Wind And Solar – Not Nuclear – Is How We Can Lower Electricity Rates And Taxes

Increased Reliance On Nuclear Energy Contributes To An Upcoming Surge In Cost Of Residential Electricity Generation Rates Of  29%’

A Message from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, a not-for-profit citizens group dedicated to transitioning Ontario to a 100% renewable energy future

Posted October 30^th, 2025 on Niagara At Large

There’s a spooky surprise for Ontario electricity customers coming right on the heels of Halloween. On November 1st, electricity generation costs for residential consumers in the province will surge by 29%.

According to the Ontario Energy Board, which just approved this increase, a major cause of this eye watering cost jump is a result of an increasing reliance on expensive nuclear generation.

Premier Ford knows a bad news story when it sees it. So he is going to bury much of this increase on your electricity bill by increasing the taxpayer-financed Ontario Electricity Rebate (OER) from 13.1% to 23.5%.

The bill for maintaining this taxpayer subsidy for electricity rates will now cost Ontario’s taxpayers much more than the $6 billion per year we’re already paying to artificially lower rates! This massive subsidy disguises the real cost of keeping the lights on with expensive nuclear reactors.

But it gets worse.

The Ford government is planning to spend more than $20 billion on new  U.S. nuclear reactors [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/financial-and-security-risk/] that will produce power costing 2 to 8 times more than solar and wind power.

Given that it will take at least a decade (and probably more) to build these reactors, the province will be burning  more polluting gas [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gas-graph-with-ref.png] for years to come while it waits for these first-of-their-kind untested reactors to be completed.

Meanwhile, we could be deploying  solar on rooftops and parking lots [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/transforming-toronto-with-solar/] and building  offshore wind in the Great Lakes [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/17472-2/] right now to produce more affordable power.

The Premier’s decision to go with more expensive nuclear is a sweet treat for his friends in the nuclear and gas industries, but a nasty trick for Ontario electricity consumers and taxpayers at the worst possible time.

Please  ask Premier Ford [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/rates/] to lower our electricity rates and taxes by investing in wind and solar energy and cancelling the construction of new high-cost U.S. nuclear reactors.

Send your message to the Premier and MPPs here [https://www.cleanairalliance.org/rates/]

Thank you for your help turning Ontario’s energy future around.

• Angela Bischoff, Director, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is dedicated to transitioning Ontario to a 100% renewable energy future .

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