portion of these charges are fixed and do not
You have to get a charge out of power
change from month to month. The rest are
politics, eh?
variable and change according to the amount
When it comes to electrifying current
of electricity used.
affairs, Hydro hype is huge.
Regulatory charges are the costs of
These days, in the long run-up to the
administering the wholesale electricity
October Ontario election, the politicians are
system and maintaining the reliability of the
throwing out all sorts of lines in efforts to jolt
provincial grid and include the costs
the electors and transform angst into votes.
associated with funding Ministry of Energy
Electricity must be a proven conduit to
Current affairs
and infrastructure conservation and
political power because so much energy is
renewable energy programs.
being expended on The Hydro Issue.
“Reliability of the provincial grid.”
Here in the Far East we have been
Yes, but what are you going to do? Sure,
$76.56. Here is the breakdown: Electricity
Remember that the next time the power goes
discovered by representatives from other
we compost, recycle, and conserve. But not
429 kWh@5.8 cents $24.88, delivery $42.24,
off.
ridings. Tories from Ottawa and further up
everyone has neither the means nor the will
regulatory charges $3.04, debt retirement
Plus, we are still paying off the debt left
the line have been veering off their normal
to go totally grid-free.
charge $2.76, GST $3.65.
over from Ontario Hydro.
routes to come all the way to Hawkesbury.
So, we have to make the best of a bad
As you know, life as we knew it ended
Our lives are being altered again with the
They have weathered the elements to deliver
situation.
when the HST was introduced. Check the
introduction of the smart meters and time-
their shots in brief and well-organized bursts.
As an aside, the fear of being powerless is
bill from January, 2011. The total was $85.32.
of-use billing. So, our habits will change a
As they try to energize the campaign for
just another reason to read a newspaper.
The breakdown: electricity 408 kWh@6.4
little bit. It is not the end of the world; just ask
their local hopeful, Marilissa Gosselin, the
Old-fashioned papers require little energy to
cents $26.11, delivery $43.72, regulatory
those who work the “graveyard shift.”
Conservatives have been zapping Premier
access. Save Earth, read a newspaper, which
charges $3.05, debt retirement charge $2.62,
We will be getting up in the middle of the
Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals.
can later be recycled or used to light a fire.
HST $9.82.
night to wash the dishes and take a shower.
The Conservatives warn that, because of
Read it outside, in natural light, which is
The February, 2011 bill, based on a late
As we huddle beside the woodstove, we
those horrible Liberals, the Hydro will be
becoming more available as the days get
January meter reading: Total is $78.06. The
can take time to consider our own personal
going through the roof and we will be
longer. Besides, the outdoors will likely be
details: electricity 365kWh@6.4 cents $23.36,
“adjustment factors” and read the political
draining our paltry bank accounts just to
warmer than the inside of your house now
delivery $47.46, regulatory charges $2.75,
propaganda, by candlelight.
keep the pipes from freezing.
that you can no longer afford to heat the
debt retirement charge $2.34, HST $9.87.
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Liberal M.P.P.
place. Vote for newspapers.
But there is a new line: Ontario Clean Energy
Jean-Marc Lalonde has tried to short-circuit
But, are we really teetering on the edge of
Benefit (-10%) $7.72 Credit. New total:
$40,000 plan
the attacks, asserting that the Tories are
a dark, cold, grim future?
$78.06. A $7.72 credit! Woo-hoo! Break out
misleading and scaring the public.
The thing is that if you analyze any bill
the good baloney and crank up the furnace!
newsroom@eap.on.ca
We do not need partisan hyperbole to be
long enough, you will probably get a
One of the biggest sources of frustration
L’O RIGNAL
scared; all we have to do is open the Hydro
headache.
is that most of the items on the bill are
bill.
For the “real story” on the power issue, let
beyond the control of the consumer.
Obviously, electricity is a hot-button issue.
us go to a typical consumer, an upstanding
In case you have not read the fine print,
The Ontario government has awarded
Few are insulated from the effects of energy
Hydro One customer. Warning: You may
“The electricity consumed is multiplied by
$40,000 to the united counties of Prescott-
policies.
have a breakdown if you carefully study the
the adjustment factor. When electricity is
Russell to prepare a local economic
There are some among us who manage to
breakdown because you will notice that a
delivered over a power line, it is normal for
development strategy that will help attract
live “off the grid” and who do not rely on
household’s actual consumption has little to
a small amount of power to consumed or
new investment and support growth in the
conventional sources of power. Kudos to
do with the bottom line.
lost as heat. Equipment, such as wires and
region.
those who have made that big switch and
Here is a bill from October, 2007.
transformers, consumes power before it gets
“Having the right strategy in place is a
have gone unplugged. They are to be
Remember this was in the days before the
to your house or business. The adjustment
must to give the United Counties of Prescott-
applauded, lauded and praised. They have
hated Harmonized Sales Tax. The total was
factor accounts for these losses.”
Russell the main tool for success. This
made a long-term commitment to the overall
$72.55. Here is the breakdown: Electricity
Delivery costs are the costs of delivering
investment is a critical first step, helping our
health of our planet.
410 kWh@5.3 cents $21.73, delivery $41.29,
the electricity from the generator to Hydro
communities develop a strategy that will
The rest of us ought to be ashamed of
regulatory charges $2.79, debt retirement
One to us. This includes the cost of building
create jobs and support businesses for our
ourselves as we continue to use fossil fuels
charge $2.63, GST $4.11.
and maintaining the transmission towers,
families,” says Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
and old-fashioned, planet-killing technology.
Here is a bill from February, 2010: Total is
distribution lines, towers and poles. A
M.P.P. Jean-Marc Lalonde.
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