Solar Gold Rush?
Crashing prices for solar PV panels create the prospect for a solar PV gold rush when Ontario’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT) opens for applications from developers October 1st. Some reports indicate that the...
View ArticleUpdate on Solar Gold Rush
The National Post has carried a story July 7, 2010 indicating that a dim light is starting to glow in the mind of the McGuinty government that some of their Green Energy Act ideas were actually insane...
View ArticleProtecting Ontario Ratepayers from Solar Fraud
Notwithstanding the McGuinty government’s recent retrenchment on one of the government’s more egregiously profligate solar power subsidy schemes, the remaining solar Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program...
View ArticleOntario Power Agencies Failing Consumers: Examining the IESO
Institutional reform is needed in Ontario’s electricity sector so that key public agencies can properly perform their duties serving consumers while balancing the needs of producers. This essay argues...
View ArticleCommentary on Ontario’s FIT Contracts Announced Feb. 24/2010
The Ontario government announced here that it has entered into 40 new Feed-In Tariff contracts to procure another 872 MW of renewable power, primarily from wind and solar generators. The generators...
View ArticleOntario Government Refuses Request for Information on Solar Fraud
Here is an investigation from Tom Spears at the Ottawa Citizen into what the Ontario government is doing to protect consumers from solar fraud. The government refuses to explain the measures it is...
View ArticleSolar Fraud in the News
The Ottawa Citizen’s Tom Spears has a long record of carefully and insightfully reporting on the risk of solar fraud in Ontario. Here is a note on a previous example of his work. I presented a short...
View ArticleunFIT
Ontario may eventually gather the wherewithal to start redirecting the provincial power system away from parasitism towards responsible cost management. One agency is getting ahead of the curve with...
View ArticleSolar FIT Fraud Arrest in Windsor
The Windsor Square news portal is reporting that Windsor police have charged solar FIT developer Michael Levesque, 46, from LaSalle, with 44 fraud related offences. Windsor Square reports that police...
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