Ontario Hydro is a scandal ridden utilityOntario Hydro was hijacked by Maurice Strong decades ago, effectively turning the provincial utility into a money sucking enterprise, all in the pursuit of radical environmental ideology. Keeping hydro rates competitive was never in their lexicon and Ontario tax payers will be funding their missteps for decades to come.. How bad is it ? The provincial government needed to change the laws so they could bury the Hydro One's inefficiencies with increased borrowings without increasing the reported deficit numbers. This is a shell game, with hydro rates expected to rise after the debt service charges rise. The Ontario auditor has called out the fake numbers. We have been writing about Ontario's bumbling of the energy portfolio for over 10 years...it is all coming true.