Posted on 11/02/2015 6:29:50 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
Electricity prices in Ontario officially increased Sunday and the rate hike is expected to push up the average household hydro bill by 3.4 per cent.
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) announced the rate increase on Oct. 15 for winter months, which will impact most households and small businesses. Effective Sunday:
The price for off-peak hours goes up 0.3 cents to 8.3 cents/kWh. The price for mid-peak hours goes up 0.6 cents to 12.8 cents/kWh. The price for on-peak hours goes up 1.4 cents to 17.5 cents/kWh. Sunday's rate hike means the on-peak price of electricity has jumped 77 per cent since Smart Meters became common five years ago. In November 2010, the price was 9.9 cents/kWh.
In 2010, the average monthly bill was about $100 per month. The typical household will shell out roughly $31 more per month this year.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
Cerainly the “hawt” mr. truedough will implement some sort of free “hydro” for his peeps. How about a bunch of windmills and soul-er panels?
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The “Smart Meters” are mentioned in this story, plus a three tier pricing system.
These are no doubt ideas being used in Canada for electricity that will be coming down south because of ‘climate change’ policies being promoted by our politicians.
Why ‘hydro’. ?
Hydro is slang for water.
Because they used to make most of their electricity from hydropower. Just like the Tennessee Valley Authority.
To follow up on my post - 2012 data suggests that Ontario now gets 56% from nuclear reactors, 22% from dams, 14% from natural gas, and the rest from wind, coal, and ‘other’ in that order.
Current numbers (as of 4:45 this morning) are Nuke - 70%, Hydro, just under 22%, Gas 5%, Wind about 2%, and a dab from Biofuels. Nothing from wind this morning.
So they should rename it from ‘Hydro’ to ‘Nuke’.
Thanks, I thought that might be the case, but didn’t know for sure.
I checked the "Hydro Quebec" website not long ago and unless I'm reading it wrong they pay something like 5 cents per kWh
The Canucks routinely use the word "hydro" where we would use "power".I first learned this watching The Red Green Show.My guess is that it's because a good portion of their power is hydroelectric.
Well, well... even after the Hydro One & Ontario government pushed that all homes have smart meters.
Smart Meters: Between Economic Benefits And Privacy Concerns
Next generation utility meters better known as “smart metersâ€, used to measure remotely and in real time gas, water, and – above all – electricity consumption, are now being deployed by several companies in many States across the U.S. While growth has leveled, after legislative incentives drove an initial boom between 2009 and 2012, installations are expected to make steady progress over the next 10 years.
The reason behind the deployment, is to offer a whole range of benefits to consumers, providing them with feedback on their energy consumption, helping them to change their habits in order to reduce it and save therefore money, and reducing the risk of power outages and other issues, while at the same time providing significant savings and income for the companies involved.
Still, not everyone is convinced, and smart meters are facing opposition by small, but vocal groups of activists or private citizens concerned about the use of their data. As it often happens when technology is involved, the trade off is between privacy and efficiency, and has to do with the main feature of these sophisticated devices: their two-way communication capability, meaning that the company that operates them can not only receive information from the meters, but also send commands, and get a response back.
Back during the days of edison and westinghouse, Ontario Hydro was formed to create electricity at Niagara falls. Hydro became the common name for the power company, the same way we use the former brand name Aspirin to mean common headache pills.
Thanks.
Almost all electrical power is generated through a form of “hydro”. Nuclear, coal and natural gas plants generate electricity by turning water into steam, which moves the turbines.
I used to work for Ontario Hydro when it was a single, 33,000 employee monstrosity covering all aspects of generation and distribution in the Province of Ontario. They overbuilt their nuclear capacity using a technology that has been proven to have many flaws (requiring billions in maintenance costs and lost power during shutdowns), and have continued to compound their difficulties (through the now separate government corporations for generation and transmission) with politically driven “investment” in green energy scams. With flower child Trudeau about to become PM, we will soon see this madness forced on the entire country.
Not entirely accurate as to natural gas. Look up 'Natural gas peaking plants" or perhaps "Single cycle combustion turbines" where what are in effect jet engines power generators. No water cycle needed.
See also the less common natural gas reciprocating engines for power generation.
How ever near here in Ontario California the first signs of winter are really starting to kick in with a expected high of 70 °F
Current Temp
68.6 °F
Wind chill
Feels Like 68.6 °F
Yah,but they're predicting a Magnitude 68.6 earthquake in about 3 hours.
Liberals don’t take conditions that require hard work very well. Maybe a good quake would scare Nanci Polosi and her comrades back to where they came from.
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