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[13] [63] The gap between the Ontario's potential savings and its current target could be the result of: a) inadequate coordination between the Ontario government and OPA; b) lack of public information regarding incentives and energy efficient measures; c) insufficient long-term energy efficiency planning and funding; and e) lack of good ...
The Ontario government initially proposed conversion to natural gas in 2004 but subsequently canceled that plan in 2006. [8] Then, as part of the 2010 Long-Term Energy Plan, Ontario's Ministry of Energy announced that Thunder Bay GS would be converted from coal to natural gas by the end of 2014.
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) was an independent, non-profit corporation established through the Electricity Restructuring Act, 2004 (Bill 100). Licensed by the Ontario Energy Board , it reported to the Ontario legislature through the Ministry of Energy .
In July 2023, Ontario Minister of Energy Todd Smith announced an intent to build 4.8 GW of new nuclear on the Bruce site, effectively re-starting the plans for Bruce C. [123] It would be the first large-scale nuclear build in Canada for more than three decades, to prepare for increasing electricity demand in the long term. [124]
In October 2013, the Ontario government declared that the Darlington new build project would not be a part of Ontario's long term energy plan, citing the high capital cost estimates and energy surplus in the province at the time of the announcement. [50]
OPG has also begun the process of building up to four new nuclear units at the site of its Darlington Nuclear Generating Station but in October 2013, the province of Ontario declared that the Darlington new build project would not be part of Ontario's long-term energy plan, [18] citing the high capital cost estimates and energy surplus in the ...
In October 2024, Lecce introduced the Affordable Energy Act, [33] which established Ontario’s first long-term Integrated Energy Plan to secure power for the next 25 years, following the Independent Electricity System Operator releasing a revised demand forecast that saw Ontario's energy demand increase by 75 per cent. [34]
February 3, 2011, a Ministry of Energy Directive and the Ministry's November 23, 2010, Long Term Energy Plan supported the construction of this transmission line as phase one of a two-part process, to improve the connectivity of remote First Nation communities.