I was browsing around the internet the other day and I somewhere that on the 9th anniversary of 9/11, there was going to be a Quran burning day.
I accidentally came onto this webpage containing all of the TV news on 9/11 as it happened. These are live news footages of what happened that day.
September 11 [...]

According to a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates, Manitoba Hydro is rank first for 2010 electricity customer satisfaction for large segment electricity supplier. The study was based on 500,000 customers using large electricity supplier and about 125,000 to 499,999 customers using midsized electricity supplier.
For midsize electricity supplier, Newfoundland Power is rank first with [...]

Don’t we all hate getting stuck in traffic? Not only it is a waste of time, noisy and smelly, it also cost you money by burning up gastoronto traffic tickets. Now we can avoid traffic by looking online before jumping in our cars and check the latest traffic report on the local roads and highways.toronto [...]

The Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (ECPA), reviewed by Royal Assent on May 2010 and may become the law of the land through out Ontario as soon as January 2011. ECPA will bring new rules and regulations of the activities for all licensed gas and electricity suppliers across Ontario.
On August 12, 2010, the Ontario Energy [...]

It is always nice to know when you are doing a good job and most companies are quick to post any awards they received. However, when the news is bad they are less forthcoming.
This is the case of Hydro One, one of the largest Ontario electricity supplier serving over 1.3 million homes and business.
On July [...]

After 9:00 pm at night, is the time for the cheapest electricity prices. And that’s the same electricity price you get all day and night on weekends and holidays. This is called off-peak for electricity consumers under time-of-use (TOU) electricity rates.
The time-of-use (TOU) electricity rates have three different prices depending on the time of the [...]

Remember the Enbridge oil spill last month in July that spilled an estimated 1 million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River and surrounding area?
That pipeline in southern Michigan had been shut down ever since the spill and now Enbridge wants to restart it only three weeks after the initial spill. Enbridge will need the [...]

On August 10, 2010, CBC News published an article about angry homeowners with National Home Services sales tactics.
In that article:
“This is what they said: ‘We’re from the energy company, and we have to look at the water heater.’ They said something like upgrading it, or something like that,” Milne said.
“They fail to inform you that [...]

51¢ is the electricity price for each dollar you pay
Because your electricity dollar covers many charges, this is why it is important to understand what you are paying. Here is an approximate breakdown base on a typical residential electricity bill.

NOTE: Remember the lowest price is in the green! If you sign-up for a fixed rate electricity with an energy broker / energy retailer, you are not subject to the Smart Meters and Time-Of-Use Billing. With a fixed rate contract you will be charge the same electricity rate no matter the time or day.

Smart Meters [...]