Premier Kathleen Wynne spoke specifically about high delivery charges. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Purchase: The two big stories of 2017
Columnist Bryne Purchase makes his predictions for the biggest stories of 2017: currency and climate. ...
Op-ed: Pickering Nuclear is a key, low-cost source of electricity in Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan
David Shier notes that, along with Bruce Power, the Pickering nuclear plant will continue to supply two-thirds of the world’s Cobalt-60 to Ottawa-based Nordion, which uses it to keep hospitals around the world clean and ...
Province still committed to extending life of Pickering nuclear power plant
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, citing safety concerns, that his state’s Indian Point nuclear generating station would shut down by April 2021 – three years prior to the province’s planned end-date for t ...
Seen: Government open to changing ‘off-peak’ electricity price for pilot projects
Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault said in November that "I think it’s time for the sector to evolve and I’m sure the consumers would demand that type of change as well.” ...
Ontario government accused of ‘secrecy policy’ for costly nuclear plant overhauls
The environmental groups claim there is a lack of alternative options provided when considering the costly nuclear projects, and that a truly independent review is needed. ...
Ontario considers its cyber security amid concerns caused by possible Hydro One threat
The Ontario Energy Board and electricity companies had already been working on a cyber-security regulatory framework. ...
Regulator reviewing Ontario’s electricity support program for low-income families
The Ontario Energy Board, which oversees the electricity industry, said on Dec. 21 that it is “undertaking a review of the [Ontario Electricity Support Program].” ...
Happening: After release of studies, offshore wind ban to stay in place
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change published two technical studies on offshore wind on Thursday, which had been commissioned by the government. ...
Ontario short-circuiting small green power projects
The move comes ahead of the government's next long-term energy plan, a sweeping look at the electricity system. ...