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  • Turbine Approval Revoked August 16, 2017
    Bayshore broadcasting reports: Approval for wind turbines in Clearview Township has been revoked. The Environmental Review Tribunal released its decision today (Wednesday) to revoke the previous Renewable Energy Approval. Although the article notes the proponent has 15 days to appeal, I’ve switched the status to “Cancelled” on my map of industrial turbines i […]
  • Ontario may contract more imports from Quebec - badly August 10, 2017
  • Alberta electricity, July 26th, 2017: Base truths August 4, 2017
    As coal units age, their mode can and does change. New units have been cleanest, and used less fuel, so they would run all the time. As the units age other, cheaper to run, options are constructed and the units would step down to intermediate options - and then peaking, or emergency reserve, status. The 4 units being used to make big claims about baseload po […]
  • regarding flexibility August 2, 2017
  • The Class A cost transfer July 30, 2017
    Parker Gallant has a new post covering the Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI), or Class A Global Adjustment mechanism: Ontario’s class distinction stings ordinary hydro customers.  In early 2010, then Minister of Energy Brad Duguid issued a directive to the OPA (Ontario Power Authority) instructing them to create and deliver an “industrial energy effic […]
  • I’m no longer advocating for clean energy; here’s why. July 26, 2017
    Originally posted on The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen: My Finnish readers will already know that I announced some time ago that I’m done with energy/climate change discussions. I’ve been following the debate actively since about 2007 and have been writing about it since late 2010. I’ve written two books about the topic, one…
  • And old favourite sh July 21, 2017
    And old favourite showing the gap between realized production from Canada's CANDUs and the predictions of the 2003 Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout. Updated with data thru 2016, this graphic, created by Morgan Brown, I first included in this 2011 blog post: http://coldaircurrents.luftonline.net/2012/11/candu-refurbishment-costs-highlighted.html
  • another bad Ontario Energy Report July 8, 2017
    There’s an Ontario Energy Report (OER) that drips out quarterly. It’s often got a mistake on the first page. Half of that page is static graphics. The other half is some simple data presented in big fonts. The report could be useful as it contains data that is difficult to find elsewhere. The intent when […]
  • Ontario electricity sector's sorry second quarter July 3, 2017
    #storify-minimal a:hover{text-decoration:none}I've been active on Twitter over the past couple of days while reviewing Ontario electricity data for the first half of 2017 using tools I've recently created. I provided some unique insight into curtailed hydro (and wind), which could be useful in reducing future costs.Storified by Scott Luft · Mon, Ju […]
  • Premier Wynne's neglecting business July 3, 2017

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  • Ontario may contract more imports from Quebec - badly August 10, 2017
    On the morning of Tuesday August 8th La Presse published an article reporting on a draft contract which would see Ontario pay Quebec approximately $500 million a year for the ability to import 8 terawatt-hours of electricity. By late morning the office of Ontario's energy minister denied an agreement was reached, and the ruling Liberal party's pres […]
  • Premier Wynne's neglecting business July 3, 2017
    "Small business optimism in Ontario took a nosedive in June."So begins the Ontario section of the Business Barometer from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The members of the CFIB have legitimate reasons to be pessimistic. In this post I will demonstrate the indifference to the needs of employers in the current Ontario governm […]
  • Solar: Ontario's Base-Value Power June 23, 2017
    What is the generation source least valued by Ontario's electricity market in 2017?That is the question I asked on twitter the other day. I know it's not the most serious format, it's a small sample size, and my running the poll means there will be selection bias in the responses. I did invite others with different views of the energy world to […]
  • A citizen's map of Industrial Wind Turbines in Ontario June 21, 2017
    I have produced and put online an interactive map of Industrial Wind Turbines in Ontario. Having done so feel I should explain why, and how, and invite others to participate in improving data.The map is embedded later in this post, as is a YouTube clip of me talking to its design and functionality.  I talked for longer than I expected, and I suspect I shall […]
  • Ontario electricity: How we got to here June 5, 2017
    It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.The best: over the first five months of 2017 the reporting from Ontario's system operator (the IESO) indicates less than 2 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity has been generated from natural gas fueled facilities, with the remainder of 59 TWh generated on the IESO system coming from near-zero greenhouse […]
  • thuggish Premiers and faked electricity rates May 29, 2017
    “You all read the newspaper, you listen to the radio and you watch television — you know the problems that families are having around the province paying for their electricity costs,” the premier told reporters...  - thestar.comThe current Premier of Ontario is Kathleen Wynne has a Fair Hydro Plan (FHP). The freshly released legislation enabling the implemen […]
  • India's government approves construction of 10 nuclear reactors May 17, 2017
    India's government has approved construction of 10 nuclear reactors that will have a combined capacity of 7 GWe - essentially doubling the country's current nuclear capacity.Cabinet approves construction of 10 units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR):Boost to transform domestic nuclear industry In a significant decision t […]

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Christina Blizzard

Journalist formerly at Queen's Park

Bright Side Energy Viewpoints

Clean, Sustainable Nuclear

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A free-market energy blog

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Tom Adams Energy - ideas for a smarter grid

To discuss and debate electricity consumer and environmental issues, with emphasis on policy developments in Ontario, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick, Canada

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Pohdiskeluja sekalaisista asioista. Painopiste kuitenkin energia-, ilmastonmuutos- ja ympäristökysymyksissä.

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Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action

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Consumer Policy Institute is dedicated to fair value for Canadian consumers, excellence and efficiency within public service institutions.

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Because specialization is for insects.

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