Thank you for considering my…

Thank you for considering my comments on Bill 165 and for adding them to the Registry. It's the Ontario Energy Board's job to make decisions that are in the best interest of Ontarians — they're the experts. Their December 2023 decision to stop subsidies for new natural gas hookups was in my opinion completely correct. I fully support this decision.

I oppose the government’s intentions to:

Set the ‘revenue horizon’ or amortization period for new methane gas connections to residential properties, empowering the Ford government to overturn the important and progressive December 2023 Ontario Energy Board decision to reset this horizon from 40 years to 0 years.

Require the Ontario Energy Board to hold hearings on issues for which focused Board hearings are already underway or issues for which a Board decision has already been made.

Require the Ontario Energy Board to undo a decision to refuse a ‘Leave to Construct’ order (required to proceed with significant methane gas pipelines) or to remove any conditions that the Board has placed on a Leave to Construct order related to methane gas transmission and distribution lines.

Thank you for your attention.