Ontario Electricity Regulation Crisis Report Part 102: More from Inside Toronto’s Cold, Black Christmas
I have collected a few more bits on how Toronto Hydro handled the ice storm recovery.
I have collected a few more bits on how Toronto Hydro handled the ice storm recovery.
On January 10, Toronto’s City Council will be holding a special meeting to discuss the ice storm and power outage with specific attention to the performance of Toronto Hydro and City emergency services and preparedness plans. The first order of business for Council ought to be commissioning an independent expert review of Toronto Hydro’s incompetent …
On December 22, 2013, as freezing rain stopped falling, Toronto Hydro’s CEO Anthony Haines promised hundreds of thousands of people blacked out across the city that everyone would have their power restored within 72 hours. He had the most advanced and costly urban Smart Grid system in Canada at his fingertips. The weather over the …
One week after the ice storm started, tens of thousands of customers are still blacked out in Toronto. The workers bringing Toronto’s power back on deserve our appreciation.
Early this morning, Toronto Hydro was reporting 54,700 customers without power. By mid afternoon the number of customers had only come down to 54,000. When I originally proposed a Lights On Toronto event to express appreciation to those reconnecting our city, I mistakenly thought it would be a party to celebrate all customers back on-line. …
The workers bringing Toronto’s power back on deserve our appreciation.