Financial Post – October 13, 2010
Ontario power lesson: Notes for a speech that Ontario’s Opposition leader could give, but won’t, on the state of the province’s electricity sector
By Lawrence Solomon
Ontario Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is a keynote speaker tomorrow at the Ontario Energy Association. Here is the speech he should, but won’t, give.
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The Daily Telegraph – September 18, 2010
Britain’s energy policy is in crisis: The Government’s policy on renewable energy is wasteful and counter-productive
By Christopher Booker
The Washington Times – August 17, 2010
EDITORIAL: The Gulf’s bird toll
Windmills slaughter more than oil spill
While several million gallons of crude oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico since April, nature has been far more resilient than environmental doomsayers would like. The left is counting on images of oiled pelicans and lingering devastation to build urgency for unpopular policies like “cap-and-trade.” Nature is refusing to cooperate, and the so-called environmentalists are proving to be the true hazard.
Read the complete article here.
August 22, 2010
Hydro prices “going up like a rocket”
By Don Butler
Electricity prices in Ontario are “going up like a rocket,” fuelled in part by the Ontario government’s Green Energy Act, says a longtime observer of the province’s energy scene. “You are going to get screwed, and it’s going to be painful,” said Tom Adams, a Toronto-based consultant and a former executive director of Energy Probe. “We’re talking about hundreds of dollars a year out of your pocketbook that didn’t need to happen. I’m livid about it. People should be outraged.”
See Conservative government press release on wind energy funding below.
August 17, 2010
AP Enterprise: Old-style coal plants expanding
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Writer
WYODAK, Wyo. – Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry’s standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.
Read the complete article here.
MasterResource.org – July 22, 2010
Northwest Windpower: Problems Aplenty
By Eric Lowe
Sharp increases in windpower output on the Pacific Northwest electricity grid has lead to a number of problems. This has fallen into the lap of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Pacific Northwest federal power marketing authority that must integrate the large influx of wind energy into the electricity grid.
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