Batul:
Attached below is an updated request for intervention from Joe Stevens and Flora Dooley. This should have been sent to Board Sec, but I am not going to ask them to do that since the earlier request was sent to Board sec. Also, you had previously provided the Panel with Mr. Stevens and Ms. Dooleys request to intervene. This email simply provides the information that a party needs to provide when seeking intervention. You dont need to resend it to the Panel. Can you please post this request on the webpage.
Thanks
Rudra
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From: Joe Stevens [mailto:joe.stevens@sympatico.ca]
Sent: November 16, 2010 7:59 PM
To: Rudra Mukherji
Subject: RE: EB-2010-0295 Letter of Comment/Intervention
Dear Mr. Mukherji,
We have read the "How To Participate" section and respond as follows;
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley wish to participate as Intervenors in this hearing.
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley are ratepayers residing in the Regional Municipality of Halton, City of Burlington and are serviced by Burlinton Hydro.
It is our feeling that going forward unless ratepayers actively participate in proceedings of this type that arbitrary decisions will be made by the Ontario Energy Board and the utility providers that will affect household budgets in an extremely negative manner cumulatively over time all over this Province.
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley are not requesting compensation for attendance or particiaption in these hearings.
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley have no preference as whether they are written or verbal. Ultimately these hearings must have meaningful public input.
I hope this satifies your requirement for participation.
Sincerely,
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley.
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley
532 Hurd Avenue
Burlington, Ontario
L7S 1S8
Dear Mr. Stevens and Ms. Dooley:
Re: EB-2010-0295 Intervention Request
I am writing further to our discussion last week in relation to your request to seek intervenor status in the above matter. In our discussion you had indicated that you would review the Notice of Proceeding and case documents and may provide the Board with an updated intervention request. I hope you have had the opportunity to review the case documents and would appreciate it if you could let me know at your earliest convenience if you intend to seek intervenor status and if you do, when can the Board expect to receive your request.
If I can be of any assistance, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Rudra Mukherji
416-440-7608
Ontario Energy Board
Project Advisor, Electricity Facilities & Infrastructure
2300 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley
532 Hurd Avenue
Burlington, Ontario
L7S 1S8
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From: Stevens, Joe (TOR-MCL) [mailto:Joe.Stevens@MacLaren.com]
Sent: November 8, 2010 2:55 PM
To: BoardSec
Subject:
Joe Stevens and Flora L. Dooley,
532 Hurd Avenue, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7S 1S8
ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD
Attention: Board Secretary
2300 Yonge Street, Suite 2701, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 1E4
Re: EB-2010-0295
Based on the Friday November 5th 2010 public notice in the Burlington Post newspaper please place us both collectively as Intervenor s concerning this matter.
Our collective stand and feeling on this matter is that it simply should not be allowed to go forward.
As ratepayers and citizens of Canada it is preposterous to introduce a proposal of this nature at any time in the course of managing a public utility. It is obvious from the public notice that in the course of business an activity known as late fees or penalties were being questionably imposed, and a legal challenge was made via a class action court law suit and the public utility lost the court challenge.
Correct us if this is wrong as the public notice is written in a very convoluted manner.
If that is the case then you should have absolutely no legal justification to go forward and charge this expense back to your customer base.
If Burlington Hydro is involved in this potential scenario then we are also soon to be impacted by their request for an increase in rates, as per file notice EB-2010-0067 as per public notice of Friday October 29, 2010 in the Burlington Post newspaper.
This is out of control.
For your information The City Of Burlington and the Region Municipality of Halton have had increases in taxes of over 9% cumulatively in the past 4 years. More than the rate of inflation. The Provincial Government of Ontario in concert with the Federal Government of Canada has legislated us with the Harmonized Sales Tax on our utilities and other previously non taxed items to further lessen our wealth.
As ratepayers we continue to bail out a now defunct entity known as Ontario Hydro which was reintroduced to Ontarians as Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One to only obfuscate matters and confuse consumers further. Ontario Hydro was mismanaged and should have been bankrupted. We should not have to be paying a debt retirement of a defunct entity.
All of these situations impact family household budgets in an extremely negative manner and must stop to sustain a stable society.
When you take into consideration that a majority of Canadians are not keeping pace with this type of over taxation and rate structure manipulation how do you feel justified in introducing this type of potential scenario?
As ratepayers and potential future recipients of unacceptable surcharges to our already inflated utility bills please inform us in writing at the address shown so we legally understand how the Ontario Energy Board has managed or mismanaged this situation.
Sincerely,
Joe Stevens and Flora Dooley.
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