Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and shifting to emissions-free electricity to propel our cars, heat our homes and run our factories will require doubling, or possibly tripling, the amount of power we make now, the federal government estimates.
Greenspon said that means there are two major challenges ahead: massively expanding how much power we make and making all of it clean. Six provinces -- including the three largest -- get more than 90 per cent of their power from clean sources that include hydro, nuclear and wind. The federal government has suggested there may be some flexibility, but hasn't yet explained what that means.In 2022 the federal budget mentioned electricity just 20 times. One year later it came up 88 times, with billions of dollars pledged to help build and transmit clean power.
Ontario, like Alberta and Saskatchewan, expects to rely on gas for some power for some time to maintain stability.