Category Archives: Electricity exports

Auditor’s look at the Province’s books: Part 3 – Punch Drunk

Another year, another Auditor, another Ontario Auditor General’s report – same findings of waste, mismanagement and incompetence. Once again the Ontario Auditor General, a different one this time, in her 2013 Annual Report, looks at Ontario’s electricity sector and reveals … Continue reading

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ABOUT ENERGY LITERACY… “Error 404 – Not Found”

ABOUT ENERGY LITERACY… “Error 404 – Not Found Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.” Upon launching the new energy web page the Minister of Energy said he heard “one consistent message from energy consumers, Ontarians and … Continue reading

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Wind Unspun and the new Math, Part 1

Reading a Wind Developer’s spin is sometimes amusing and always infuriating. So it was with a laugh and a grimace that I read the following chart and comment in BluEarth’s April 2013 newsletter. Even they are surprised that wind plants … Continue reading

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Record Low Hourly Ontario Energy Prices Causing Record Export Subsidies

Record Low Hourly Ontario Energy Prices Causing Record Export Subsidies by Scott Luft – Cold Air The past 5 weeks comprise 5 of the 10 lowest weeks for the average Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP) rates since the IESO data … Continue reading

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