A move to expand the province’s natural gas system will result in higher bills for current and future customers. Continue reading Ontario’s push for uneconomic natural gas expansion will increase bills
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Hydro Ottawa latest distributor to say customers are fine with higher rates
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
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
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
Customer rights get powered up in privatized electricity systems
Customers with private electricity distributors are better protected from blackouts and other disruptions.
Continue reading Customer rights get powered up in privatized electricity systems
“Don’t subsidize us,” big business asks Ontario Energy Board
Ontario’s biggest users of natural gas told the Ontario Energy Board they don’t need subsidies to take conservation seriously. Continue reading “Don’t subsidize us,” big business asks Ontario Energy Board
Ontario’s Auditor General lays into Ministry of Energy
A new report from Ontario’s Auditor General sharply criticizes a number of policies in the province’s electricity sector. Continue reading Ontario’s Auditor General lays into Ministry of Energy
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