Ontario continues its buy-high, sell-low policy for electricity by wasting cheap hydro in favour of expensive, intermittent wind. And the government is contracting for more, says Parker Gallant. Ontario Power Generation or OPG…
Ontario, you just can’t win, says Parker Gallant One would think that recent revelations such as from Germany where it was stated “Wind Farms Paid €500 million-a-year-to-stand-idle” and China where they have put…
OPG spills hydro and $150 million goes “down the drain” OPG released their 2015 annual report Friday March 4, 2016; it confirms that 3.2 terawatts (TWh) of water that could have been used…
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.…
Adding more power from wind at this point only benefits our U.S. neighbours, not Ontario citizens It was a “WOW” headline for Cleantech Canada on their website: “180 megawatt Armow Wind project comes…
January 23, 2016 This “Op-Ed” appears in the current edition of Ontario Farmer. It is not available online. Good money after bad: how mismanagement of Ontario’s power system affects you By Parker Gallant…
What follows is an excerpt of a letter sent by Parker Gallant to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. We present this because of the role of wind power generation in causing Ontario’s electricity bills…
Ontario’s electricity “Powerball” giveaway It’s official! The cost of exporting Ontario’s surplus electricity paid for by electricity ratepayers actually exceeded the prize up for grabs in the U.S.-based “Powerball” lottery. In this case,…
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) had this greeting on their website over the holidays: “The industry reached a milestone of over 10,000 megawatts of installed capacity this year, and during the holiday…
Curtailment of industrial wind power production in Ontario soars in 2015 Posted on January 5, 2016 by Cold Air A 2015 year-end review of my hourly estimates indicate the curtailment of output from industrial wind turbines…
Toronto Star, January 4, 2016 By: Brady Yauch Published on Mon Jan 04 2016 Ontario’s desire for total control over all aspects of the electricity sector is nearly fulfilled. The push to eliminate…