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I'm often asked about claims from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, and I usually don't prioritize acknowledging them publicly. Privately I have, and because the topic continues to come up, I thought I'll post based on a quick e-mail I produced regarding this OCAA graphic - which is from a more comprehensive document where they reference the sources of most of the figures:

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has issued a decision today on guidelines for funding the expansion of natural gas delivery.  The ruling is extraordinary in adherence to sound regulatory principles - at least in light of the willful plundering that's been allowed to fall on electricity consumers for years, and which I noted was continuing just two days ago. Contrast the government's spend/contract first, do the math never, electricity experience with: This proceeding is a generic hearing convened by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to establish a framework within which natural gas service could be expanded to communities in the province of Ontario that are not currently served. ... Despite the benefits of natural gas, there are still areas of the province that are not being served. In most cases, these are rural and/or remote communities where there are challenges to building out natural gas infrastructure (primarily pipelines) in an economic way. Although the costs of building ...

I really don't mean this to sound ugly - but it is about race-based political policy, so I won't waste too much time prettying it up either. Brian Hill has produced another report on the Global News site:  Ontario hydro customers could pay $650 million to connect remote First Nations communities : Despite recent promises from the federal government of more than $185 billion in infrastructure spending over the next decade, Ontario electricity customers could soon be on the hook for up to $650 million toward the cost of connecting 16 remote First Nations communities to the province’s electricity grid. I've written on this transmission line, and want to recap here, hopefully as an addendum to Hill's work, and to demonstrate how stupidly Ontario's novice Minister of Energy, Glenn Thibeault, proceeded with this project. A timeline, for context: [caption id="attachment_4240" align="alignright" width="296"] image from National Post [/caption]...