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Title: You won�t see the cost of Ontario�s cap-and-trade plan on your hydro bill, but it will be there
Category: Provincial Politics
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2016-08-01 17:39:34
Canadian

[uwish]

of coarse it is, one of the reasons Ontario has among THE HIGHEST hydro bill in NA. Get ready Alberta, were next!

[Alta_redneck]

uwish uwish:

of coarse it is, one of the reasons Ontario has among THE HIGHEST hydro bill in NA. Get ready Alberta, were next!

Can't wait.

[herbie]

Still waiting to hear what the average Hydro bill in Ontario is.
Asking because I just got mine here in BC for June/July it was $123.
So if it's $200 a month it's something to whine about. If it's $70 and the highest in Canada, it ain't.
I've got friends who just won't effing stop thinking they're "saving money" buying cheap incandescent bulbs at the Dollar store. Went from 120W in the bedroom to 26W with CFLs and just scored a modern new LED fixture from Costco for $39. The LED is only 14W and built in - no replaceable bulbs! And it's so bright I can read in there for the first time. Plus no flicker.
Went back and bought 5 more fixtures! And scored a $49 chandelier for the dining room. Now the whole front of the house uses less power than the bulb in the fridge.
300W -> 36W

[uwish]

Ont went on average from 8 cents /Kw Hr to 18! Their distribution fees more than doubled, it's quite easy to find out. There are some great videos of Ont failed hydro policies.

it isn't just about the consumption, my Enmax bill the consumption charges are almost negligible compared to access, distribution and my favorite, VARIABLE administration fees.

[shockedcanadian]

Borrowing that will burden future generations who don't have a say on the matter and tax, regulate and interfere in the lives of the current generation so that her friends and "protective" agencies get to enjoy the trough.

This is called benevolence while fiscal responsible leadership is referred to as "cruel". I'd really like someone to explain this logic.

After all the borrowing and doubling of the debt in a decade, the province still loses the most jobs in the country. It should get really interesting when the Toronto housing bubble bursts and interest rates go up.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

herbie herbie:

Still waiting to hear what the average Hydro bill in Ontario is.
Asking because I just got mine here in BC for June/July it was $123.
So if it's $200 a month it's something to whine about. If it's $70 and the highest in Canada, it ain't.
I've got friends who just won't effing stop thinking they're "saving money" buying cheap incandescent bulbs at the Dollar store. Went from 120W in the bedroom to 26W with CFLs and just scored a modern new LED fixture from Costco for $39. The LED is only 14W and built in - no replaceable bulbs! And it's so bright I can read in there for the first time. Plus no flicker.
Went back and bought 5 more fixtures! And scored a $49 chandelier for the dining room. Now the whole front of the house uses less power than the bulb in the fridge.
300W -> 36W

At the end of 2015, the average hydro bill was $143/mo in Toronto and $148/mo in Ottawa.

Also keep in mind that in Ontario for every $100 worth of hydro bill you receive ONLY $23 is for actual hydro use. The rest is delivery, connection fee, taxes and the Wynned Bag's "Global Adjustment Fee".
That means that in Toronto, they only used $33 worth of electricity/mo but were charged $143 for it. And the $148/mo in Ottawa translates to $34 worth of actual hydro usage.