Is Efficiency or Accountability a one-or-the-other choice? The Privatization of Hydro One

Alyssa Wali Walking home on a chilly Tuesday night in Toronto, I spotted the latest campaign strategy from the opponents of electricity privatization: a moving van projecting the implications of the Hydro One privatization and images of MPPs who support it. The privatization of Hydro One has been a hot-button issue since April of this…

Who Owns the Power: Governance Issues for Electricity Distribution Utilities

Katelyn Margerm “To own or not to own?” The question was the topic of conversation at last week’s conference on the governance of municipally-owned electricity distribution utilities hosted by the Council for Clean and Reliable Electricity in Markham. The question was timely, as days earlier Toronto mayoral hopeful Karen Stintz revealed her pitch to sell…