With the current threatened tariff war with the United States, many Canadians are evaluating their purchases and trying to “Buy…
Read More >Buying Canadian – Electricity
Why Some LDCs have Lower Rates
Every year I prepare a comparison of the delivery rates across the electricity distributors in Niagara (LDCs). The comparison for…
Read More >NOTL Hydro Staff Departments
Like most companies, the nature of their operations and what they consider most important can be divined from their staffing…
Read More >Government Oversight of Electricity in Ontario
There are three bodies that oversee the regulation of electricity in Ontario: the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), the Independent Electricity…
Read More >Government’s Vision for Ontario’s Energy Future
In October the Ontario Government released what they are calling their vision for the energy (really electricity) future. No new…
Read More >RPP Rates and Climate Change
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) recently released the Regulated Price Plan (RPP) rates for 2025. The rates declined, which is…
Read More >Open House 2024
We held an open house the other day (October 9, 2024) with presentations on Heat Pumps and Electric Vehicles. Over…
Read More >In-House Electrical Protection
We get a number of calls every year about equipment that may have been damaged due to voltage fluctuations. As…
Read More >Outages Analysis
NOTL Hydro has had a number of outages over the past three months and this has prompted a number of…
Read More >Health and Safety Processes
We talk a lot about the importance of safety at NOTL Hydro. Hopefully, our practices demonstrate that this is not…
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