Conservation is a MUSH[y] subject in Ontario My recent article about “conservation” provided some detail on the presumed consumption of electricity in 2013 by the 4.6 million residential ratepayers in the province. The…

Conservation is a MUSH[y] subject in Ontario My recent article about “conservation” provided some detail on the presumed consumption of electricity in 2013 by the 4.6 million residential ratepayers in the province. The…
Ontario’s cleanest day: too bad it cost you The heading on Cold Air energy blogger Scott Luft‘s article read: “September 20th: Ontario electricity’s cleanest day in my lifetime.” He was talking about the…
A Liberal cost/benefit plan or, how to “plan” to spend $4.7 billion ratepayer dollars Give Energy Minister, Bob Chiarelli a nice pie (chart) and he will be happy. He gave his blessing to…
The September 10, 2014 press release from the Ontario didn’t quite put it the way this headline does, but if you look behind the PR slogan, “A New Era of Cleaner Air…
Daffyd Roderick: the former writer for TIME now an apologist for Hydro One. The Toronto Star recently ran an article about the second quarter results for Toronto Hydro and Hydro One. Hydro One’s…
What Hydro One is doing to over a million ratepayers is a shame People who know me know it’s like Christmas for me when the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) posts the Yearbook of…
by Parker Gallant If you check in with Hydro One to see how those “smart” meters work when coupled with the outsourced Inergi billing and customer service system, you’re in for a shock!…
Norfolk Power: a good deal for somebody. Not you. If you are, or could be in future a Hydro One customer there is no reason to cheer about their 2014 second quarter news…
Minister Chiarelli’s bogus benefits Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Energy, made another announcement about the energy sector and the Municipal Energy Plans or MEP. Launched a year ago, the MEP has had five…
Toronto’s Exhibition Place Turbine Part 2: investment in a green future or financial sinkhole? In Part 1, Parker Gallant revealed that the mythology around the iconic Toronto waterfront wind turbine doesn’t hold up…
Parker Gallant, Special to Financial Post | June 2, 2014 | Last Updated: Jun 3 8:17 AM ET Ontario Hydro may well have been a mess. But it was a mess that…