Scottish electricity customers are upset that they are paying millions to wind power producers not to produce — Parker Gallant says Ontario has that beat … by a long shot. Here’s his latest…
Surplus, exported power in April could have powered half of Ontario’s homes. Instead, it’s gone … and so is your money. Ontario’s Minister of Energy claims that Ontario needs a “reliable, efficient and…
Parker Gallant compares power output from wind and the cost to consumers between 2010 and 2016: we’re paying more for intermittent wind power, produced out-of-phase with demand In 2010, industrial wind turbines (IWT)…
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,…
“Propaganda with a falsehood in every paragraph” Energy analyst Steve Aplin takes aim at an Op-Ed piece published recently in the Toronto Star, on his website Canadian Energy Issues. The Star article, which…
Electricity sold off cheap could have powered 50% of Ontario homes; wind clearly not needed The line of poetry “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” was a reality in November for…
In short, just paying and paying. Parker Gallant reviews the first five months in the electricity sector in Ontario, and asks what new Energy Minister Thibeault will do about the impact of the province’s…
The more wind power we add, the more expensive Ontario’s electricity becomes, say Tom Adams and Scott Luft Financial Post, March 17, 2016 The costs may be high and the need questionable, but…
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…
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.…
Ontario electricity customers pick up the tab for unneeded power development, again $1.5 million paid out already today for curtailed wind power The huge, 100-megawatt North Kent 1 wind power project proposed by…