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1. Cryptocurrency investors eye provinces with low electricity rates

   Recent media reports suggest lower power costs in some provinces could make Canada an attractive destination for bitcoin miners to run their power-hungry operations, with a Chinese firm already considering establishing a bitcoin ...

2. Renewable power (wind, solar) gets 72% of energy subsidies in the U.S.

   A new report by the U.S. Department of Energy makes for some interesting reading—well, if you’re an energy policy wonk with no life. The report examines whether the U.S. electricity grid, as it’s evolving, is likely to remain as reliable ...

3. Energy conservation programs in Ontario: waste of time and money

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, April 12, 2016 Ontario consumers have poured billions into conservation programs that promise to increase the efficient use of electricity and save consumers money. The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) spent nearly $400 ...

4. Demand-Side Mismanagement: How Conservation Became Waste

   Ontario consumers have borne substantial costs for Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs that aim to promote more efficient use of electricity. DSM programs were underway from 1988 until 1996 and then again from 2004 until the present. The Ontario Power ...

5. Renewables: all pain, little gain

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun BC Hydro’s planned project for a hydroelectric dam on the Peace River—known as the Site C dam—is proving to be controversial, with some industry groups panning the plan while touting renewable energy sources such as wind. One ...

6. Not a superpower but Canada on the brink of becoming energy superproducer

   Appeared in the Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator, Stratford Beacon Herald and Winnipeg Free Press In a speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce in London on July 14, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Canada as the emerging “energy ...

7. On Green Energy Act, Ontario government still sees no evil

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, namely the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA). We found that the Act is costing Ontario over $5 ...

8. Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act

   This report investigates the effect of the Green Energy Act(GEA) on economic competitiveness in Ontario. It focuses on three questions: (1) Will the GEA materially improve environmental quality in Ontario? (2) Is it a cost-effective plan for accomplishing ...

9. A Sensible Strategy for Renewable Electrical Energy in North America

   A Sensible Strategy for Renewable Electrical Energy in North America is the fourth in a series published by the Fraser Institute on developing a continental energy strategy. It analyzes the economics of technologies used to generate electricity, technical ...

10. North American Electricity: Escalating Prices Possible Unless Infrastructure Investment Barriers are Eased

    This report is the third in the Fraser Institute?s Continental Energy Strategy for North America series. It provides a current and comprehensive overview of the electricity sector in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and an assessment of the required ...