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1. Ford government should solve Ontario’s electricity-cost problem

   According to a report in the Financial Post, Ontario’s New Democratic Party says the Ford government’s decision to cancel some 750 early-stage renewable energy contracts actually cost Ontario taxpayers $231 million in fiscal year 2018 ...

2. Ontario’s power-price crisis—how did it happen and who got hurt

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, April 17, 2018 Before something can be fixed, one must understand how it got broken. Researchers at the Fraser Institute have spent more than a decade looking at exactly that question regarding Ontario electricity markets. ...

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. High cost of renewables—a made-in-Ontario problem

   A recent CBC News article discussed how market-based bidding structures have pushed down the electricity costs generated by renewable sources in Mexico and other places around the world. In Mexico’s case, the Italian company ENEL signed ...

5. Ontario’s flawed electricity system subsidizes neighbouring jurisdictions

   A recent study by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) found that cheap exports of surplus clean electricity—nuclear, solar, wind and hydro—could have cost Ontario up to $1.25 billion over 21 months. The study states that ...

6. Ontario electricity prices will keep rising, despite cheaper options

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 5, 2017 The Ontario government released an update to its long-term energy plan last week, projecting that the cost of electricity for homes and businesses will keep rising over the next 20 years. Specifically, the ...

7. Wynne government tries (again) to distract Ontarians from electricity woes

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 27, 2017 The Wynne government continues to offer energy cost-reduction programs that are little more than distractions from what the province would actually have to do to bring down sky-high electricity prices. In the ...

8. Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan—a temporary Band-Aid with high costs

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 22, 2017 A recent report from Ontario’s auditor general slammed the Wynne government’s “needlessly complex” plan to reduce electricity bills for Ontarians. According to the report, the government is keeping the true ...

9. Ontario’s auditor general calls out Wynne government over ‘Fair Hydro Plan’ accounting

   The Office of the Auditor General of Ontario this week released a special report titled “The Fair Hydro Plan: Concerns About Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Value for Money.” It’s somewhat dry reading, but a key message comes ...

10. Ontario sued over power prices

    In a recent article in the National Post, reporter Geoff Zochodne discusses another interesting twist in the Ontario power-price saga. Zochodne explores the recent lawsuits filed against Ontario’s minister of the attorney general, ...