Within 16 hours of this statement from the Minister, the Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP) had crashed below $0, and we were paying over $100/MWh to any takers of our generation.We are limited in our ability to export by interties, partially because of the Six Nations holdup of additional transmission - Bentley may not be aware of this - but in the previous cabinet he had dual roles as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Attorney General, so there's a possibility he might have heard something about it.
Or he may have devoted himself to a pet project fixing up Attawapiskat.
I dunno.
I do know nuclear units 6 and 7 at Bruce B were once again dumping power (they are guaranteed a floor price regardless), and the reason is not hard to spot.
The reason for the price crash is also not hard to spot. It isn't the Minister's statement - it's the deeply flawed policies the Minister is braying about.
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