Kelly Egan, Postmedia News | January 13, 2016 11:32 AM ET The introduction of smart meters to Ontario, mandated by the Liberal government at a cost of about $2 billion, created peak and off-peak rates that were to spark a conservation drive across the province. The results have been disappointing, writes Kelly Egan. Hydro One has taken […]
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PAUL BRIAN, POSTMEDIA NETWORK – FIRST POSTED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 03, 2015 05:01 PM EDT Jim Pulcine (left) and his wife Veronica Onyskiw look at the damage where their hydro smart meter was formerly attached to their home, June 3, 2015. (PAUL BRIAN/Postmedia Network) COLLINGWOOD, Ont. – Veronica Onyskiw woke up to the sound of her dog […]
Enough Is Enough – Hydro One Protest Queens Park, Toronto 5/13/2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj0wm9pfEaI#t=57 Enough Is Enough – Hydro One Protest Kingston, March 21, 2015 Enough is Enough – Facebook Group
Some 5,500 of Ontario’s 4.8 million smart meters are being removed and replaced because of a risk they could heat up, cause an electrical short and possibly spark a fire. SASKPOWER In Saskatchewan last summer, SaskPower removed a model of Sensus Corp. smart meter from homes and businesses after eight unexplained minor fires. By: Robert Benzie Queen’s […]
Smart meters were supposed to cost $1 billion. In fact, the total cost will be double that amount. (even at double, the cost per meter is only $416.67 vs. $555 in BC). The energy ministry grossly over-estimated the benefits of the smart meter program. It figured the benefit would be $600 million […]
Toronto Sun BY CHRISTINA BLIZZARD, QMI AGENCY FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2014 03:58 PM EST | UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2014 04:11 PM EST Turns out Smart Meters were a really dumb idea. Who knew? Well, beleaguered homeowners desperately trying to pay their skyrocketing hydro bills certainly had a pretty good idea. Now […]
Pierre Bonin says no one will want to buy his Walden cottage once they see the bills he has to pay – CBC News Sudbury – June 16, 2014: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-man-s-cottage-electricity-bill-skyrockets-1.2677115 (audio 07:42) Sky high hydro bill – Morning North – CBC – June 16, 2014 A Sudbury man is worried his whopping electricity bill could […]
Parks Canada says the proposed wireless hotspots in its parks would be restricted to visitor centres and campgrounds — “not in the wilderness, and not in the back country,” Andrew Campbell, director of visitor experience with Parks Canada, told CTV’s Power Play. Corinne Ton That, CTVNews.ca Published Tuesday, April 29, 2014 There’s been an outpouring […]
Rural MPPs say power utility tops lists of complaints BY HUGH ADAMI, OTTAWA CITIZEN JULY 31, 2013 Thousands of Hydro One users in Eastern Ontario and other rural parts of the province are being left in the dark as to when their next electricity bill will arrive. Some have not received a bill since 2012. […]