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Ten days after power was knocked out across Ottawa during a major storm, Hydro Ottawa continues restoring power to neighbourhoods. The utility says more than 94% of affected clients have had their power restored. With "business as usual" returning in our city, here is what's happening now with storm recovery. ...

_ (press release) _ On October 19 th , Councillor George Darouze will join MPP Lisa MacLeod at Queen’s Park as she presents the Fair Hydro for Ottawa petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It will be a big moment for all of Ottawa residents who are faced with the burden of paying up to 30% more on their hydro bills simply because they are customers of Hydro One. ...

_ (press release) _ Osgoode Councillor George Darouze launched a petition today urging the Ontario Government to harmonize hydro rates in Ottawa.  45,000 Ottawa residents are Hydro One customers, paying up to 30% more in hydro rates compared to their neighbours under Hydro Ottawa. ...

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_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ Photo: Lines of Power, by Alain Villeneuve _ There’s no place like home. Right Ontario? You can sample fine wines, jump into hot tubs, go parasailing on Lake Ontario, eat in cool restaurants, shop in neat stores. ...

Just reading through city councillor Shad Quadri’s weekly newsletter. There’s a note about some recent power outages in Stittsville : ** See also: ** Ottawa Services & Utilities Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_2460.jpg) I was at the opening ceremonies on Wednesday for the new “Arena B” at Goulbourn Recreation Centre. (Funny that the official opening for a skating rink happened on one of the hottest days of the summer.) [ ](http://ottawastart. ...

Hint: don’t use your appliances between 11am and 5pm on weekdays. Here’s a handy chart from Hydro Ottawa . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hydro-rates.jpg) You might also be interested in a blog post we did last summer about tracking your hydro usage online in almost-real time . ...

After my blog post last week about tracking your energy use online , the quick folks at the Ottawa Public Library sent me a link to this: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Killawatt-small.jpg) It’s a Kill-a-Watt meter , an electric usage monitor that measures the energy consumption of home appliances. ...

Inspired by one of Andrea’s blog posts last week, I started looking into how much electricity we’re using at our house, and found MyHydroLink , a new tool from Hydro Ottawa . Once you’ve set up an online account, you can log in and see your daily hydro usage, broken down by hour. ...