If this is true, it's just more evidence that McGuilty must go:
Buried on a footnote on page 1-102, of volume 2a of the 2010 Ontario Public
Accounts is a revelation that Dalton McGuinty's Minister of Energy quietly
approved a request from the Independent Electricity Systems Operator to apply to
the Ontario Energy Board for a new tax called Smart Meter Service Fees.
Page
13 of the Independent Electricity System Operator's 2011-2013 Business Plan
confirms that the Dalton McGuinty Liberals are already budgeting to collect $33
million per year in Smart Meter Service Fees beginning in 2012. Over the next
four years, this would cost Ontario families $132 million to run the smart meter
super computer. This new Smart Meter Tax will be applied to smart meter hydro
bills above and beyond the higher costs of 'time of use pricing'. Already under
Dalton McGuinty, hydro rates have gone up 84 percent and 150 percent for homes
with a smart meter, not to mention the $1 billion ($200 per household) price tag
that came with installing smart meters.
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