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1. Toronto has highest electricity bills among major Canadian cities

   Appeared in the Financial Post, July 20, 2017 Ontarians are all too familiar with the rising cost of electricity. They see it on their hydro bills every month. But what’s often been lacking in the public and policy debates, however, are the specifics of ...

2. Evaluating Electricity Price Growth in Ontario

   Electricity is an essential part of our modern lives. It powers our economy, generating the economic activity that underpins our high living standards. It also allows Canadians to enjoy the comforts of modern life, from warm homes and warm meals to ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Auditor general’s report latest evidence Ontarians are overpaying for power

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, December 9, 2015 Most Ontarians already know that electricity prices have soared in recent years. Last week, a report from the province’s auditor general showed just how much those higher electricity prices are costing us, and ...

9. 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 ...

10. Based on Ontario's experience, Alberta should proceed cautiously with wind, solar, etc.

    As part of Alberta’s new climate strategy, a number of complementary policies to carbon pricing were included to further contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions in the province. One of the complementary policies ...