Bill 140, a proposed provincial law that passed second reading November 2, 2026, would bar councillors from London Hydro's board from January 1, 2027. Bill 140 status, Legislative Assembly of Ontario ↗
Council can't require heat pumps or bar gas in new private buildings. It sets energy spending for City buildings, streetlights and fleet. Bill 98, Royal Assent text (PDF) ↗
Of the 8 options below, council decides 4 and 4 are shared with the Province. See them at a glance
This page is a menu of options, not a plan. It walks through the choices the new council faces on London Hydro, the electricity grid, natural gas, downtown steam and EV charging. They are who sits for the City on London Hydro's board, the London Hydro dividend, the City's new energy company, London's voice in the grid plan for growth, support for battery and generation projects, the City's own energy projects, downtown steam, and public EV charging. For each one it gives evidence for and against, what it cost elsewhere where a figure exists, and the London-scale math, shown in full or plainly marked as not derivable. It recommends nothing.
One structural fact shapes everything here. Council doesn't set electricity or gas prices. The Ontario Energy Board sets electricity prices, London Hydro's rates and Enbridge's gas rates. The Province sets the electricity rebate and the building code. The IESO and Hydro One plan and build the grid. Council's levers are its ownership of London Hydro, land use, the City's own buildings and fleet, and its voice in provincial planning.
Research was completed November 4, 2026. Every claim links to a source, and figures worked out for this page are marked as derived. Climate targets, BetterHomes and green building rules are in the Parks and Environment file, and water billing is in the Water file. The council that takes office November 15, 2026 decides the questions here.
READ EVERY NUMBER HERE WITH THIS
Two measures run through this page: a typical London Hydro home bill of about $133 a month at 700 kWh from November 1, 2026 (derived), and the City budget's own rate of about $4.40 per average home for each $1 million a year on the property tax.
The options at a glance
Each option gets the same three things: its name, who decides it, and one London number. They're listed in the order the research found them, not ranked.
■ CITY DECIDES28 leased charging spaces at 10 City sites, with no City capital
Where your electricity comes from, and who decides each step
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New generation and storage
WHO DECIDESThe Province sets policy; the IESO buys power; council gives or withholds support
Every IESO procurement bid on land in a municipality needs a council support resolution. London gave one in October 2025, for two rooftop solar projects. IESO LT2 Municipal Guide, Nov 10, 2025 (PDF) ↗
Gas takes a different path: Enbridge delivers it and the Energy Board sets its prices and rates. Downtown steam comes from Enwave, a private company (option 7).
The honest numbers
Where London stands, every figure linked to its source.
The City of London is the only shareholder of London Hydro Inc. As shareholder, council appoints the board, receives the dividends, and approves any sale, merger or change in ownership, subject to the Ontario Energy Board. The directors, not council, manage the business, and their legal duty is to the corporation alone. London Hydro amended shareholder declaration, SPPC Oct 28, 2025 (PDF) ↗
The 2025 shareholder declaration, adopted by by-law on November 4, 2025 after a 14 to 0 committee vote, sets a seven-member board: one member of council and six at-large members on staggered three-year terms. A director who is a member of council gets no extra pay. Council's approval is needed for amalgamation, new shares, joint ventures with $5 million or more at stake, debt above 70:30, and sales of distribution assets outside the ordinary course. London Hydro amended shareholder declaration, SPPC Oct 28, 2025 (PDF) ↗SPPC minutes, Oct 28, 2025 (PDF) ↗
The declaration's guidelines say a combination with another utility is inevitable under current policy, and set tests for one. A merger should add value or lower costs and keep a strong London presence. A sale should lower electricity costs, earn a better return than keeping the shares, keep a regional centre in London and avoid provincial transfer tax. No council item proposing a sale or merger was found from 2016 to 2026. London Hydro amended shareholder declaration, SPPC Oct 28, 2025 (PDF) ↗
Bill 140, the Building Ontario Faster Act, 2026, is a proposed provincial law. It received first reading October 27, 2026, passed second reading November 2, 2026, and was referred to the Standing Committee on the Interior. As written, from January 1, 2027 it would bar council members and municipal staff from the boards of municipally owned electricity distributors that make payments in lieu of tax, set those boards at 7 to 11 members, and let the owning municipality name one unpaid, non-voting participant who gets every board paper. Distributors would also have to publish a dividend policy and director pay. That it covers London Hydro is a reading of the bill; the City's records read for this page don't address it. Bill 140 status, Legislative Assembly of Ontario ↗Bill 140, Building Ontario Faster Act, 2026, first reading text, Schedule 16 (PDF) ↗
WHERE A TYPICAL 700 KWH BILL GOES, NOVEMBER 2026 (DERIVED): TO SCALE
Electricity$82.98
London Hydro charges$32.71
Transmission$14.40
Regulatory and smart meter$4.49
Line losses$2.39
Monthly, before 13% HST (+$17.81) and the 15.7% Ontario Electricity Rebate (-$21.50), for a total of about $133. Arithmetic for this page from the Energy Board's November 1, 2026 prices and London Hydro's 2026 tariff, assuming a 64% off-peak, 18% mid-peak, 18% on-peak time-of-use split. Not checked against a published London bill. OEB electricity price backgrounder, Oct 16, 2026 (PDF) ↗
From November 1, 2026, time-of-use prices are 9.1 cents a kWh off-peak, 14.6 mid-peak and 18.9 on-peak, and the ultra-low overnight plan charges 3.7 cents from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The rebate goes from 23.5% to 15.7%. The Energy Board says prices are lower than a year earlier and the overall rate of bill increase stays consistent with past years. Ontario Energy Board news release, Oct 16, 2026 ↗OEB electricity price backgrounder, Oct 16, 2026 (PDF) ↗
London Hydro paid the City a $5.5 million dividend in each of 2024 and 2025. The City records it as a reduction in its investment, which stood at $232.9 million at the end of 2025. City of London 2025 Financial Report, note 6 (PDF) ↗
Earnings depend on the basis. The City's audited statements show London Hydro net earnings of $8.98 million in 2025 on the accounting basis. London Hydro's own regulatory-basis figure, excluding an interest-rate swap, is $11.1 million. The 2025 payout works out to 61% or 49% of earnings on those bases (derived), against the declaration's 40% target. City of London 2025 Financial Report, note 6 (PDF) ↗London Hydro presentation to SPPC, May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
Of the $529.2 million London Hydro billed in 2025, $440.2 million was the cost of power passed through. Its distribution revenue was $89.0 million, about 17% of the total (derived). London Hydro presentation to SPPC, May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
The City's 2025 and 2026 budget books don't show the dividend as its own line. At the budget's rate of about $4.40 per average home for each $1 million a year, $5.5 million is about $24 per average home (derived). 2026 Annual Budget Update (PDF) ↗
London Hydro also bills water and sewer for the City, which paid it $5.9 million at cost in 2025 for that work. The Water file covers those rates (/files/water/). City of London 2025 Financial Report, note 6 (PDF) ↗
Power for growth: stations, lines and the 2027 plan
Hydro One's November 2024 needs assessment started London-area planning a year early because of load growth. It found Talbot station, which serves only London Hydro, above its rating in summer 2023: 115.5 MW against 113.5 MW on one transformer pair and 163.4 MW against 161.6 MW on the other. Hydro One, London Area Needs Assessment, Nov 26, 2024 (PDF) ↗
The IESO projects London-area summer demand growing about 130% over 20 years, driven mainly by new industry and then new housing. Its South and Central Bulk Plan (August 2026) says the main transmission link into London would allow only 30 MW of growth above 2035 forecast demand, and that an automatic load-shedding scheme could support growth until new lines are built. IESO London Area plan, webinar 1, Dec 1, 2025 (PDF) ↗IESO South and Central Bulk Plan, Aug 20, 2026 (PDF) ↗
The IESO says new transmission takes at least 5 to 7 years. It screened out renewables and other non-wires options as a permanent fix for the main London needs, pointing to their size, urgency, land needs and cost. Draft recommendations are due in the first quarter of 2027 at a municipal meeting and public webinar, and the final plan in the second quarter. IESO London Area plan, needs and options, Oct 2, 2026 (PDF) ↗
Enbridge Gas delivers London's natural gas. The Energy Board sets its gas supply price four times a year, passed through without markup, and approves its delivery rates. From October 1, 2026, Enbridge's Union South zone, the former Union Gas area that includes London, has a gas supply charge of 17.7 cents a cubic metre and a $28.91 monthly charge. The Board puts the zone's typical annual bill at $934.80, up 1.9%. London's place in that zone comes from secondary sources. OEB Enbridge Union South rate sheet, Oct 1, 2026 (PDF) ↗OEB Enbridge rate backgrounder, Sept 24, 2026 (PDF) ↗
Bill 98 (June 2026) ended the City's power to require green building standards, so council can't require heat pumps or bar gas in new private buildings. The Parks and Environment file covers that, the voluntary green development framework and the BetterHomes loan program (/files/parks-and-environment/). Bill 98, Royal Assent text (PDF) ↗City of London, BetterHomes launch ↗
On July 25, 2023 council voted 10 to 3 to ask AMO to press the Province for a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, and directed staff to talk with Enbridge and London Hydro about the federal Clean Electricity Regulations. No follow-up staff report was found for this page. Council minutes, July 25, 2023 (PDF) ↗
The City spent about $20.8 million on energy in 2024 for buildings, water and wastewater, streetlights and fleet. That is the report's text total; its table rows add to $20.2 million. Electricity was $14.2 million of it. Energy use rose 4.9% from 2023. 2024 Corporate Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report (PDF) ↗
Council approved the provincially required 2024-2028 Corporate Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan on August 27, 2024, after a 12 to 0 committee vote. It aims for 7% less energy than 2023 by 2028 and energy emissions 56% below 2007. Staff note the emissions target assumes no change in the grid, and expect about 43% with the forecast grid. 2024-2028 Corporate Energy CDM Plan, SPPC agenda Aug 15, 2024 (PDF) ↗SPPC minutes, Aug 15, 2024 (PDF) ↗
Unfunded in the plan: LED conversion of at least 5,000 of the 15,000 remaining older streetlights, about $480,000 a year in estimated savings, and 2.5 MW of solar at the Pottersburg and Vauxhall plants, about $972,000 a year. The City generates power from waste heat at the Greenway plant and from a 10 kW solar array. 2024-2028 Corporate Energy CDM Plan, SPPC agenda Aug 15, 2024 (PDF) ↗
Enwave, a private company, set October 31, 2026 as its date to shut most downtown steam lines. Council has approved about $19.3 million to move six buildings to their own heating (derived), and staff say Enwave has not contributed. CTV News London, May 21, 2026 ↗Council minutes, Mar 31, 2026 (PDF) ↗
WHAT THE CITY IS PAYING TO LEAVE DOWNTOWN STEAM, ONE-TIME (DERIVED TOTAL): TO SCALE
City Hall, Centennial Hall, Central Library, Museum London$11.7M
RBC Place$6.79M
J. Allyn Taylor Building$775,500
About $19.3 million in all, from contingency and reserves. The four-building figure is the March 2026 report's total budget, which already includes the money approved in September 2025, so nothing is counted twice. RBC Place is the May 28, 2026 committee approval; J. Allyn Taylor is the 2025 conversion cost. RBC Place's final cost is still to be reported to council. Staff report, ICSC, Mar 23, 2026: Contracts for Enwave Steam Service Transitions (PDF) ↗
Enwave ended its low-pressure steam line on May 31, 2025. The City paid $775,500 to convert the J. Allyn Taylor Building, and council gave the Grand Theatre $400,000. Enwave told the City in April 2025 that it would shut most medium-pressure lines by October 31, 2026, affecting City Hall, Centennial Hall, the Central Library and Museum London. CTV News London, May 21, 2026 ↗CBC London, Aug 19, 2024 ↗CBC London, May 22, 2025 ↗
Mayor Morgan said in March 2026 that Enwave should pay the costs, that the City has no legal power to make it, and that he would take the issue to the Province. Staff said in May 2026 that Enwave had not contributed and that the deadline could not be extended. Enwave said it had invested over $60 million in upgrades since 2017 and that the aging segments are increasingly unreliable and a potential safety risk. CTV News London, Mar 31, 2026 ↗CTV News London, May 21, 2026 ↗
The City leases parking spaces to SunSaver 4 Limited, which runs chargers there under the ChargerCrew name. The lease, dated June 2, 2020, has a 10-year term; the City gets $10 a space a year plus 7.5% of net revenue, and 45% in any extension. Council's April 4, 2023 amendment, approved 14 to 0, brought it to 28 spaces at 10 sites and let staff change sites up to 30 spaces. Civic Works Committee agenda, Mar 21, 2023, SunSaver lease report (PDF) ↗Council minutes, Apr 4, 2023 (PDF) ↗
Federal charger funding (ZEVIP) is closed to applications and the program ends March 31, 2027. Bill 98 bars zoning from requiring chargers in new buildings; the Parks and Environment file covers that. Natural Resources Canada, ZEVIP ↗Bill 98, Royal Assent text (PDF) ↗
Council's record
Most energy votes this term were unanimous, including the London Hydro declaration, the new energy company and the steam conversions. The recorded split was July 25, 2023: 10 to 3 to ask for a net-zero grid by 2035. Council minutes, July 25, 2023 (PDF) ↗SPPC minutes, Dec 9, 2025 (PDF) ↗
READ THE NUMBERS (10 POINTS, WITH SOURCES)▾
Names are in alphabetical order. All are councillors except Mayor Morgan. The minutes record how members voted, not why. Council minutes, July 25, 2023 (PDF) ↗
London Hydro
On October 28, 2025 the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee voted 14 to 0 for the new shareholder declaration. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Hillier, Hopkins, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Peloza, Pribil, Rahman, Stevenson and Trosow. Van Meerbergen was absent. SPPC minutes, Oct 28, 2025 (PDF) ↗
On September 19, 2023 the committee voted 15 to 0 to take no further steps on a retail affiliate. On December 9, 2025 it voted 12 to 0 to revive London Hydro Holdings Inc. and create a new City-owned company. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Hillier, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Pribil, Rahman, Stevenson and Van Meerbergen. Hopkins, Peloza and Trosow were absent. SPPC minutes, Dec 9, 2025 (PDF) ↗SPPC minutes, Sept 19, 2023 (PDF) ↗
On May 28, 2026 the committee voted 15 to 0, with every member present, on London Hydro's annual meeting and on the new company's first board: Tania Goodine and Paul Madden for one year, and Mayor Morgan as the member of council. SPPC minutes, May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
Gas and the grid
On July 25, 2023 council voted on Councillor Franke's item titled Phase Out Gas. A motion to refer it to staff failed 5 to 8. For were Hillier, Lehman, Pribil, Stevenson and Van Meerbergen. Against were Ferreira, Franke, Hopkins, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Rahman and Trosow. Council minutes, July 25, 2023 (PDF) ↗
The main motion passed 10 to 3. It asked AMO to press the Province for a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, asked staff to seek large local emitters' net-zero plans, and directed staff to talk with Enbridge and London Hydro about the federal Clean Electricity Regulations. For were Ferreira, Franke, Hopkins, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Pribil, Rahman and Trosow. Against were Hillier, Stevenson and Van Meerbergen. Cuddy and Peloza were absent for both votes. Council minutes, July 25, 2023 (PDF) ↗
Downtown steam
On March 31, 2026 council approved the steam conversion contracts 14 to 0 as part of a committee report. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Hillier, Hopkins, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Peloza, Rahman, Stevenson, Trosow and Van Meerbergen. Pribil was absent. Council minutes, Mar 31, 2026 (PDF) ↗
On May 28, 2026 the committee approved RBC Place's steam transition 13 to 0. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Hillier, Hopkins, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Pribil, Rahman, Stevenson, Trosow and Van Meerbergen. Mayor Morgan and Peloza were absent. SPPC minutes, May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
City energy and charging
On August 15, 2024 the committee approved the 2024-2028 energy plan 12 to 0. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Lewis, McAlister, Mayor Morgan, Peloza, Pribil, Rahman, Stevenson, Trosow and Van Meerbergen. Hillier, Hopkins and Lehman were absent. SPPC minutes, Aug 15, 2024 (PDF) ↗
On April 4, 2023 council approved the charger lease amendment 14 to 0 as part of a committee report. For were Cuddy, Ferreira, Franke, Hillier, Hopkins, Lehman, Lewis, McAlister, Peloza, Pribil, Rahman, Stevenson, Trosow and Van Meerbergen. Mayor Morgan was absent. Council minutes, Apr 4, 2023 (PDF) ↗
The option space
What cities try for this. Evidence for, evidence against, costs, and who decides, for every option, identically. The site does not pick one. That's council's job, and yours to weigh in on.
OPTION 1 OF 8
Fill London Hydro's council seat, or plan for a non-voting one
London Hydro's board has seven directors, and one seat is reserved for a member of council. The new council fills it for the term. Bill 140, a proposed provincial law now in committee, would bar councillors from the board from January 1, 2027. The City could instead name an unpaid, non-voting participant and recruit another director.
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCECouncil appoints all seven directors by by-law. The Province decides whether councillors may sit on the board (Bill 140).
OPTION 2 OF 8
The London Hydro dividend: keep the 40% target, change it, or set its use
London Hydro's board declares a dividend each year, and council's 2025 shareholder declaration sets a target of 40% of net earnings. Council can amend the declaration after consulting the board, and decides in the budget what the money pays for. The 2025 and 2026 budget books don't show the dividend as its own line.
For setting its use: in February 2016 council spent one-time London Hydro dividend money on named items, including $1.3 million for library capital and $1.8 million for tree planting. Open Council summary, SPPC Feb 25, 2016 ↗
■ CITY DECIDESLondon Hydro's board declares the dividend. Council sets the target in the shareholder declaration and decides its use in the budget, which the Mayor tables.
OPTION 3 OF 8
The City's new energy company: grow it, limit it, or leave it idle
In December 2025 council approved a new City-owned company for energy and utility services and infrastructure outside London Hydro's regulated business, and asked to revive an older holding company. Its three-member board includes Mayor Morgan. Around January 29, 2027 the board is to recommend whether to grow to five. Council approves any venture with $5 million or more at stake.
■ CITY DECIDESCouncil, as sole shareholder, sets the board and approves ventures of $5 million or more. Reviving the older company needs a private act of the Legislature.
OPTION 4 OF 8
London's position on the grid plan, and land for stations and lines
The IESO is writing the London Area plan for new stations and lines and will present draft recommendations at a municipal meeting in early 2027. Council can comment, protect corridors and station sites in the Official Plan and zoning, and start the corridor study London Hydro asked for. The IESO, Hydro One and the Energy Board decide what gets built.
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCEThe IESO recommends, Hydro One builds, and the Energy Board approves lines and costs. Council comments and controls land use through the Official Plan and zoning.
OPTION 5 OF 8
Council support for battery and generation projects
Under Ontario's long-term procurement, every battery or generation bid on land in a municipality needs a council support resolution. Council can decide case by case, pass a blanket resolution for some technologies or areas, set rules for how developers engage residents, or decline. It can also update zoning for storage and generation. London has passed one: in October 2025 council supported two rooftop solar bids and directed staff to explore a blanket resolution for future bids.
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCE□ COST NOT DERIVABLE
THE EVIDENCE, THE COSTS, WHO DECIDES▾
EVIDENCE FOR
For a standing policy: the IESO guide lets councils pass one blanket resolution, and developers must notify the municipality at least 60 days before the bid deadline. IESO LT2 Municipal Guide, Nov 10, 2025 (PDF) ↗
Against a blanket resolution: it is given before specific sites are known, and the IESO guide says a resolution doesn't replace zoning or other permits. IESO LT2 Municipal Guide, Nov 10, 2025 (PDF) ↗
WHAT IT COST ELSEWHERE
Ontario's first long-term capacity round awarded three battery projects totalling 640 MW on June 18, 2026, all with municipal support. IESO, LT2 capacity results, June 18, 2026 ↗
AT LONDON'S SCALE: NOT DERIVABLE FROM PUBLIC DATA
Not derivable. One London request so far: on October 14, 2025 council supported rooftop solar bids by Moose Power and Dream Industrial REIT at 2440 Scanlan Street and 580 Industrial Road in the IESO's first LT2 energy round, and directed staff to explore a blanket support resolution for future bids. Council minutes, Oct 14, 2025, 15th ICSC report item 7 (2.7) ↗
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCECouncil passes or declines support resolutions and sets zoning. The Province requires the resolutions, and the IESO picks the winning bids.
OPTION 6 OF 8
Pay for the City's own energy savings: LED streetlights and solar
The City's 2024-2028 energy plan lists projects waiting for money: LED conversion of at least 5,000 of the 15,000 remaining older streetlights, 2.5 MW of solar at the Pottersburg and Vauxhall plants, and 1 MW at the Arva pumping station. No 2026 budget line for any of them was found. Council can fund them, seek grants, or leave them.
■ CITY DECIDESCouncil, through the budget the Mayor tables. London Hydro connects any solar array.
OPTION 7 OF 8
Downtown steam: what the City pays, and what it seeks back
Enwave, owned by two pension and infrastructure investors, set October 31, 2026 as its date to shut most of its downtown steam lines. Council has approved about $19.3 million to move six buildings, including City Hall and RBC Place, to their own heating (derived). Left to decide: RBC Place's final funding, whether to seek payment from Enwave, and whether to ask the Province to regulate shutdowns.
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCE■ COSTED
THE EVIDENCE, THE COSTS, WHO DECIDES▾
EVIDENCE FOR
For seeking payment or rules: Mayor Morgan said in March 2026 that Enwave should pay, that the City has no legal power to make it, and that he would go to the Province. Staff said in May 2026 that Enwave had not contributed. CTV News London, Mar 31, 2026 ↗CTV News London, May 21, 2026 ↗
Enwave's position: it says it has put over $60 million into upgrades since 2017 and that the aging segments are increasingly unreliable and a potential safety risk. CTV News London, May 21, 2026 ↗
Against waiting on recovery: RBC Place must be off steam by October 30, 2027, and staff are to report its full cost once it is known. SPPC minutes, May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCECouncil funds the City's conversions and decides any claim or request. Enwave runs its network; the Province could regulate it.
OPTION 8 OF 8
Public EV charging on City land
Since 2020 a private operator has run chargers on leased City parking at no capital cost to the City, paying $10 a space a year plus 7.5% of net revenue. Council could add sites, open a competitive call, fund City-owned chargers, or change the $2.00 an hour fee at City stations. The lease has a 10-year term from 2020.
Against new City-built sites: federal charger funding is closed to applications and the program ends March 31, 2027, so new sites would rest on City or private money. Natural Resources Canada, ZEVIP ↗
■ CITY DECIDESCouncil, through leases (staff may change sites up to 30 spaces) and the annual Fees and Charges By-law.
What the new council decides, and when
Events on the calendar, not outcomes. Dates nobody has set are marked as such.
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From November 15, 2026
CITY COUNCIL
The new council takes office. The City's calendar sets committee and board appointments for November 18, confirmed by council November 24; the council seat on London Hydro's board is filled by the new council. London Hydro annual meeting staff report, SPPC May 28, 2026 (PDF) ↗
Where this file meets the Parks and Environment and Water files
The Parks and Environment file (/files/parks-and-environment/) covers London's climate targets and the June 2026 audit, the BetterHomes retrofit loans, the green development framework, Bill 98's limits on green building and EV-charging rules, and the W12A landfill gas decision. This file links there rather than repeating them. Bill 98, Royal Assent text (PDF) ↗City of London, BetterHomes launch ↗
The Water file (/files/water/) covers water and sewer rates. London Hydro reads the water meters and sends those bills, and the City paid it $5.9 million at cost for that work in 2025. City of London 2025 Financial Report, note 6 (PDF) ↗
What to ask your council
Anyone at City Hall can say this issue matters. These are the questions that ask for specifics. Send them to your councillor, or bring them to a committee meeting.
London Hydro's board has one seat for a member of council, and a provincial bill would end that on January 1, 2027. Who should speak for the City's interest on the board, and how should council hear back from them?
London Hydro paid the City $5.5 million in 2025. Would you keep the 40% target, change it, or set aside the money for something specific?
The City's new energy company can take on ventures, and council approves anything with $5 million or more at stake. What would a venture need to show before you approved it?
Stations supplying about half of London have capacity needs now, and the IESO's draft plan arrives in early 2027. Should London protect land for new lines and stations before routes are set?
Battery and generation bids on London land need council's support. Would you decide each one separately, set a standing policy, or decline them?
LED streetlights and solar at City plants could save about $1.45 million a year by staff estimates, with no capital cost published. Would you fund them, and from what?
The City is paying about $19 million to move buildings off Enwave's steam. Should it keep seeking payment from Enwave, ask the Province to regulate shutdowns, or close the matter?
The charger lease on City parking has a 10-year term from 2020. When it ends, would you renew it, put it out to tender, or build City-owned chargers?
Issues in your ward
Jump to the issues from the files that touch your ward:
CLAIMS THAT COULDN’T BE VERIFIED, SO THEY’RE NOT ON THIS PAGE ▾
These circulate in coverage of this issue but could not be traced to a source that loads and says what’s claimed. The site would rather show you the gap than publish the number.
London Hydro's website describes an annual 5% dividend, which doesn't match the 40% target in the 2025 shareholder declaration. It isn't used here.
London Hydro's September 2025 statement that over 13,000 customers, about 13% of its base, get Ontario Electricity Support Program credits. The percentage doesn't match its customer count, so the year-end registrant count from its rate filing is used instead.
Where the London Hydro dividend sits in the City budget, and whether any of it goes to a reserve.
The Province's October 27, 2026 announcements on local electricity distributors and its expert panel's final report, including any merger timeline.
The start and end dates of Enbridge's gas franchise agreement with London.
Whether the two London rooftop solar bids supported in October 2025 won IESO contracts, and whether staff have brought back a blanket support resolution.
The state of the four City buildings after the October 31, 2026 steam shutoff, and the final cost.
Capital costs for the LED streetlight and City solar projects.
A London energy poverty rate, and City funding for the Housing Stability Bank's utility arrears help.
The City's 2025 corporate energy figures.
Whether the lands added by OPA 166 are in the IESO's London forecast.
