Hey Bob

Over the last two years, I have posed questions focused on Ontario electricity rate drivers to Ontario’s Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli on Twitter. Minister Chiarelli is an active Twitterer. He has yet to respond to any of these questions. Here’s a sampling of those questions.

Queen’s Park Face-off: Clueless vs. Dishonest (Fire Bob)

Back on April 16, 2014 there was a debate in the Ontario legislature on the conversion of the Thunder Bay coal fired power station to be fueled instead with biomass. In this exchange, the leader of the NDP, Andrea Horwath, takes a break from complaining about soaring power costs to demand more biomass power. Compare …

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Ontario Electricity System Operational Update Part #3: Forest Burner Fuels Up

OPG has moved a step closer to getting its super expensive, Pembina Instititute-approved, forest-fuelled power station at Atikokan into operation. OPG has entered into contracts to buy 90,000 tonnes per year of wood pellets for 10 years to fuel its converted Atikokan Generating Station. Resolute Forest Products has responded to my inquiry about the number of hectares per …

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