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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: Grant Church [mailto:churchg@sympatico.ca]
Sent: September 16, 2009 2:21 PM
To: John Pickernell
Subject: Re: EB-2009-0096
Grant Church
Box 842
Cayuga, Ontario
N0A 1E0
Phone: (905) 772 0677
September 12, 2009
EB-2009-0096
Dear Ontario Energy Board,
We already pay significantly higher transmission costs than many other jurisdictions. Many companies and individuals are suffering economic hardships specifically because of our high overall electricity price. The commodity portion in itself is higher than the total price in some other North American jurisdictions.
Weyerhaeuser and AbitibiBowater both claim that Ontario has the highest electricity prices of all the jurisdictions they operate in. Electricity is 30% of the cost of making paper. We have lost thousands of jobs in the paper making sector alone. Other industries have complained as well.
The governments misguided coal closure plan combined with the Green Energy Act initiatives and resulting transmission upgrades will be too expensive for industry or individuals to bare. Spain went this route sending industrial rates up by 100% inducing an unemployment rate of 18%. Industries warned the government and were ignored. Industries left the country en mass.
People are facing either paying their hydro bill or the rent now. Imagine the increase in their agony.
Hydro One needs to be better managed and not given any increase.
Sincerely,
Grant Church
John Pickernell wrote:
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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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