The high cost of electricity in Ontario is the result of the McGuinty green dream. Smart Meters and their TOU rates, coupled with the delusional notion of "paying the true cost for electricity" were used to facilitate the McGuinty green dream.

Smart meters and their TOU rates allowed the government to jack up electricity rates in order to have consumers directly subsidize the high cost of wind and solar projects in the Province.

Take away wind and solar and the true cost to produce electricity in Ontario remains below 3 cents per KwH, as it has for over a decade. Take away wind, solar and TOU rates and Ontarians should be paying between 4.5 and 6.0 cents per KwH for electricity.