A promise from Premier Kathleen Wynne to take more sting out of high electricity bills will not include the return of a 10-per-cent discount scrapped last January. Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault has ruled out a reincarnation of the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit, which cost taxpayers $1 billion annually. “Things like the OCEB, their time has come and gone,” Thibeault told reporters Monday. He said Ontarians will have to wait and see what other measures he can devise. Wynne surprised delegates at a Liberal convention in Ottawa on the weekend with a mea culpa over hefty hydro bills, which she called “a mistake,” and pledged to find “more ways to lower rates.”Thibeault said he is meeting with a variety of groups, including the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and social service agencies, to get ideas.

Source: thestar November 21, 2016 21:20 UTC