Posts tagged Environmental Commissioner
Posts tagged Environmental Commissioner
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller explains how electricity prices work in Ontario. Market price, guaranteed price, the global adjustment. Ontario prices hit peaks as high as $1.89 per kWh versus average prices around $ .03.
“Truthiness is a ‘truth’ that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.” Stephen Colbert
Cut through the disinformation and read the truth about Power Pricing:
- The difference between legacy hydro and built nuclear (minus the debt retirement charge) versus the cost of new generation
- The impact of green energy FIT contracts
- The real impact of Time of Use Pricing
So the cost of conservation and all the renewable subsidies in 2010 amounted to 0.4 cents of the 13 cents we paid for a kWh in our homes. A significant amount, perhaps, but hardly the bogeyman that it is so often made out to be.
Words of wisdom from the Environmental Commissioner on the HST and electricity prices
It is time to invest in our system. Will we buy a clunker centralized system or a smart 21st century grid.
