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Local Distribution Companies – Is Anyone Watching?
(April 18, 2011) Parker Gallant argues that Ontario needs to set cost and performance benchmarks for local electricity distribution companies, and encourage mergers amongst them to increase efficiency....
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Parker Gallant: Turning OEFC’s “Stranded Debt” into Political Spin
(August 22, 2011) The Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (OEFC) generally has its annual report completed by mid to late June or just a couple of months after its March 31st year-end. The...
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Parker Gallant: OPG’s creative accounting
(September 1, 2011) Ontario Power Generation recently released its 2nd Quarter results. On the surface all seems well with OPG — it announced an after tax (Payments in Lieu of taxes) profit for the...
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Parker Gallant: The forgotten directive
(September 12, 2011) Ontario’s Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) programs, designed to make Ontario a world leader in renewable energy, was implemented through two dozen or so government directives that gave...
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Lawrence Solomon: A billion dollars full of nuclear waste
(November 21, 2013) The Deep Geologic Repository is a make-work project. By Lawrence Solomon for the National Post, published on November 21, 2013 Lawrence Solomon: “For many decades now, taxpayers...
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This time is different: OPG says its megaproject not like the others
(October 11, 2016) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is confident that its new megaproject will do the impossible: come in on time and on budget. This article originally appeared in the Toronto Star....
View ArticleOntario’s public power failure redux
(June 22, 2017) Ontario is repeating its failed public power experiment. This article first appeared in QP Briefing. When Ontario Hydro – at one point the largest public utility in North America – went...
View ArticleKey project at Darlington nuclear facility hundreds of millions over budget,...
(October 16, 2017) A Global News investigation has uncovered a single component of the Darlington nuclear project could cost half a billion dollars, four-times initial estimates. Auditors say project...
View ArticleTop ten takeaways from the OEB’s decision on OPG’s rate application
(January 3, 2018) The OEB has issued its decision on OPG’s multi-billion dollar, five-year rate application. Here’s what you need to know. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) recently issued its decision on...
View ArticleHydro One CEO salary peanuts compared to overspending and waste in...
(April 25, 2018) So, you want to be Ontario’s next Premier and you’re looking to lower hydro bills? Here’s where you should be looking. Ontario conservative candidate Doug Ford is right to look for...
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