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The Ontario Electricity Sector Decoded

Relative Costs for Electricity in Ontario

Hydro One and the Executive Compensation

Compared to Florida, Hydro One is robbing us – the Star

Election Promises – Part 1 of 3

Election Promises – Part 2 of 3

Election Promises – Part 3 of 3

The Ontario election and the 3 party distraction

Electricity Cost and Consumer Impact

Ontario Election – The Aftermath

Hydro One – to sell or not to sell

Electric Vehicle subsidy – does it reduce emissions?

The Non-Sense Revolution – Again?

Hydro One CEO Retires and Board Resigns

Ontario’s 6 Million Dollar Gong Show

What you need to know about Ontario’s Wholesale Electricity Market

Hydro One – The PC Government’s Scapegoat

Electricity Retailers – Rolling the Dice

Green Energy in Ontario – R.I.P.

Electricity Industry in Ontario Ripe for Change

Hydro One Loses Avista Deal

Wind Energy – Economics or Ideology?

Solar Energy – Our Timeless Resource

Ontario Electricity Bill Increases Explained – November 2019

A Perspective on Ontario’s Cancelled Renewable Energy Contracts

The Future of Ontario’s Time of Use Electricity Rates

The Rising Cost of Electricity in Ontario

Ontario Electricity Subsidies

Articles:

The Beginning

What is Hydro?

Some Physics

Looking at your bill

Keynotes

Change & Innovation

Top-Down Change

Infrastructure Migration

Technological Innovation

Smart Grid

Smart Meters

Microgrids

Ontario’s Wholesale Electricity Market for Dummies

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles – Yay or Nay?

Electric Vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions

Electric Vehicle efficiency and operating cost

Living with an Electric Vehicle

Electric Vehicle infrastructure impact

Cost

Electricity Service Costs

High Cost

Rising Costs

A Case Study

Exporting Power: Win or Lose?

Nuclear Generation – Past, Present and Future

Local Distribution Company Delivery Cost Comparison

The Cost of Labour

Case Study – How does the cost of labour affect rates?

Wind Energy

A brief history of wind energy

Ontario’s wind energy snapshot

The economic reality of wind – “down the rabbit hole”

Capacity and capacity factor of wind energy

Wind energy subsidies

Dispatch and constraint agreements

Delivery Infrastructure upgrades

Geographic factors

Grid power flows

Providing backup energy sources

Surplus energy management

Energy market influences

Regulatory requirements

Displaced fuel cost savings

Environment and human health

The technical stuff

The Solar Solution

A brief history of solar energy

Solar energy technology and applications

Solar capacity and capacity factor

The global view of solar energy

The global economics of solar energy

An Ontario solar energy perspective

Environmental impacts of solar energy

The future of solar energy

History

A History of Significant Events

DeCew Falls 1898

The Rise and Fall of 25-Cycle Electricity in Ontario

Electrification of Rural Ontario

The 1965 Northeast Blackout

The Great Ice Storm of 1998

The Northeast Blackout of 2003

Ottawa Blackouts

Toronto Blackouts

Solar Flares, Blackouts and the Carrington Event

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2 thoughts on “Site Map”

  1. Your information and posts is pretty amazing. I have found it to be a great resource on a number of topics.
    I am currently enrolled in a Master’s in Energy Policy and Climate ay Johns Hopkins and have been trying to “Canadianize” all of the assignments and projects. As much info that the IESO publishes, it is still pretty challenging to understand that pricing of electricity in Ontario because of the opacity of the contracted pricing.
    Thanks again and I really appreciate the resources.

    1. Thanks for taking the time to read the articles and your kind words.
      Ontario is a region which is very generous with the volume of information provided to the public. Because of the complexity of the Markets and the rules impacting pricing it is very difficult to make sense of it all. It isn’t enough just to mine the IESO data, you need to be aware of its limitations.
      Between the IESO, the Auditor General’s reports and the Ontario Energy Board you can find most price-related information.
      Good luck with your Masters Degree!

      Regards
      Derek

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