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  1. Ontario to scrap Green Energy Act, which increased electricity prices and killed jobs

    This week the Fraser Institute released a series of short essays discussing ways for the Ontario government to restore the province’s competitiveness and attract business investment. Among other things, the report called for reforms to ...

  2. Hot air from the wind lobby

    Appeared in the Financial Post On October 30 we published a Fraser Institute study entitled “ What Goes Up… Ontario’s Soaring Electricity Prices and How to Get Them Down.” We analyzed the factors driving the rise in Ontario’s electricity prices, focusing ...

  3. How green energy is fleecing Ontario electricity consumers

    Appeared in the Financial Post Ontario’s green energy transformation-- initiated a decade ago under then-Premier Dalton McGuinty-- is now hitting consumers. The November 1 increase for households is the next twist of that screw. As Ontario consumers know ...

  4. What Goes Up...Ontario's Soaring Electricity Prices and How to Get Them Down

    Ontario’s total annual power cost has risen by over 50% since 2004, despite declining competitive wholesale market prices. This is due to increases in the so-called Global Adjustment, a non-market mechanism that now dominates power pricing in Ontario, and ...