People absolutely did vote for more expensive power.
Conservatives promised to stop wind power in rural pockets of Ontario, and claimed they could lower hydro costs without proof or plan clearly highlighted as a lie to the electorate before the vote. The Cons immediately spent $450M to cancel contracts, break existing contract terms and get sued (and lost). Power is more expensive due to successive governments (Libs and Cons) who pandered to corporate donations ("public private partnership B.S.") and the will of NIMBY. Our publicly owned utility was specifically banned from competing during the massive 10GW renewable rollout, ie, forced profit. This saddled Ontario with 80c/kWh solar (then 50c then 36c) and 19c/kWh wind, and this "proved" that "RENEWABLES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE".