In an effort to determine what track Energy Minister Chiarelli’s electric train is on I took a brief look at his ministerial forecast, “Achieving Balance”. My interest was piqued by a recent article…
These spring windy days are costing you: Ontario’s Wynne government pays millions for power it can’t use including wind, produced exactly when we don’t need it. More than $13 million wasted on windy last…
WEEKEND READING April 2, 2016 We present a collection of stories that review the manner in which strategies that are supposedly positive for the environment have been enacted (usually without any sort of…
The more wind power we add, the more expensive Ontario’s electricity becomes, say Tom Adams and Scott Luft Financial Post, March 17, 2016 The costs may be high and the need questionable, but…
“We live in the Province of Toronto,” says Dutton-Dunwich Mayor. His community had a referendum, said NO, now has a contract for 57.5 megawatt wind ‘farm.’ London Free Press, March 10, 2016…
This is from the wind power industry’s own publication, North American Windpower NAW Staff, March 8, 2016 Fifty-one Ontario municipalities are endorsing a resolution recently passed by the Township of Wainfleet Council that…
Wind Concerns Ontario, the coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility-scale wind power projects on Ontario’s economy and environment, and on human health, has issued a statement of…
Township of Wainfleet “Wainfleet – find your country side!” MEDIA RELEASE Municipalities Call for Ontario to Stop Issuing Wind Turbine Contracts WAINFLEET – March 4, 2016 – Fifty-one municipalities have endorsed the resolution…
Energy analyst Scott Luft has been following the last few windy days, and has documented what sales of surplus power has done to Ontario. It’s not good. It’s really bad, in fact. Wind…
Set Limits on Queen’s Park’s Power over Electricity Market, says CD Howe Institute “It is remarkable that the expenditure of billions of dollars can be made with the stroke of a pen with…
Ontario gives away $4.5 billion ratepayer dollars; persists in directive to add more wind and solar The GA or Global Adjustment first made its appearance on IESO’s Monthly Market Report in January 2007.…