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|  | Aug 19, 2010 |
| | Time-of-use rates for industry the right move | | Giving businesses a financial stake in conservation will deliver benefits to all Ontarians, according to Adam White, AMPCO President, and Rick Smith, the Executive Director of Environmental Defence. |  |
| | Aug 17, 2010 |
| | Electricity policy proposal paves way for job creation | | The Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario applauds the announcement today by the McGuinty Government of its proposal to help large industry conserve in order to improve Ontario's competitiveness and create jobs. | |
| | Aug 6, 2010 |
| | Ontario’s cheap power advantage is gone, says industry | | For close to a century, cheap electric power was the cornerstone of Ontario’s industrial policy. No more, says Adam White. | |
| | Jul 16, 2010 |
| | Current Affairs - Summer 2010 Edition | | AMPCO has published the Summer 2010 Edition of its new Current Affairs Newsletter, reporting on the electricity policy and regulatory priorities of major power consumers in Ontario. The newsletter is available free for download on AMPCO's website. | |
| | Jun 24, 2010 |
| | Ontario Announces Energy Efficiency Incentive Program for Industry | | The Ontario Power Authority has officially launched a new five-year energy-efficiency incentive program for transmission-connected industrial customers. | |
| | Jun 5, 2010 |
| | Absolute Power? Why Ontario’s rush to pour billions into green energy is fraught with risk and could leave consumers on the hook | | Why is Ontario willing to pay such a steep price to go green? For starters, Premier Dalton McGuinty has pledged to eliminate dirty coal-fired power plants .. | |
| | Dec 18, 2009 |
| | OPA seeks input on industrial energy efficiency program rules | | The OPA is launching a new energy efficiency program for industrial transmission-connected customers and is looking for input on the draft program rules, eligibility requirements and incentives. The draft rules are available on-line. | |
| | Oct 28, 2009 |
| | Bruce Power Agreement Amended | | New details of July 6, 2009 amendments to the Bruce Power Agreement are revealed in the quarterly reports of Cameco and TransCanada, partners in the Bruce Power Limited Partnership. | |
| | Sep 24, 2009 |
| | Ontario Launches Feed In Tariff Program | | As part of a broad announcement of the government's "ten steps to green energy" plan, Ontario today launched its feed-in tariff program for renewable energy projects. | |
| | Sep 22, 2009 |
| | OPG Contingency Support Agreement | | An agreement with OEFC provides financial support to cover costs at OPG's Nanticoke and Lambton Generating Stations. OPG reports the deal generated Q1 revenue of $39 million, Q2 revenue of $140 million, on average just over $30 for each MWh of production by these plants for the first half of 2009. | |
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| EFFICIENT PRICES AND RATE DESIGN | | The current design of electricity rates to recover the fixed costs of electricity supply—the Global Adjustment or Provincial Benefit—is unfair to customers, inconsistent with best practices in other jurisdictions and unnecessarily is eroding Ontario’s industrial competitiveness. | | Learn more about AMPCO's campaign to reform price signals and rate design to promote efficiency in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, to promote efficient demand management, and to protect the interests of consumers with respect to the price, adequacy, reliability and quality of electricity service in Ontario. | |
| | BENCHMARKING ONTARIO'S ELECTRICITY COMPETITIVENESS | | The 2008 update compares delivered industrial electricity rates in Ontario from 2002 to 2007 to other provinces and selected United States markets. | | Comparing electricity costs on the basis of all-in delivered rates charged to customers we find that although prices recovered from the highs set during 2005, wholesale prices are trending upwards in all jurisdictions surveyed.
In Canada, only Alberta is more expensive than Ontario, but Ontario finds itself in the middle of the pack compared to US markets in the Midwest, Northeast, New England and New York.
Prices have increased more rapidly recently in the US than in Ontario, due to higher reliance on fossil fuels in the US and increasing prices of those fuels, narrowing supply cushions and persistent transmission congestion.
Wholesale charges and transmission charges are significantly higher in Ontario than other jurisdictions. Of concern are distribution costs: up 18.5 percent since 2002, more than 7 percent per year from 2005 to 2007. | |
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