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As Ontarians continue to make more climate-conscious choices and industries invest in innovation to help reduce emissions, demand for clean energy is only going to increase. We need to be ready.
Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has noted that even to meet Ontario’s energy needs today, we need to build capacity. With the retirement of the Pickering nuclear plant in the mid-20s, ongoing refurbishment of our other nuclear facilities, uncertainty in global energy markets, and jurisdictions we might consider importing from facing similar supply challenges, a gap is emerging between supply and demand that could compromise our energy security. And that gap is only going to increase as we invest in new clean energy solutions to achieve our net-zero goals.
To meet the needs of Ontarians today while creating the kind of reliable clean energy capacity needed to achieve economy-wide decarbonization, we have to invest in and expand the clean energy solution we have right here at home: our world-leading, low-carbon electricity system.
Access to one of the world’s cleanest electricity systems offers Ontario a natural advantage. The cleaner the system, the cleaner our choices. As we consider what a no-carbon or low-carbon future looks like, our clean electricity system will be relied on to:
Let elected officials know that you support an “all-hands-on-deck” approach, one that will keep costs affordable and supply reliable as we look to make the most of our Made-In-Ontario clean energy advantage.
