Making Connections

Ontario’s Electricity Future discusses whether Ontario’s new Long-Term Energy Plan and the Ontario’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Electricity redesign of Ontario’s electricity market prepare System looks at changes in Ontario demand, the energy sector for a low-carbon, highly efficient our mix of electricity resources, and the planning future. [...] Electricity is the smallest and greenest of Ontario’s Backwards, to examine the impacts of key electricity major energy sources, providing only 20% of Ontario’s policies since the mid-2000s. [...] The The latest LTEP was released in October 2017, need to meet future peak electricity demand (usually on following two technical reports called the Ontario the hottest days of the year) has often driven decisions Planning Outlook and the Fuels Technical Report.13 The on electricity generation or conservation. [...] The IESO is looking to supplement • consultation with aboriginal peoples and their the real-time electricity market with a new market, participation in the energy sector, and the engagement known as a capacity market, that might be able to of interested persons, groups and communities in the procure some types of new resources to be without energy sector, and long-term contracts. [...] In addition to resource procurement, the IESO also oversees the daily (Independent Electricity System Operator, Overview of the IESO- real-time management of the electricity system and is responsible for administered Markets (Toronto: IESO, July 2017) at 5.) managing the province’s electricity conservation programs.