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Energy #17 – Death Spiral
Ontario Power Generation is going to go bankrupt. No, I am not speaking metaphorically. Just as its predecessor Ontario Hydro did in 1999, so too OPG will reach the point of insolvency when it is no longer a viable commercial … Continue reading
Energy #16 – The Big Build
Energy #16 – The Big Build Continue reading
Energy #15 – An Answer for the Premier
Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking for a way to attack the rising cost of electricity, an increasingly dangerous political issue in Ontario. She has already given up the 8% Ontario portion of the HST, sure enough, but the public has … Continue reading
Energy #13 – The OEB Goes Bold
Someone called it “principled”, but that, although true, is probably an understatement. A better word for it is probably “bold”. “It” is the Ontario Energy Board’s decision, released yesterday, on expansion of the natural gas system into unserved communities in … Continue reading
Energy #12 – The RRFE is Implemented
Some context is in order. Energy #12, on corporate governance and the role of the regulator, was ALREADY WRITTEN (…and it was brilliant, in my unbiased and humble opinion.) It was going to be published today. Then, yesterday the Ontario … Continue reading
Energy #11 – Outcomes: The End of ROE
“Outcomes” is a buzzword that has in the past few years become popular in the energy sector; so popular, in fact, that many veterans of the industry gag every time they hear it. As with other buzzwords, it gets to … Continue reading
Manipulation and Morality
The other day I had one of those juxtapositions of experience that makes you really think. On the one hand, I participated in an event in which the event organizers used multiple manipulative techniques to try to get the audience … Continue reading
