Hydro Rates Ontario

• Ontario rolls out ‘ultra low’ overnight hydro rate to encourage demand shift

  Energy Minister Todd Smith says the new rate will be 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 67 per cent lower than the current off peak rate.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2023
  
• Ontario energy providers will have to stop charging a fee to tell people their power could be disconnected

  Ontario regulators have announced sweeping changes to electricity and natural gas customer service rules, expanding protection and eliminating fees.

  Consumer

  Sep 7, 2018
  
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• An election powered by electricity

  Ontario voters believe hydro bills have been rising faster than is reasonable. This has made electricity a big issue on the provincial election, pollster Darrell Bricker says.

  Politics

  May 29, 2018
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• Hydro: Ontario permanently bans winter disconnection from electricity

  The OEB announced Thursday it has permanently banned utility companies in the province from disconnecting residential customers for non-payment.

  Consumer

  Nov 2, 2017
• Bill Kelly: Why do Ontarians support Wynne’s flawed hydro plan?

  A financial planner friend of mine offered some insight into my question.

  Oct 20, 2017
• Did Wynne’s resurrection strategy just get harder or easier?

  The scenario conjures up eerie reminders of ministers bailing from the federal Conservative cabinet in the run-up to the 2015 national election campaign.

  Commentary

  Aug 1, 2017
• Can anyone really ‘fix’ hydro?

  The hydro issue continues to be a big issue, but after listening to all three leaders outline their plans, I'm not sure anyone has a handle on a solution to our hydro woes.

  Commentary

  Jun 19, 2017
• Ontario energy minister admits mistake with green energy program

  Ontario Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault has issued a mea culpa on the way the Liberal government implemented its Green Energy plan. Thibeault says the implementation of the Green Energy Act has led to “sub-optimal outcomes” for consumers and to increased prices in electricity for families and businesses in Ontario. In a speech delivered Friday to...

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2017
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• Ontario electricity rates will remain unchanged, first time in nearly a decade

  For the first time since 2008, hydro rates for residential customers in Ontario are not going up.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2016
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• Ontario’s electric car goal could lead to increase in hydro rates, expert says

  Ontario’s ambitious goal to put an electric car in every multi-vehicle driveway over the next decade could lead to higher electricity prices, an economist warns.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2016