Why Ontario’s electricity customers can expect a new Debt Retirement Charge. Continue reading A new debt retirement charge for Ontario electricity customers
Category Archives: Energy
Toronto Hydro customers face 18% rate hike in 2016
Power bills for Toronto Hydro’s residential customers are set to increase by 18% in May compared to the same time last year. Continue reading Toronto Hydro customers face 18% rate hike in 2016
Ontarians paying more to use less electricity, a trend critics say won’t change
Consumer hydro rates have risen in Ontario since 2012, while they’ve dipped elsewhere.
Continue reading Ontarians paying more to use less electricity, a trend critics say won’t change
Ontario electricity rate increases continue to blow past inflation
Ontario’s residential hydro customers will continue to use more of their paycheque to cover monthly hydro bills. Continue reading Ontario electricity rate increases continue to blow past inflation
Queen’s Park the biggest winner with cap and trade
Cap and trade will provide endless reasons for interest groups to lobby Queen’s Park for access to the many exemptions and potential political favours embedded in the legislation. Continue reading Queen’s Park the biggest winner with cap and trade
Provincial policies are kneecapping BC Hydro and the environment
Political meddling in the affairs of BC Hydro continues to harm the utility’s finances and the environment. Continue reading Provincial policies are kneecapping BC Hydro and the environment
Op-ed: Ontario electricity rates fastest rising in North America
Residential electricity rates in Ontario have been increasing faster than anywhere else in North America. Continue reading Op-ed: Ontario electricity rates fastest rising in North America
Getting Zapped: Ontario power prices increased at fastest rate in North America
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. Continue reading Getting Zapped: Ontario power prices increased at fastest rate in North America
Toronto Hydro’s gift to ratepayers
Toronto Hydro will hike distribution rates by more than 20% in the coming year. Continue reading Toronto Hydro’s gift to ratepayers
A public Toronto Hydro is a bad deal for the city
Toronto Hydro’s inefficiencies cost the city tens of millions of dollars annually in unnecessarily high hydro rates. Continue reading A public Toronto Hydro is a bad deal for the city
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