National Post Column: “Hot air from the wind power lobby”
In this column in today’s National Post, Ross McKitrick and I address criticisms raised against our analysis on behalf of the Fraser Institute of Ontario’s power cost trend.
Archive of posts filed under the National Post Columns category.
What Goes Up…Ontario’s Soaring Electricity Prices and How to Get Them Down
Here is a link to the Fraser Institute publication referenced in the title of this post authored by Ross McKitrick and myself. All substantive comments on the report are welcome. Spitballers need not apply.
Hudak’s Green Waffles
Kathy Hamilton (who blogs here) and I have another column in the National Post March 4th print edition addressing the politics of power poverty in Ontario. (archived below in case something bad happens to the NP original)
Ontario’s Coal Burn Out
Tomorrow’s print edition of the National Post will carry my column “Ontario’s cost cancer started with coal“. Here are some references that might assist readers.
Smart Grid? Part 1: Ontario’s Next Energy Project
This posting kicks off a new series reporting on “Smart Grid”. As my co-author Kathy Hamilton and I argue in our column “Ontario’s next energy project” published in the National Post today, Smart Grid is the big new fad taking over power industry policy.
Newfoundland’s Muskrat Madness
Here is my column from today’s National Post.
Newfoundland & Labrador: Out of gas
Here is my column in today’s National Post challenging the government of Newfoundland & Labrador to clean up its wasteful energy resource practices.
Ontario Electricity System Operational Update #7: Green Energy, Cold Feet
This column, presenting new data showing the Ontario Liberals losing faith in their own green energy revolution, appeared in the National Post March 13. It is a testament to the opacity of the Ontario power system that this $11 billion cost reduction for consumers was only revealed in response to a Freedom of Information request. Here …
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Muskrat Folly
(A draft of this commentary was presented here on December 15. The original of preserved below. What appears first in this post is the version published in the National Post newspapers on December 19. I have added some notes to assist reader seeking more background and factual support for the arguments presented.) The governments of Newfoundland, …
Gas Busters Part 11: McGuinty’s Green Zombie Transformation (Halloween Edition)
A slightly revised version of this essay will appear in the National Post print edition November 1, 2012. A related report in the Post is here: Terence Corcoran: McGuinty’s dark secrets revealed +++ Over the course of his nine years as premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty’s electricity policies gradually transformed from a loose grab bag of …
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