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There was a debt at the break-up of the "Ontario Hydro" in 1998 ( see coldair.luftonline.net/2013/04/strand… ), and it is complex, but there was a fixed fee ...
It is simply stupid to attribute a fixed component of costs to the rise in costs.
-actually a smaller one than portrayed: coldair.luftonline.net/2016/03/the-co…
While Ontario had factors easing its ability to phase-out coal ( morecoldair.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/ontari… ), its still despicable to place the blame for rising costs on this move.
Electricity on the IESO-controlled has, in recent years, been lower than it was in 2003 (prior to the closure of the first coal-fired pp at Lakeview).
public.tableau.com/views/MonthlyG…
2 refurbished units reentered service in 2013 (Bruce 1 and Bruce 2).
Can you see the increase - cuz I can't?
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I said no such thing.
I quoted her video, "the price hike in Ontario was primarily due to nuclear refurbishment and an increase in natural gas prices."
1 is fine: it's from 2012, before the outrage...
2. a journalist. I'll submit the work of @terencecorcoran as far more informative: business.financialpost.com/opinion/boondo…
3. about future costs
4. nat gas fuel costs are practically irrelevant.