How badly were ratepayers hit? Millions upon millions for power produced out of phase with demand… While the Canadian Wind Energy Association, the trade association for the wind power industry and vested interests,…
Ontario’s Minister of Natural Resources has “more enthusiasm than knowledge” says the Globe and Mail. WEEKEND READING Globe and Mail EDITORIAL: Coming soon-Ontario’s green energy fiasco, the sequel Late last year, Ontario’s Auditor-General…
Community ‘engagement’ just means meetings, says Dutton Dunwich mayor: municipal support of wind power bids should be mandatory requirement for bids London Free Press, April 28, 2016 By Deborah van Brenk An Elgin…
WEEKEND READING Ontario’s Green Energy Act was put forward as a means of securing a “green” economy and producing job growth in “clean tech.” Did that happen? Ottawa energy economist Robert Lyman lays…
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…
IESO just released their January 2016 Monthly Market Report with details on electricity generated and demanded, along with prices and impact on ratepayers. It is interesting to compare January 2016 with January 2015…
Huron-Kinloss and West Lincoln have joined 22 other Ontario municipalities supporting the Wainfleet Resolution; the total is now 24. The resolution refers to the Auditor General’s 2015 report in which Bonnie Lysyk detailed…
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.…
“Top-down” policy ignored community concerns, health impacts, research team says 3-MW turbine south of Ottawa at Brinston: Ontario. Communities had no choice. [Photo by Ray Pilon, Ottawa] Ottawa Citizen February 3, 2016 By…