Hydro Ottawa is telling the Ontario Energy Board that its customers support its rate hike proposal. Continue reading Hydro Ottawa latest distributor to say customers are fine with higher rates
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A broken electricity system, not a Hydro One sale, the real risk to ratepayers
Privatizing Hydro One won’t be bad for ratepayers, but a lack of reform in the province’s electricity sector will be. Continue reading A broken electricity system, not a Hydro One sale, the real risk to ratepayers
How utilities are trying to con customers and regulators into higher rates
Ontario’s electricity distributors are doing whatever it takes to hike rates. Continue reading How utilities are trying to con customers and regulators into higher rates
Revamped Hydro One will tread line between private, public enterprise
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. Continue reading Revamped Hydro One will tread line between private, public enterprise
Much needed reforms could focus on Hydro One employees’ pensions
Hydro One’s distribution arm ranks among the worst in North America.
Continue reading Much needed reforms could focus on Hydro One employees’ pensions
Will Ontario’s Hydro One sale raise your electricity rate?
Ontario’s plan to sell its Hydro One electricity system is to raise money for new infrastructure.
Continue reading Will Ontario’s Hydro One sale raise your electricity rate?
Transit tax won’t ease congestion
Plebiscite: Boston and Miami should serve as cautionary examples for Vancouver voters. Continue reading Transit tax won’t ease congestion
Higher hydro bills to pay for high hydro bills
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy is hiking hydro bills on all ratepayers in an effort to stop already high hydro bills. Make sense? Continue reading Higher hydro bills to pay for high hydro bills
TTC customers on the hook for congestion “solutions”
Solving traffic congestion through uneconomic transit expansion leaves transit customers picking up the tab for a problem they didn’t create. Continue reading TTC customers on the hook for congestion “solutions”
Expropriation hearings a sham?
Winnipeg city council has an opportunity to confirm the value of public hearings. Continue reading Expropriation hearings a sham?
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