Bright Ideas from Toronto Hydro discloses they Failed Math
Parker Gallant has a new post at Energy Probe - examining Toronto Hydro's cost claims. Coincidentally, I had a blog post this week congratulating Ontario's powers on making my Hydro One billing more honest; previously the metered usage was marked up 8.5% (which the stated was to account for line loss), but finally the billing is actually for what customers' meters indicate. The charge was unchanged, because the delivery charge just now contains the charge, instead of pretending usage was higher. There is a difference though. Apparently the change was required to comply with measurement Canada rules - which are probably similar to rules in the U.S. If Ontario local distribution companies have been the only ones exaggerating the consumed wattage, then all the cost/kWh figures in Ontario have been understated in comparisons to other jurisdictions. Bright Ideas from Toronto Hydro discloses they Failed Math For the approximately 700,000 customers of Toronto Hydro who have either...