The OEB also said it considered arguments about the province’s climate goals in making its decision, but said the risks were no different from any other natural gas expansion project. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Seen: OPG reports $194 million in Q3 profit heading into $12.8 billion refurbishment
OPG’s fourth quarter will mark the first in which the company is refurbishing a nuclear reactor at its Darlington power plant, located about 45 minutes east of Toronto. ...
Trump won’t stop sub-national carbon pricing, environment minister says
However, Ontario has had serious talks about border carbon adjustments, which could penalize the U.S. if it pulls out of climate agreements, said Environment Minister Glen Murray. ...
Ontario poised to pour cap-and-trade cash into industrial hydro help programs
Ontario's deputy energy minister recently told a committee that the government's eight-per-cent electricity rebate for residential consumers means help could be coming for industrial customers. ...
‘No documents’ from government on how $12.8B nuke plant rebuild could be stopped, OPG says
The government says it is using "decision points," or certain milestones in the Darlington refurbishment, which will act as an off-ramp. ...
Ontario Power Generation’s head office hits the real estate market
The government also wants to sell a parking garage owned by OPG. ...
OP-ED: Bruce Power life-extension program on time and on budget, 300 days into new plan
Bruce Power CEO Mike Rencheck sets out to bust the "myth" that the nuclear plant operator hasn't begun its life-extension work yet. ...
Environmental commissioner: Can you let us know when you’re dumping sewage?
The environmental commissioner's new report also found that Ontario’s moose population has dwindled to 92,300 – a 20 per cent decrease over the past 10 years. ...
Tales from committee: How $2.45 in monthly green energy savings gets made
Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault recently explained the discount to the inquisitors on the legislature's estimates committee. ...
Where do Ontario’s political parties stand on offshore wind power?
QP Briefing has a guide to where the four major parties stand on offshore wind power. ...