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Ontario still coddling the top 1% with power freebees
(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
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Renewable energy not walking the talk on competitiveness
(February 23, 2015) When subsidies are cut, renewable energy investment largely disappears.
Lawrence Solomon: Ill winds blow from wind turbines
The wind industry is dangerous to human health, posing risks to everything from dizziness and nausea to chronic stress and heart conditions. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Consume less. No, no; consume more!
The Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) 2014 “conservation” budget at $483 million is presumably based on directions from the Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, Global Warming, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power
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Green energy and Ontario’s surging cost of power
(August 29, 2014) Hydro bills have increased dramatically since the provincial government introduced its Green Energy Act.
Posted in Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged Brady Yauch, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy, subsidies, wind power
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Ontario offers band-aid solution to soaring electricity bills
(April 25, 2014) Ontario’s latest plan to tackle higher energy bills misses the point entirely.
Posted in Power Generation in Ontario, 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, Energy Probe, green energy, Ontario, Ontario electricity, Ontario Power Authority, Renewable Energy, renewables, subsidies, wind power
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Energy bills go up again, regulator points finger at renewables
(April 21, 2014) Ontario’s renewable energy producers are largely to blame for the coming price hike for ratepayers.
Parker Gallant: Ontario Power Generation: then and now
(March 12, 2014) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on March 7, 2014, released its results for the year ended December 31, 2013, which claims they eked out an after tax profit of $135 million on gross revenue of $4.9 billion. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds
(November 14, 2013) When governments try to impose large-scale renewable technologies, they lay waste to nature. Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Renewables
Tagged China, environmentalism, fossil fuels, pollution, renewables, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable development, wind power
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Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?
(October 14, 2013) On October 10, 2013, Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his 194-page annual report titled, “Serving the Public,” and backed it up with a “supplement” that ran to 247 pages. His press conference at 10 a.m. on that day attracted little attention resulting in only minor media coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Crown land, Global Warming, Gord Miller, green energy, Ontario, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power, wind turbines
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