ontario electricity

8:52AM
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Natural gas plays vital role in fuelling Ontario

Power systems that add a lot of wind energy must also add more natural gas capacity as a reserve supply. 


12:01PM
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Higher electricity costs disproportionality hurting southwestern Ontario
Windsor was the only city tracked by StatsCan to experience a decline in median household income.

4:23PM
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Ford government’s budget update overly optimistic and likely ineffective

Ontario announced no measures to tackle the underlying problems in the province’s electricity market that cause higher prices.


8:21AM
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Ontario reduces hydro rates yet fundamental problems still plague province’s electricity market

Solar and bioenergy generators absorb 15 per cent of the surcharge yet generate only three per cent of Ontario’s electricity.


11:02AM
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Ford government should solve Ontario’s electricity-cost problem

Residential electricity prices in Toronto rose by 5 per cent in one year.


11:06AM
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It’s official—electricity prices in Ontario are still rising

Subsidies to renewable generators still represent approximately 34 per cent of the total surcharge cost.