A long-term forecast of the province’s carbon price, recently submitted to the Ontario Energy Board, projected the cost could reach as high as $108 by 2028. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
New cyber-security plan proposed for Ontario electricity and gas companies
The ongoing evolution of the energy sector “results in greater exposure to cyber attack," a new report notes. ...
Premier tears into Trump’s ‘appalling’ retreat from climate change accord
The impending collapse of American commitment puts a hitch in the Liberals’ step-by-step march toward cap-and-trade, and could threaten Wynne’s signature green program. ...
Ontario’s carbon price could more than double by 2028: study
Environment Minister Glen Murray said the government expects the cost of carbon to rise “incrementally” and still be cheaper than a carbon tax. ...
OPG called out for proposing ‘excessive’ employee pay and ‘expensive’ rate proposal
“The chief driver of this is OPG's extremely generous pensions and benefits programs," OEB staffers say. ...
The summer of savings? Liberals pass hydro relief bill
One of the changes made to the Fair Hydro Act during committee hearings was the addition of wording allowing for the Superior Court of Justice to order that the IESO or OPG follow the law and possibly compensate its cre ...
Environmental commissioner calls for renewable energy centres and “grey water” use
Treating and pumping those two water systems amounts to nearly $260 million a year, about 40 per cent of municipal energy use. ...
Opposition cries foul on government order to promote hydro plan – again
The Liberals' proposed regulation, made under the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan Act – poised to pass third reading this week – would be in effect from July 1, 2017, until July 1, 2018, expiring three weeks after next year’s Ju ...
Committee hears more complaints on hydro bill from organized labour and landowners
The hearings marked the third day in a row for the justice policy standing committee, which had its proceedings condensed as part of a Liberal procedural manoeuvre to punt legislation into passage before the summer reces ...
Liberals’ hydro plan to cost Ontarians $21 billion, watchdog says
Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault countered that these “outlier scenarios … are extremely unlikely.” ...
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