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…
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…
Residential ratepayers paying up to retain large industrial business More proof that expense of wind and solar power is driving away investment An article in the Toronto Sun a few days ago noted…
Electricity exports cost heading for $2 billion in 2015 The continued costs to Ontario’s ratepayers for the oversupply of electricity generation in Ontario continued in April 2015; we exported another 2 terawatts (TWh)…
Costly contracts from the OPA add to consumer bills Are the agencies of the Ontario government doing all they can to contain electricity bill increases and costs of power generation in Ontario? The…
The 2,483 MW of rated capacity of wind generators reported by Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in the past three days (October 6 to 8) generated 67,000 MWh (megawatt hours), or enough…