The OEB says five electricity companies have applied to do pilot projects that would experiment with power prices. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Ontario preparing to name and shame big buildings over energy use and carbon emissions
Large building owners will start having to report their water and energy use to the Ministry of Energy as early as next July. ...
Purchase: The premier’s electricity price plan is depressingly predictable
Columnist Bryne Purchase sees the Liberals' new hydro rate reduction plans as "borrowing to pay a portion of the rent, not buy the house." ...
Premier makes courtesy call, electricity customer slams Wynne’s ‘really bad advisers’
Patrick Brown also had a bit of an awkward conversation - on talk radio. ...
Here’s how Premier Wynne plans to reduce hydro bills by 25%
What exactly are the Liberals proposing? QP Briefing takes a whack at it. ...
Wynne: Hydro plan will make Ontario’s budgets ‘a lot harder’ to balance
With its balanced-budget promise, the province has chosen a massive investment in hydro relief over other priorities, including health care. ...
Liberals reveal 25% relief package for electricity customers — including $25B in interest payments
The Liberals took the cover off their big hydro relief plan Thursday morning. ...
How the heck do you ‘smooth’ electricity costs? A QP Briefing explainer
The Liberal government is likely tabling its plan to reduce hydro rates tomorrow, and "smoothing" those costs will likely play a big role. ...
Ontario’s future cap-and-trade partners see weak carbon sales ahead of province’s first auction
The results of California and Quebec’s February cap-and-trade auction were published Wednesday, and they weren't great. ...
NDP’s Hydro One buyback ‘would not take one cent off’ electricity bills: Wynne
NDP deputy leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberals have "been in power since Destiny’s Child was better known than Beyoncé," and yet haven't fixed hydro prices. ...