Pettapiece pleased with hydro rate cuts, not with how it was done

Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece is pleased that people will be getting a break on their hydro bills, but it comes with a catch.

Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled her government’s plan today to slash hydro rates in Ontario by 17 per cent on top of the already promised eight per cent. The province will be paying some costs for the province’s electricity system over a longer period of time.

Pettapiece says the Liberals are just kicking the problem down the line:

He says that won’t do anything when it comes to the reason the rates have gone up:

Pettapiece says the Liberals are just looking ahead to next year’s election. He says a Progressive Conservative government would go after what he says is the source of the hydro rate increases:

Pettapiece says the PCs will be releasing their energy policy in the next little while.  The new savings begin this summer.