New from the Fraser Institute is a report on renewable energy and the consequences of political encouragement of variable power sources. The abstract is below but be sure to read the full report.…
Wind power lobby cajoles Ontario to ignore all the problems and take another chance on invasive, problem-ridden wind turbines. April 2, 2019 Canada’s lobbyist and trade association for the wind power development industry, the Canadian…
March 19, 2019 Independent MPP for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Amanda Simard rose in the Legislature at Queen’s Park yesterday to ask the Ontario energy minister whether he could confirm that the “Eastern Fields” wind power…
November 13, 2018 Independent energy commentator Parker Gallant took a tour of the Lennox power plant in Bath, Ontario, last week, and was amazed at the capacity of the facility and its ease…
A new wind power project will be a huge expense to Ontario consumers, and has worrisome environmental features, too. End it, Wind Concerns Ontario says. October 31, 2018 At the meeting of…
New draft bill doesn’t go far enough to address change needed to undo damage October 30, 2018 In a presentation before the Standing Committee on Social Policy, Wind Concerns Ontario described the…
October 30, 2018 Last week, MPP Jim McDonell (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) rose in the Legislature to speak in favour of changes to the Green Energy Act, and brought forward the serious concerns for the…
Party divisions are evident in discussions on Green Energy Act. Key points from an MPP whose constituents are threatened by an unnecessary wind power project bring the arguments “home” From Hansard, a few…
October 8, 2018 With wind power developers trying to push into Alberta and Saskatchewan, industry lobbyist CanWEA is trying its best to counteract what’s going on in Ontario where an attack of reality has changed…
Wind power revenue is from the Global Adjustment subsidy, not actual power sales. Recent moves by government to cancel new contracts won’t get electricity bills down (but will stop them from going up)…
Good riddance to toxic Green Energy Act PostMedia September 21, 2018 OPINION By Lorrie Goldstein By scrapping the Green Energy Act, passed by former Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty in 2009, Premier Doug…