Who was Barbara Mitchell?
  1. Search
  2. Ross McKitrick
  3. ontario's electricity prices
  4. Site

Search

Search results

  1. How the Ford government could reduce home hydro bills by 24 per cent

    Appeared in the Financial Post, October 4, 2018 Seemingly, the Ford government wants to repair Ontario’s electricity market. It recently moved to scrap the Green Energy Act and reportedly plans to eliminate or alter the so-called Fair Hydro Plan. While ...

  2. Electricity Reform in Ontario: Getting Power Prices Down

    Ontario’s implementation of the Green Energy Act (GEA) has resulted in high electricity costs across the province. The centerpiece of the act includes a schedule of subsidized electricity purchase contracts called Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs), that provide long ...

  3. Understanding the Changes in Ontario's Electricity Markets and Their Effects

    Energy consumption is a driver of economic growth. Policymakers in Ontario have made poor policy decisions, resulting in rising electricity costs, lower employment, and lower competitiveness, while achieving minimal environmental benefits. This ...

  4. Rising electricity costs kill 75,000 manufacturing jobs in Ontario

    Appeared in the Financial Post, October 17, 2017 In the 1990s and into the 2000s, Ontario was a low-electricity cost jurisdiction. This was a competitive advantage for the province, helping attract business and foster economic growth. Of course, in recent ...

  5. Rising Electricity Costs and Declining Employment in Ontario’s Manufacturing Sector

    Ontario used to be a jurisdiction with low electricity costs. This was a competitive advantage, helping to attract and keep business and foster economic growth. Recently, however, largely as a result of the Green Energy Act and its induced inefficiencies, ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...