Why is it that the charges on our Hydro One Bill are so outrageous! We work, we pay taxes, we buy food to feed our families and assist our children in education and life. My 2 year old daughter will soon be calling Hydro to complain about lack of food and perhaps the inability to actually have an education. We are a working couple with one child, my wife and I both make a decent salary but yet the cost of Hydro and ability to maintain proper payments is a challenge. Our average bill right now (winter months) is $1000.00 per month. We live in the dark in fear of turning on lights due to hydro consumption. Everything we do is carefully considerate of hydro consumption. Why are we paying Hydro's debt retirement fund, Hydro surely are not going to pay for my debt retirement no time soon. My bill would resemble something like this: $350.00 hydro consumption in kW hrs at the given rates…then an additional $350.00 to $400.00 for “delivery” (a charge that is actually greater than my consumption)…don't forget the fluctuating debt retirement charge of $10-$30 plus a per kW hr charge on “line-loss” (power loss over lines and transformers – owned by Hydro One)POWER that I pay for that actually never makes it to my home for me to use properly. This charge should be a credit to my hydro bill for I am losing power that I am unable to use in my home. Does our “trusted” government, who is to have it's citizen's best interest in mind actually giving consideration to the “HYDRO” crisis as much as the consideration they give to a crisis that is not in our country. Look at the millions of “lost” dollars for Haiti, that is our tax money hard at work, I don't disagree with aid of less fortunate individuals, but what about those that actually live in Canada. We have our own crises and no light at the end of the tunnel. Why is the automotive industry able to receive “our” money and not the actual citizens that put the money there in the first place? We are in need of relief from sharks such as Hydro One and Union Gas. We live only to provide their executives with extravagant salaries & “bonuses”.
The outrageous theft of incomes by the utility services such as the aforementioned, Bell certainly was in a similar “power of God” scenario, until other competition moved in, now “we”, the people, have alternate options for those services resulting in manageable bills for luxuries. Hydro is not a “luxury” anymore we require this service in order to live as human beings – this is called evolution. Living in Northern Ontario results in extremely cold days and nights, how are we to survive these conditions with the inability to pay for services that keep us alive. I am sure that, “god-forbidding it”, death is the only relief available from the Hydro “disease”.

Does our government actually care about its citizens and the fact that remains a mystery – HYDRO? The over charging, blood demanding criminals must be controlled some how. Do they not realize that we are in economically challenging times!!! It is coming to a decision pay hydro or buy food…HYDRO is certainly going to disconnect us. And food keeps us alive to continue working to pretty much pay two things – HYDRO and TAXES!!

PS: now with HST about to hit Ontario – what are we to do about this additional increase on our Hydro bill? Will our governent help us?

Now, my husband and I are quite ill; he is on chemotherapy and is wasting away, and quite cold all the time. I was in a serious car accident (hit by a drunk driver, with no insurance, and who was never charged!). I am unable to work. We have had to go on welfare and at $989.00/month, we are losing everything! Hydro is disconnecting us again! We are in a rural area, and apparently a vehicle and insurance and phone are luxuries. So is hydro. My argument is that hydro has become a necessity, especially during an illness. Hydro ONe is refusing to accept a payment plan that we can manage. My hydro consumption is minimal – wood stove for heat, and a microwave oven to cut costs. I pay more for the delivery charge, the Ontario Debt Retirement Charge and Regulatory charges, plus taxes, than I do for the electricity I consume. It is criminal!

We all need to start registering our complaints with the Ontario Energy Board, and our MPP's. I have. If enough of us do, maybe they will listen. – good luck all!

Now, my husband and I are quite ill; he is on chemotherapy and is wasting away, and quite cold all the time. I was in a serious car accident (hit by a drunk driver, with no insurance, and who was never charged!). I am unable to work. We have had to go on welfare and at $989.00/month, we are losing everything! Hydro is disconnecting us again! We are in a rural area, and apparently a vehicle and insurance and phone are luxuries. So is hydro. My argument is that hydro has become a necessity, especially during an illness. Hydro ONe is refusing to accept a payment plan that we can manage. My hydro consumption is minimal – wood stove for heat, and a microwave oven to cut costs. I pay more for the delivery charge, the Ontario Debt Retirement Charge and Regulatory charges, plus taxes, than I do for the electricity I consume. It is criminal!

We all need to start registering our complaints with the Ontario Energy Board, and our MPP's. I have. If enough of us do, maybe they will listen. – good luck all!