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Undoing Ontario's energy mess
What a mess.
Years of dreamy plans for renewable solar and wind energy, expensive conservation plans, unfulfilled promises to close coal-burning stations, and a belief that Ontarians can always reach deeper to pay for hydro rate increases have led to massive rate increases and knee-jerk rebate programs.
January 5, 2011
by Ted Chudleigh
in Inside Halton
What a mess.
Years of dreamy plans for renewable solar and wind energy, expensive conservation plans, unfulfilled promises to close coal-burning stations, and a belief that Ontarians can always reach deeper to pay for hydro rate increases have led to massive rate increases and knee-jerk rebate programs.
Creeping user fees and tax hikes have led to a 75 per cent increase in hydro rates under Premier Dalton McGuinty, and that is before the HST. Worse still, McGuinty's insistence on smart meters and an outsourced Green Energy Plan for solar and wind power will hike hydro bills another 46 per cent, according to... [continue via Web link]
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