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…
Municipalities vote for more say in wind power locations May 25, 2016 Hard as it is to believe, with electricity bills soaring, hydro and nuclear power being wasted, and Ontario’s surplus power being…
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…
In an effort to determine what track Energy Minister Chiarelli’s electric train is on I took a brief look at his ministerial forecast, “Achieving Balance”. My interest was piqued by a recent article…
These spring windy days are costing you: Ontario’s Wynne government pays millions for power it can’t use including wind, produced exactly when we don’t need it. More than $13 million wasted on windy last…
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…
Township of Wainfleet “Wainfleet – find your country side!” MEDIA RELEASE Municipalities Call for Ontario to Stop Issuing Wind Turbine Contracts WAINFLEET – March 4, 2016 – Fifty-one municipalities have endorsed the resolution…
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…
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…