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
The biggest pre-determining factor affecting customer rates is customer density; how many customers a local distribution company (LDC) has per…
Read More >Disconnects Blog
Last week, we disconnected 6 customers for non-payment. Fortunately, they have all since got their accounts caught up and have…
Read More >Carbon Footprint
A couple of years ago the Board of NOTL Hydro established a Green Committee. This is the only committee of…
Read More >Ontario Hydro and the Ontario Electricity Industry
We still get calls asking if we are Ontario Hydro, or if we buy our power from Hydro One, or…
Read More >Heat Pump Blog
Heat pumps were on my list of potential topics and the recent announcement of a Clean Home Heating Initiative by…
Read More >Cyber-Security Risks
Like every business and most individuals these days, NOTL Hydro is exposed to cyber security risk. Cyber security risk is…
Read More >Electric Vehicles and the Grid
I wrote back in March about electric vehicles (EVs) and how I thought we would be up to the challenge…
Read More >Service
Our customers really only want three things: reliable service (no outages), a fair price and good service when needed. I…
Read More >Ontario Electricity Distributors Consolidation
I have mentioned that prior to the passage of the Electricity Act, 1998 there were over 300 electricity distributors (LDCs)…
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