Fears over time-of-use hydro billing
March 12, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
"Within the next 12 months, to the ordinary consumer, there is going to be a dramatic change in the overall power bill." The harmonized sales tax will come into effect, said Adams, in addition to a predicted rate increase from the Ontario Energy Board, plus charges related to the Green Energy Act. Added to TOU billing hikes -- Adams says the Toronto pilot pegged them at eight per cent -- he predicts a typical hydro bill might jump 25 per cent in a year.
