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  1. 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 ...

  2. Ontario's job killer: Business sounds alarm over soaring electricity prices

    Appeared in the Financial Post The Ontario Chamber of Commerce this week released the findings of an unprecedented consultation with its members and the results are painfully clear: soaring electricity prices are killing business in Ontario. One in 20 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...