Category: Energy Procurement
TransCanada Corporation May Raise Transportation Tolls in Western Canada
July 7th, 2010, No Comments
By: Associate
The TransCanada Corporation is currently in a bid to reduce the toll cost of transporting natural gas across the country’s Mainland pipeline. Its plan is to raise the transportation tolls where the demand is strongest, in Western Canada, to offset the significant costs of the lesser used Mainland pipeline.
While this plan seems fair in [...]
Smart Meters | Not So Smart After All
May 28th, 2010, 1 Comment
By: Tiffany Richmond
How smart are ‘smart meters’ anyways? Is it all about conservation? You can adjust your consumption habits, reduce demand intake and control your electricity cost. Seems easy, right? Well I beg to differ.
As the ‘smart grid’ continues to enter into the early stages of Ontario’s existing electrical distribution system many questions/concerns are being [...]
Ontario Electricity Market | the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
May 11th, 2010, 6 Comments
By: Abbas Chagani, Cynthia Wang and Yvan Masse
Introduction
The Ontario electricity market is not behaving rationally. Prices are rising sharply (~30% over a 24 month horizon) in a period of weak demand and strong supply.
Despite strong supply availability and modest demand growth, the cost of electricity is increasing at a frightening pace. The question everyone is [...]
