So we have pressed into wind and solar deployment. Lyash: In 2009, Ontario established a feed-in tariff that has since built a sizable portfolio of wind and solar in the province. Ontario’s system operator is evaluating ways to protect consumers from large cost increases.ĮJ: Explain how your region’s resources have shaped your decarbonization efforts? It’s important to be transparent and fair with customers about the price impacts. In Ontario’s case, it was deploying biomass, wind, and solar expanding the natural gas fleet expanding and optimizing hydropower facilities and continuing to invest in nuclear power.Ī third lesson is that these technologies and decarbonization come at a price. You have to consider the resources in your region-more wind in some locations, more sun in others, more hydro in others. People tend to gravitate toward their favorite technology-wind, solar, nuclear, or biomass-but electric power systems are regional in nature. Difficult certainly, but doable.Ī second lesson is that to decarbonize the electric power system, it takes fully leveraging every technology and tool available to you. Once you have it, decarbonizing the electricity sector is doable technically.
Without consensus, it’s very difficult to make progress. Lyash: I would start by saying that it takes consensus-among federal and provincial policymakers and business leaders-that decarbonizing electricity is necessary, desirable, and adds value to society. What has driven the success of your decarbonization efforts?
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