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advocacy in action
september - OsPe energy Recommendations
fuel heated question Period exchange at
queen's Park
In September, OSPE's energy policy
recommendations became the
centre of attention at Queen's Park.
In Question Period, tempers flared
between Government and Opposition
Members as they sparred over the facts
and how best to improve Ontario's
energy system. Patrick Brown,
Leader of the Ontario Progressive
Conservatives (photographed here)
hammered the government with
OSPE's research that shows Ontario
is buying electricity from Quebec all
while dumping (wasting) its domestic
hydroelectric generation - arguably
Ontario's cleanest and least expensive
form of electricity.
OsPe energy Task force members Invited to
speak to the house of Commons standing
Committee on Natural Resources in Ottawa
about Canada's electricity Inter-Ties strategy
On Wednesday, October 4th Dr. Handan Tezel, P.Eng. and Paul Acchione, P.Eng. of
OSPE's Energy Task Force made a presentation to the House of Commons Standing
Committee on Natural Resources to inform Canada's
Electricity Inter-Ties Strategy.
OSPE was invited by the Government of Canada to offer
Canada needs to think more broadly about its climate change
engineering expertise on their national strategy. OSPE was
goals. Reducing emissions across the entire economy requires
identified as a key stakeholder on the topic thanks in part
us to examine and address our thermal energy needs. Canadian
to years of prolific engineering analysis and reporting by
residents and businesses use approximately four times more
our engineering experts on achieving emissions reduction
thermal energy to run their homes and businesses than electrical
targets in Ontario's power system at an affordable price.
energy. Presently, Canadian jurisdictions have the technology to
Members of the Standing Committee were thankful to
economically reduce emissions in the electrical sector, because
OSPE for delivering engineering know-how that informed
the retail price for dependable, non-interruptible electricity is high
their discussion. The Committee has since reached out to
enough to pay for the required clean capacity.
OSPE indicating their interest in having our experts return
- Paul Acchione, P.Eng.
to discuss other key technical and strategic issues in 2018.
Special thanks go to our presenters Dr. Handan Tezel,
P.Eng. and Paul Acchione, P.Eng. Thanks go to OSPE
Displacing fossil fuels with surplus clean electricity when
Energy Task Force Chair Emily Thorn Corthay, P.Eng. and
available
is a viable carbon emission reduction strategy until the
Task Force Members Keith Boulton, P.Eng., Peter DeVita,
point
at
which
new technologies become economical. Canada
P.Eng., Marius Vartolomei, P.Eng., Antonio Antonopoulos,
must
also
invest
in the development of electrical and thermal
Steve Pepper, P. Eng., Frank Lasowski, P.Eng., Peter White,
energy
storage
technologies
to drive down the costs, which will
P.Eng., Rhonda Wright Hilbig, P.Eng.. Additonal thanks go
help
both
Ontario
and
Canada
in the long term.
to Tom Markowitz, P.Eng. and Michael Monette, P.Eng. for
-
Dr
Handan
Tezel,
P.Eng.
their input.
December 2017
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