrence Solomon: How to make Ontario’s awful power system as dull (and affordable) as natural gas
Unlike its power companies, Ontario’s gas is sold by pencil-pushers who keep their nose to the grindstone and avoid controversy. Continue reading
The bad, very bad and very very bad of the NDP’s hydro fix
(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
The perils of a hydro rate freeze for Ontario
(February 6, 2017) Any “relief” the province is considering for ratepayers will come at a cost.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Conservation, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy, renewables
2 Comments
No prizes for guessing who’s really to blame for Hydro One’s soaring rates
(January 6, 2017) Contrary to claims from Queen’s Park, higher electricity rates haven’t been used to make the province’s grid more reliable. Now, Hydro One wants more money to do the real work of keeping the lights on.
Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario energy, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy, renewables
1 Comment
How to mislead Toronto Hydro’s customers on rate increases
(December 14, 2016) Toronto Hydro customers have been told that the rate increases they are experiencing aren’t that bad. Here’s why those comments are misleading.
Ontario’s Auditor General Slams the Province’s Pending Cap and Trade Fiasco
(December 2, 2016) Ontario’s Auditor General tells the public what’s really going to happen when the province introduces its cap and trade program. Hint: it’s not pretty.
Posted in Renewables
Tagged Brady Yauch, cap and trade, Climate Change, Energy Probe, natural gas, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board
Leave a comment
Lawrence Solomon: Ontario is headed for a fatal future and only ending the renewable deals can prevent it
(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
This time is different: OPG says its megaproject not like the others
(October 11, 2016) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is confident that its new megaproject will do the impossible: come in on time and on budget.
Ontario electricity customers have paid more than $6 billion to dump surplus, high-priced power: study
Ontario electricity customers have paid more than $6 billion to cover the cost of exporting the province’s energy surplus, according to a new study from the Consumer Policy Institute. Continue reading
FAO misses the point on Ontario’s soaring hydro bills
A recent post from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO) downplayed the negative impact soaring hydro rates are having on households and the economy.
Energy Probe 