Cost of Health Care Continues to Rise

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Originally Posted by merrylander

I would imagine that Ontario Hydro and Hydro Quebec could be considered "regulated" since they are owned by their respective provincial governments, yet they can produce electricity at half of what companies charge here. They also have very few outages, only expeienced one in the 13 years I lived in Ottawa. Probably just as well for New York that they can produce it cheaply[/I].

I hope they can produce it cheaply. They don't have to keep buying raw materials to run their turbines (i.e. coal or natural gas). As far as outages, the Canadians don't have the demands on their grid to the same level that exists in the US.

Of course, I'm way off topic....again!