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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
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.
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.
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
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5 reasons to oppose Ontario’s cap and trade proposal
(December 11, 2015) Our letter to Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on why a cap and trade program is a poor idea.
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.
Posted in Conservation, Costs, 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, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy
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Ontario’s push for uneconomic natural gas expansion will increase bills
(July 2, 2015) A move to expand the province’s natural gas system will result in higher bills for current and future customers.
Revamped Hydro One will tread line between private, public enterprise
(April 27, 2015) Hydro One Inc. will face private-sector challenges from which it is currently immune when Ontario’s government sheds a 60% stake in the electricity transmission and distribution utility in an IPO.
10 things you need to know from Hydro One’s rate application
(March 17, 2015) Energy Probe breaks down 10 important parts of the OEB’s decision on Hydro One’s distribution rate application.
Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 2
As noted in Chapter 1, finding information on “energy poverty” in Ontario is both time consuming and frustrating as there is no central collection point. Continue reading
Ontario’s big wind bonanza: Over 90% of subsidies funneled to just 11 companies
Yes, everyone would need to pay a little more for renewable power, the public was told, but the benefits would be widely shared, for the ultimate benefit of all. But then something else happened. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables
Tagged Brady Yauch, Ontario, wind energy
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