The number of carbon-burning credits being sold by California and Quebec has fallen. Ontario plans to unite its cap-and-trade system with the two jurisdictions, which could bode ill for the province's budget. ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Natural gas users ask why cap-and-trade costs being buried on bills
Both the Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA) and the Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO) have written to the OEB, the province’s natural-gas system regulator, asking for more details about the agency’s ...
AMO 2016: Horwath hits hydro hard, calls for HST removal on bills
Horwath promised that an NDP government, if elected, would remove the 8 per cent provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from hydro bills. ...
Ontario exploring exclusive electricity rate for First Nations
Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault directed the Ontario Energy Board in late June to “examine and report to me with advice on options for an appropriate electricity rate (or rate assistance) for on-reserve First Nations ele ...
Purchase: The OEB ought to be embarrassed, and maybe ashamed
Columnist Bryne Purchase calls the Ontario Energy Board's decision to bury the costs of cap and trade in the delivery charge of natural gas bills "downright ludicrous" ...
Thibeault claims cap-and-trade costs ‘not being hidden’ on natural gas bills
Energy minister defends last week's ruling by the Ontario Energy Board that bills will not include a separate line showing specific costs of province’s coming cap-and-trade system. ...
Bigger provincial role urged for nuclear emergency planning
Allegations by whistleblowers "reinforce our long-standing concern that there is insufficient oversight," environmental activists contend. ...
Will cap and trade costs trigger an ‘Enron clause’ for Ontario electricity contracts?
In short, the IESO says no. But the agency, which manages Ontario's electricity system, is in talks with power producers over potential amendments to electricity contracts. ...
Homeowners won’t see costs of cap and trade on gas bills
The Ontario Energy Board says making it a line item "is inconsistent with the manner in which all other ongoing costs of operating the utility are reflected on the bill." ...
Provinces urged to co-ordinate carbon-pricing plans
A study by Ecofiscal Commission would give the provinces a universal target to shoot for – one that considers Ontario’s purchases of California carbon-emission credits. ...
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