Tag Archives: renewables

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.

How Ontario’s 1 per cent can do its share to reduce fuel poverty

Posted on August 17, 2016 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(August 17, 2016) Ontario’s wealthiest residents can help lower electricity rates for everyone else.

Posted in Conservation, Electricity | Tagged Brady Yauch, conservation, electricity rates, energy, energy conservation, Energy Probe, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, renewables | Leave a comment

5 reasons to oppose Ontario’s cap and trade proposal

Posted on December 11, 2015 by consumerpolicyinstitute

(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.

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Utility Reform | Tagged Brady Yauch, cap and trade, carbon credits, Climate Change, electricity, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, renewables | 7 Comments

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

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

Lawrence Solomon: Fantasies about global warming and other delusions will fare poorly in 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lawrence Solomon

2015 will see more ethnic groups within today’s cobbled-together countries successfully assert their autonomy, with the greatest changes occurring in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Renewables, Shale Gas, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, Fox News, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, predictions, renewables, Shale Oil | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Hottest year ever?! Climate doomsayers may have hit the panic button a little too early

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

Global warming doomsayers have issues confronting reality. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Renewables, Shale Oil, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, climate skeptics, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Lima, renewables | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Ill winds blow from wind turbines

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Lawrence Solomon

The wind industry is dangerous to human health, posing risks to everything from dizziness and nausea to chronic stress and heart conditions. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables | Tagged adverse health effects, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, renewables, wind energy, wind power, wind turbines | 3 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).