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Cancelled gas plants: what’s another 20,000 pages?
The big news out of Queen’s Park today is that while the Liberals thought they had complied with The Speaker’s request for documents pertaining to the Oakville and Mississauga gas plant cancellations...
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Ottawa economist on 10 years of power mismanagement in Ontario
You’ve read Bob Lyman, an economist specializing in energy issues, on these pages before. In his latest work, he has written an overview of the last 10 years of energy policy as it relates to...
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Mayor Watson’s letter to our community
Back in May, after the decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the case of Wiggins et al vs wpd, we wrote to the Mayor of the City of Ottawa to inform him of the importance of the Court’s...
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OPA regional plans
Please see our new page/tab this morning on the regional power plans prepared by the Ontario Power Authority, specifically the plan for Greater Ottawa. Already, the OPA is talking about a “sparse”...
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Electricity in Ontario: higher cost, lower reliability
Here from Ottawa-based energy economist Robert Lyman, a commentary on how Ontario’s electricity system has evolved. (You may also wish to read a letter in today’s Ottawa Citizen by wind industry lobby...
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10 years of “irrational” energy planning in Ontario
Here from former banker Parker Gallant, an analysis of what has gone wrong on the energy file in Ontario over the last 10 years. Ontario’s Power Trip: Irrational energy planning has tripled power rates...
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Tough questions on spending for Energy Minister Chiarelli from Parker Gallant
Parker Gallant has written a letter to Ontario Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli, as a concerned citizen of Ontario. He has included a series of pointed questions on the energy portfolio in Ontario,...
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Wind farm still a concern in Ottawa
People attending a community meeting in North Gower last evening expressed continuing concern about the wind power project that was proposed in 2008 for North Gower-Richmond. The project application...
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Citizen opposition to wind farms results in ratepayer savings
Here is a comment from Ottawa economist Robert Lyman, who is reflecting on a recent post by energy blogger Scott Luft. Luft believes that citizen opposition to giant wind power projects has resulted in...
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Are Ontario wind power subsidies keeping Florida bills low? (Yes)
Ontario: keeping Florida’s fossil-fuel power bills low Florida: plenty of natural gas-fired power. No wind Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the largest subsidiary in NextEra Energy Inc’s...
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Wind farms: another $20 million gone in a weekend
Ontario: wind farms contribute to $20-million power sell-off Another $20-million autumn weekend with Ontario power sold off cheap to neighbouring states and province Another October weekend has come...
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Developer of North Gower wind farm fails to qualify
The Ontario Power Authority released its list of Qualified Applicants for Large Renewable power projects today. The deadline for applicants to apply for qualification was one month ago, on September...
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Big Wind’s “Big Bonanza” in Ontario: subsidies benefit a few corporations,...
From the Financial Post Comment, February 4, by Brady Yauch, executive director the Consumer Policy Institute When the Ontario government launched its Green Energy Act (GEA ) in 2009, it promised “new...
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