Hurricane Patricia: rain, wind and money to Ontario’s wind generators All the talk about Hurricane Patricia’s potential devastation faded quickly, but the media forgot to note the hit to Ontario ratepayers caused…
The OEB hides the truth on rate increases The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) reported their semi-annual bad news via the News Release that always contains depressing announcements about upcoming rate increases. Couched in…
Financial Post, October 6, 2015 F or the first time in Ontario’s electricity history the early morning hours of October 3 saw industrial wind turbines outproduce hydroelectricity. Hours 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.…
Ontario’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray has ultimate responsibility for handing out renewable energy approvals (REAs) because his Wynne-government colleague Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli demands more renewable energy (principally…
Wind turbines in Essex County: Ontario’s blatantly pro-turbine process [Photo Windsor Star] Windsor Star, August 4, 2015 Up to two dozen more wind turbines are being proposed again for an installation in the middle…
Ratepayers to Queen’s Park: we have a problem Wind power costs plenty for only 4% of generation In the past six months, reports from the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, the C.D. Howe Institute,…
NEWS RELEASE Federal government grant to wind power project questioned Wind power forcing electricity bills up and business out of Ontario Toronto, July 22, 2015 Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) has written a letter…
Ottawa energy economist Robert Lyman has responded to an advertising campaign in that city about how conservation efforts are paying off for consumers. Not so, he says. “How about some truth in advertising?…
Financial Post Comment, July 10, 2015 In today’s Financial Post is a comment piece by economic professor Ross McKitrick and energy analyst Tom Adams called “Ontario’s job killer.” “Perhaps Ontario’s business leaders are…
Ontario has a huge surplus of power so it gives away electricity Globe and Mail, July 8, 2015 Soaring electricity rates in Ontario are threatening industries and businesses across the province, with one…
Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. Unfortunately in Ontario, our present and past Energy…