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Ratepayers across Hydro One Network’s service area have been complaining not receiving bills for as long as a year at a time

Hillier’s Efforts Move Ombudsman to Action



(PERTH) – After frequent discussions and submitting hundreds of public complaints, Randy Hillier (MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington) was pleased to learn of Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin’s intention to launch a full-scale investigation of Hydro One Network’s billing and administrative failings.

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“The problems I’m seeing with Hydro One are consistent and repetitive, and are indicative of a systemic failing in the administration of our electricity provider,” remarked Hillier. “My attempts to have these problems rectified from within Hydro One have proven fruitless, as there is either an unwillingness or inability within Hydro One’s bureaucracy to address the problems plaguing so many of my constituents. I am pleased to see that Ontario’s Ombudsman acknowledges we have a very real problem with this organization.” Ratepayers across Hydro One Network’s service area have been complaining not receiving bills for as long as a year at a time, outrageous and impossible usage charges and failed meters. The Ombudsman will continue to seek public feedback and hear the problems as part of his investigation before preparing a report and recommendations he expects due in about 9 months. To help constituents provide feedback on their hydro problems to the Ombudsman, Mr Hillier has launched the website brokenhydro.ca. The new website includes information about Ontario's electricity system and provides tools for constituents to contact the Ombudsman, Hydro One, the Ontario Energy Board, the Premier and the Minister of Energy regarding their hydro billing problems. “Compounding these problems is the ever-increasing price of electricity,” added Hillier. “It’s hard for an organization whose wheels have fallen off the wagon to justify charging you more for the hay ride. Now that the Ombudsman has committed to investigating these billing and administrative problems, I can get back to focusing on the poor government policies that are driving prices up, people out of their homes, and jobs out of the province.”


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Randy Hillier -- Bio and Archives

Randy Hillier, MPP Lanark Frontenac Lennox, is a co-founder of the Lanark Landowners Association, which was brought to life to address government imposition on the rights of private property owners, and to address the regressive regulatory impositions that government was bringing down upon farmers and business owners in rural Ontario.

In 2006, Randy resigned as President of the OLA in order to run as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives.  Randy was elected in the 2007 provincial election.

Randy a long-time resident of Lanark County, an electrician by trade and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), continues to co-publish and edit rural Ontario’s successful magazine “The Landowner.”


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