Ontario’s Rising Electricity Rates: The Role of Nuclear Power
This factsheet looks at how nuclear power has had by far the largest impact on Ontario's rising electricity rates.
Electricity price alert
On January 1st Ontario Power Generation (OPG) raised its price of nuclear power by 7%
100 days to save 12%
The Ford Government must use its next 100 days in office to show it has
Let’s make every Pickering worker a millionaire
How could the Ford Government actually meet its promise to reduce hydro bills? It could
We can make every Pickering worker a millionaire — and still save billions!
Ontario can lower its electricity costs by $1.1 to $1.4 billion per year by closing the Pickering Nuclear Station and importing cleaner, safer and lower-cost water power from Quebec. The savings would be so great that we could pay every Pickering worker $1 million in severance and we would still save billions!
Ford needs a real plan to lower electricity bills
The Ford Government’s mantra is “promise made, promise kept.” But in the case of its
Pickering’s big– and growing — waste problem
The Pickering Nuclear Station has enough plutonium in waste onsite to arm 11,000 atomic warheads. With no long-term waste solution in sight, it is irresponsible to continue to add radioactive waste to the huge pile already on the waterfront at the station.
Tell the Nuclear Safety Commission to come out of hiding
Does the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) care what you think about keeping the aging
Can we trust the CNSC when they can’t book a hotel?
Want to ensure the public doesn’t interfere with your efforts to rubber stamp a new
We can make it happen – Close Pickering in 2018!
Why take the risk? That is the message we are trying to get out to
Possibility of Russians hacking into Ontario nuclear plants “a very serious question,” says Premier Kathleen Wynne
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said today she considers the possibility of Russians hacking into Ontario's
A Fukushima Disaster at Pickering could lead to 26,000 cancers and $125 billion in lost home values
Seven years ago, a runaway triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Station in Japan
A Fukushima-level Nuclear Disaster at Pickering
This expert report finds that a Fukushima-level disaster at the Pickering Nuclear plant would result in an estimated 26,000 cancer cases, of which roughly half would be fatal. Large areas of the Greater Toronto Area would need to be evacuated and would become uninhabitable in some cases for 100 years or more.
How would a PC Premier lower Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions and grow our economy?
All of the candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, with the
When will the light come on?
We are now just a few months away from a provincial election and we know
OPG trying to disguise costs of Darlington project
Global News has unearthed some stunning evidence of just how far Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Making the most of our efficiency potential to lower rates
Today, the IESO is paying an average of 2.2 cents for efficiency measures. Meanwhile, OPG is asking to raise the rate it is paid for nuclear power to 16.5 cents. Clearly, maximizing efficiency is a better answer. Our factsheet looks at just how much Ontario could save by maximizing efficiency.
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters calls Pickering extension uneconomic
In a submission to the Ontario Energy Board this week, the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Why pay more?
The Ontario government has set an ambitious target of lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 80%
Powering smart action on climate in Ontario
We need to take cost-effective action to reduce electricity sector GHG emissions. This report looks at how to reduce emissions at the lowest possible cost.