Category Archives: Utilities_Electric

(October 27, 1986) Energy Probe Research Foundation, an independent think tank on energy issues funded primarily by some 20,000 supporters across Canada, supports the government’s desire to deregulate the electricity export sector, as we have supported prudent deregulation in the entire energy sector. Continue reading →

(August 5, 1985) WANTED: One million investors to put up $2,000 each to finance risky venture. Investors must be willing to wait until the year 2001 for first profits. If interest rates and value of dollar do not perform as forecast to the year 2005, profits may never materialize. This want ad hasn’t appeared in any newspaper, but the venture described, the construction of a massive hydro dam to sell electricity to the U.S., is proceeding at full power. Continue reading →

(December 11, 1980) “Light up your home for only $1.05 of electricity,” advertises Noma, Canada’s leader in Christmas lighting. Continue reading →