Carbon Pricing

November 9, 2022

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, is going on right now in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.  Given…

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Customer Density

November 2, 2022

The biggest pre-determining factor affecting customer rates is customer density; how many customers a local distribution company (LDC) has per…

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Disconnects Blog

October 25, 2022

Last week, we disconnected 6 customers for non-payment.  Fortunately, they have all since got their accounts caught up and have…

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Carbon Footprint

October 19, 2022

A couple of years ago the Board of NOTL Hydro established a Green Committee.  This is the only committee of…

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Ontario Hydro and the Ontario Electricity Industry

October 12, 2022

We still get calls asking if we are Ontario Hydro, or if we buy our power from Hydro One, or…

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Heat Pump Blog

October 5, 2022

Heat pumps were on my list of potential topics and the recent announcement of a Clean Home Heating Initiative by…

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Cyber-Security Risks

September 28, 2022

Like every business and most individuals these days, NOTL Hydro is exposed to cyber security risk.  Cyber security risk is…

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Electric Vehicles and the Grid

September 13, 2022

I wrote back in March about electric vehicles (EVs) and how I thought we would be up to the challenge…

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Service

September 7, 2022

Our customers really only want three things:  reliable service (no outages), a fair price and good service when needed.  I…

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Ontario Electricity Distributors Consolidation

August 31, 2022

I have mentioned that prior to the passage of the Electricity Act, 1998 there were over 300 electricity distributors (LDCs)…

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