The Ontario Energy Board’s chair, Rosemarie Leclair, presented a speech to the annual meeting of the Electrical Distributors Association on March 26, 2012. Her comments amplify concerns I have previously raised about Ms. Leclair’s apparent bias against consumers.
(text of FIPPA application hand delivered) February 16, 2012 ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD 2300 Yonge Street, 27th Floor P.O. Box 2319 Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Attention: Ms. K. Walli, Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator
Starting on January 12, this web site has been presenting a series of news updates and commentaries addressing the Toronto Hydro vs. Ontario Energy Board confrontation. The reason I started this series with the cumbersome title “Ontario Electricity Regulation Crisis Report” was because of my concern that developments surrounding Toronto Hydro are likely to have greater …
As I have been reporting since Part Six of this series, the OEB chair publicly dressed down Toronto Hydro yesterday for lying to the public over available capital funds and for making drastic, damaging staff cuts without availing itself of remedies the regulator has provided. One implication of the OEB’s letter is that the mass of …
Publicly dressed down yesterday by the OEB for lying to the public over available capital funds and for making drastic, damaging staff cuts without availing itself of remedies the regulator has provided, Toronto Hydro’s self-inflicted crisis continues. A credit report issued by BMO in response to the OEB’s recent decision has noted: “In our view, the decision …
In light of the Ontario Energy Board chair’s letter to Toronto Hydro, discussed in Part Six of this series, it is absolutely clear that any and all costs associated with the recent careless and irresponsible actions taken by Toronto Hydro to cancel contracts ought to accrue to the shareholder and not be the responsibility of …
In a calm, direct tone, the chair of the OEB has written to the chair of Toronto Hydro correcting the record on Toronto Hydro’s aggressive misinformation campaign. “The most recent Board decision does not limit Toronto Hydro’s capital spending to $140 million in 2012, as suggested in Toronto Hydro media commentary, and does not prevent …
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Ontario Energy Minister Duguid announced today that he is nominating Rosemarie T. Leclair, currently the president of Hydro Ottawa’s parent, to lead the Ontario Energy Board. Here is the OEB’s decision on Hydro Ottawa’s most recent rate plan, a rate plan I characterize as “heads the utility wins, tails the customers lose.”