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John Pickernell

Assistant Board Secretary

Ontario Energy Board

416-440-7605

Fax: 416-440-7656

Website: www.oeb.gov.on.ca

Official Correspondence: BoardSec@oeb.gov.on.ca



Address:

P.O. Box 2319

2300 Yonge Street 27th Floor

Toronto, ON

M4P 1E4

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From: Darlene [mailto:ddlabelle@northone.ca]
Sent: September 15, 2009 11:36 AM
To: BoardSec
Subject: File - EB-2009-0096



Hello



I would like to stress my concern for the increase for Hydro. I as a high hydro user as we heat our home with an electric furnace I hate to see the cost of hydro to increase. We in our area have no choice but to use Hydro One as there is no other provider in our community. I as a paying customer, I feel that the government needs to step in and try to protect us consumers. We are being forced to pay off a debt that hydro made themselves and we the consumer are paying monthly for that. I don’t see Hydro One paying off my debt. If I make the debt I have to pay for it myself. With the state our economy at this present time I feel that an increase to a company the size of Hydro One is not fair to the consumer. Some hydro users can just barely pay there monthly bill as it is. We have compared our cost with other folks in Alberta and BC and Hydro One in Ontario is almost triple the cost. When will we see the end of these increases! I as a Hydro One user wish there was a different provider to go with as we would change immediately. We could all change over to wood heat and pollute the air but, we try to be environmental friendly and this is the way we are treated. It is very strange that the cost for Union Gas is going down but the cost of hydro needs to keep going up.



SO, Please DO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE INCREASES TO HYDRO ONE!!!



An upset hydro user,

Darlene La Belle

Ear Falls, Ontario

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