The long-awaited firing of Anthony Haines, CEO of Tony’s Hydro (formerly Toronto Hydro), could be announced this afternoon following a meeting of the utility’s board of directors.

Here is a short recap of the “Ontario Electricity Regulation Crisis Report” series:

In Part One, this series opened with a discussion of the utility-created regulatory crisis at Toronto Hydro. The crisis has resulted from the utility playing games with the Ontario Energy Board. The utility had presented an absurd plan to jack up rates, tried to apply pressure tactics to the regulator, got dealt a stern rebuke by the regulator January 5, reacted to the rebuke by threatening to electrocute customers, and started mass firings of staff starting with two key executives. One of the executives I don’t know, but the other, Pankaj Sardana, I do know and regard very highly.

In Part Two, I report on careless opportunism by the Electrical Distributor’s Association, sensing that the regulator was in a weakened state. The EDA piled into this crisis pleading its case for weaker regulatory controls on monopolies.

In Part Three, I document Toronto Hydro’s chaotic and not credible capital plans.

Part Four provides some much-needed humour to illustrate Toronto Hydro’s management strategy. Soon after this post, my web traffic hit an all-time high.

Part Five provides a podcast of a radio interview summarizing event up until January 13 and draws attention to an important contribution in the Toronto Star.

Part Six provides the OEB chair’s January 13 letter to Toronto Hydro telling the utility that its key public statements about the January 5 decision were inaccurate.

Part Seven discussed the likelihood of upcoming law suites from unfairly treated contractors that utility will be hit with in all probability.

Part Eight discussed the likely increase in the cost of borrowing arising from the utility’s actions.

Part Nine discussed the impact on jilted contractors and their employees.

Part 10 provided an ironic graphic from Toronto Hydro’s anti-bullying campaign.

Part 11 discussed what the crisis revealed about the working environment for Toronto Hydro employees.

Part 12 was my suggestion to the Electrical Distributors Association and the rest of the utilities in Ontario to distance themselves from the train wreck happening at Toronto Hydro.

Part 13 was posted January 15 and reports on a letter dated January 14 from electricity critic and frequent contributor to the National Post, Parker Gallant, to City Council recommending that Anthony Haines be fired. Realizing that I had been too soft-spoken to that point, I endorse Mr. Gallant’s proposal.

Part 14 reports on Mr. Gallant and I demonstrating in front of Toronto Hydro’s head office on January 16. At this point, I rebrand the utility as “Tony’s Hydro”.

Part 15 reviews a wonderful summary of developments at the utility by Martin Regg Cohn in the Toronto Star. In the review, I argue that the conditions that allowed the crisis to develop arise from the utility’s government ownership. Viewership on this website hits another record.

Part 16 draws attention to another recently rebranded utility in Ontario, Entergus formerly Chatham Kent Hydro, which has a well deserved reputation for efficiency and customer service.

Part 17 provides a letter from management at Tony’s Hydro to the utility’s staff telling them that the Ontario Energy Board is the cause of all their problems.

Part 18 provides a letter from the chair of Tony’s Hydro, Clare Copeland, endorsing CEO Anthony Haines and ascribing cynical motives to those calling out the utility for its bullying. I hope I was in Copeland’s thoughts.

In Part 19, Clare Copeland attempts to negotiate with the OEB through the Globe and Mail newspaper.

In Part 20 I report on Copeland’s ratepayer-funded perks.

In Part 21 posted on January 23, I discuss the prospects for the appeal soon to be filed by Tony’s Hydro. In hindsight, I missed the key role to be played in the appeal by the OEB’s letter of January 13.

In Part 22 I note a sudden surge in press releases from the utility about outages. At Tony’s Hydro, outages are an asset.

In Part 23 gets into the higher octane elements of executive compensation at Tony’s Hydro with a list of the luxury cars that ratepayers generously supply, including a Mercedes Benz S550V4 for Anthony Haines. No Ferraris appear on the list. I also report on the $1.27 million golden parachute that the utility’s board of directors has lined up for Anthony Haines.

Part 24 notes a Toronto Sun story where the utility acknowledges the accuracy of my reporting on ratepayer-funded luxury cars.

Part 25 provides the appeal document from Tony’s Hydro.

Part 26 reports on a personal compliment from Tony’s Hydro as the utility takes to blocking this web site on its internal networks.

Part 27 is a posting from January 26 that connects together elements of one of chairman Copeland’s earlier letters where he says that the utility is failing to meet reliability requirements with the bonuses the utility has consistently showered upon Anthony Haines. This connection later appears in several main stream media reports.