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Ontario Creates Green Bank to Fund Low-Carbon Tech By Zoë Thoms Apr 04, 2017 As promised in the Climate Change Action Plan, Ontario recently announced the creation of the Ontario Climate Change Solutions Deployment Corporation, also known as the Green Bank. The new provincial agency was created by the recently enacted regulation, Ontario Climate Change Solutions Deploymen...

Feds Issue Proposed Pollution Prevention Plan Notice for Hydrazine Use in Electricity Generating Facilities By Zoë Thoms May 22, 2015 On April 18, 2015, the federal Department of the Environment published a proposed notice under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, requiring persons within the electricity sector to prepare and implement pollution prevention plans in respect of hydrazine released in effluents from el...

OEB Determines That All Residential Electricity Customers Will Move to Fixed Charges for Distribution By David Stevens Apr 16, 2015 On April 2, 2015, the Ontario Energy Board released its Board Policy on Rate Design for Electricity Residential Customers. The Policy requires that all residential electricity customers in Ontario will pay a fixed charge for the electricity distribution portion of their bills. This is a change fr...