Glenn Thibeault

• Hydro One says its reviewing executive compensation

  The move comes weeks after Ontario PC Party Leader Doug Ford said he would fire the CEO and board of directors at the partially privatized utility if his party is elected on June 7.

  Politics

  Apr 30, 2018
• Ontario energy minister Glenn Thibeault downplays dispute between auditor, electricity operator

  Glenn Thibeault says concerns raised by Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk during testimony before a legislative committee aren't new and the practices being used by the Independent Electricity System Operator are common in other jurisdictions and endorsed by major auditing firms.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2018
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• Hydro One ordered to substantially lower rate increase for 2018

  Hydro One wanted to be able to raise its transmission rates by 4.8 per cent in 2018.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2017
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• Ontario launching year-long review of Ontario Energy Board

  The Liberal government has tapped Richard Dicerni, a former head of Ontario Power Generation, to lead a year-long review of the Ontario Energy Board.

  Politics

  Dec 20, 2017
• Ontario Liberals ordered hydro firms to advertise rate-cut plan on bills: NDP

  Earlier this year, one company complained that the government was politicizing utility bills.

  Economy

  Dec 13, 2017
• New Democrat MPP proposes bill to regulate gas prices in Ontario

  Gilles Bisson will introduce a bill next week that would allow the Ontario Energy Board to control both the retail price and wholesale mark-up of petroleum products in the province.

  Consumer

  Nov 24, 2017
• ANALYSIS: The power of change in Ontario’s Power

  The government says the Fair Hydro Plan has variables programmed in it to allow for changes in energy consumption and prices, but the debt will still remain and getting consumers to pay it will be tough if there are other better cheaper options.

  Politics

  Nov 20, 2017
• Scott Thompson: Liberals blame politics for bribery trial

  Sorbara and Lougheed were accused of offering Liberal candidate hopeful Andrew Olivier a position to step down for Wynne’s preferred candidate (now Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault) in a 2015 Sudbury byelection.

  Blogs

  Oct 25, 2017
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• Scott Thompson: Do you believe Kathleen Wynne Liberals or Auditor General when it comes to hydro costs?

  Ontarians have been given the true costs of Kathleen Wynne’s Green Energy Act refinance (the Fair Energy Act) and it is as ugly as experts predicted many years ago.

  Blogs

  Oct 18, 2017
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• Ontario government to spend $5.5M advertising hydro bill cuts, documents show

  A set of radio ads this year have told listeners that people would receive an average of 25 per cent off their hydro bills this summer and rate increases are being held to inflation for four years.

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2017