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1. Ontario government shifts today’s electricity bills (plus interest) onto future consumers

   Ontarians have seen their electricity bills skyrocket in recent years. From 2010 to 2016, the average monthly electricity bill for Toronto residents increased by more than 50 per cent, granting Torontonians the distinction of having some ...

2. The human cost of Ontario’s electricity failures

   Over the last few months, a number of news reports have explained the hardships many Ontario families endure as a result of the government’s costly electricity policies. The latest tragic story comes from Global News. It spotlights one ...

3. High electricity prices putting rural Ontario in energy poverty

   Ontario’s dramatic electricity price increases garnered national attention recently when a report last week on “Global National” highlighted how energy poverty is a growing concern for rural Ontarians. According to the report, even small ...

4. Ontario Climate Action Plan—subsidizing electric cars is a costly approach to emissions reduction

   Ontario’s provincial government recently released its Climate Change Action Plan, which contains almost 80 distinct proposals, command-and-control regulations, and subsidies all in the name of fighting climate change. The plan is wide ...

5. Ontario energy minister at odds with province’s auditor general

   In a recent Toronto Sun op-ed, Ontario’s Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli, trying to defend his government’s power policies in the wake of the latest rate increases, resorted to claims any ratepayer tracking their bills can see for ...

6. High electricity prices hurting Ontario business competitiveness

   There’s been a lot of attention given recently to just how much Ontario’s electricity policy failures and expansion of renewables are costing Ontarians. A recent Ontario auditor general’s report concluded that Ontarians have paid $37 ...

7. Auditor general report sheds more light on Ontario's soaring electricity costs

   We’ve been writing a lot recently on Ontario’s high electricity rates, which are partly driven by the province’s heavy investment in renewable energy. High electricity prices have been taking money out of consumers’ pockets and hurting ...