TheStar Ontario to launch $1 million blitz to explain soaring energy costs
Ontario's Liberal government has yet another pamphlet pleading their case on electricity costs. If you read it, keep in mind that back in the winter of 2003, PC Premier Eves was noting nuclear capacity coming back online in the near future would restore capacity to acceptable levels in Ontario.
2500MW of nuclear capacity returned (2 units at Pickering and 2 at Bruce) by early in 2005, and that capacity meant nuclear provided 20TWh more in 2010 than it did in 2003. Usage is down to - about 9TWh. Coal use is only down 25TWh, but natural gas is up 9 too.
The main reason for the rapid escalation in price is a policy of expensive demand reduction programs (smart meters for installing TOU, and all these pamphlets!), and expensive programs to procure unnecessary and inappropriate supply sources.
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