Ontario Electricity Regulation Crisis Report Part 127: Poley McPoleface

With credit to Boaty McBoatface, it’s time for Toronto to have its own Poley McPoleface. In part 126 of this series, I introduced initial documentation of a pole being replaced as part of Toronto Hydro’s so called “aging assets” replacement program.

Ontario Electricity Regulation Crisis Report Part 110: Toronto Hydro’s Phony Infrastructure Deficit

On April 15, 2014, more than 120,000 customers in west Toronto were blacked out when a Toronto Hydro distribution line under construction on Union Street, near St. Clair and Old Weston Rd., shorted out a Hydro One high-voltage line. Toronto Hydro’s overhead rebuild of the Union St. distribution line — the cause of the blackout …

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