Parker Gallant’s interview with journalist Rob Snow on Ottawa NewsRadio CFRA yesterday. The interview starts at 41:20 http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/181/38117/Afternoon.Edition_151203.mp3
Financial Post, December 3, 2015 ONTARIO’S POWER TRIP by Parker Gallant Almost a year ago Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario’s Auditor General, issued a report related to the “smart meter” program, estimating it cost double…
From Randy Pettapiece, MPP: Last week, my colleague MPP John Yakabuski tabled a bill entitled Energy Referendum Act, 2015. If passed, this bill would mandate that local municipalities hold a referendum before large-scale…
Let’s cap Ontario’s trade in electricity Comparing 2008 to 2015 shows significant losses to Ontario’s electricity consumers On Wednesday, November 19, 2008, the year before the Ontario Legislature passed the Green Energy and…
London Free Press, November 24, 2015 by John Miner In a province where it’s been deeply polarizing and hugely costly, wind energy hasn’t lost its steam. So many applicants are chasing Ontario’s next…
OPINION Parker Gallant: recent pet peeves Recently a number of issues from ruminations of Premier Kathleen Wynne and her appointed Ministers have driven me to distraction. Couple those ruminations with the partial privatization…
Back on June 20, 2013, the Ontario Ministry of Energy under Bob Chiarelli put out a press release that listed “Quick Facts” including this one: “Ontario’s Green Energy Act has attracted billions of dollars…
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…
Last installment in Parker Gallant’s, what bites in Ontario’s power system. We saved the best for last! Hydro One, raising hopes for a Wynne fall We have heard the news that Hydro One’s…
More from Parker Gallant on the pesky goings-on in Ontario’s power system. Oxymorons and the Ministries of the Environment and Climate Change & Natural Resources Renewable Energy Approvals (REA) for wind turbine…