How better electricity policy can keep Ontario open for business

The Canadian Climate Institute outlines four recommendations to improve Ontario's electricity policy: clarifying long-term emissions targets, expanding the mandates of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to include climate goals, replacing ad hoc directives with a comprehensive long-term plan, and commissioning periodic technical pathway reports.

• Ontario's electricity system faces a risk of increasing greenhouse gas emissions as nuclear plants are retired or refurbished and are replaced by natural gas plants.
• The current governance of Ontario's energy sector is characterized by an unpredictable, ad hoc approach where the government has issued over one hundred directives to the IESO and OEB, which hinders system planning and private sector certainty.
• The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) currently lack clear mandates to integrate climate change into their decision-making, which can lead to their goals of reliability and efficiency being viewed as conflicting with net zero-consistent investments.
• To support electrification and maintain relevance amid changing technology and costs, Ontario should commission independent technical pathway assessments every three to five years.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2022). How better electricity policy can keep Ontario open for business. https://climateinstitute.ca/how-better-electricity-policy-can-keep-ontario-open-for-business/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. How better electricity policy can keep Ontario open for business. 2022. https://climateinstitute.ca/how-better-electricity-policy-can-keep-ontario-open-for-business/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitute2022how, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{How better electricity policy can keep Ontario open for business}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = jul, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/how-better-electricity-policy-can-keep-ontario-open-for-business/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }