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(QUEEN’S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington, is continuing his efforts to seek accountability and transparency from Hydro One Networks. Hillier has once again written to Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, requesting that his office investigate the significant number of extraordinary and unwarranted usage claims.
“It would appear that these usage problems began with the introduction of time-of-use (TOU) billing,” Hillier wrote in his letter to the Ombudsman. “I would further point out that my own office in Perth saw its usage double when the time-of-use meter here was activated for TOU billing.” Hillier’s letter to the Ombudsman is a followup to his previous request that initiated Ombudsman Marin’s investigation into the billing practices of Hydro One. Hillier’s concern is rooted in countless examples that have been brought to his attention by his constituents, whose reported consumption and usage have skyrocketed without justification. “Mr. Marin, this is a serious problem warranting either further investigation concurrent to your ongoing look into Hydro One billing practices, or a new and separate investigation,” wrote Hillier. “I am including just a few examples with this letter, and I am happy to discuss this in greater detail anytime.”

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Listed below are just a few examples of extraordinary usage increases brought to Hillier’s attention. Names and account numbers have been redacted. [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use before TOU meters 13 kwh per day- has risen to 66 KWH per day after TOU meter, an increase of over 500% [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use spring of 2010 15 kwh. Actual use of spring 2011 after TOU meters 696 KWH per day, an increase of over 4000% [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use fall of 2011 14 kwh. Actual use fall of 2012 after TOU meters 146 kwh per day, an increase of over 1000% [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use spring 2011 15 kwh. Actual use spring of 2012 after TOU meters 588 kwh per day, an increase of nearly 4000% [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use winter of 2009 13 kwh per day. Actual use winter 2010 after TOU meters 111 kwh, an increase of over 850% [Name and Account # Redacted] Actual use in winter 2012 46 kwh per day. Actual use after TOU meters winter 2013 181 kwh per day, an increase of over 390%


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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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