A new transmission line for northwestern Ontario and expanded nuclear power are expected to play a role in a new energy plan from the province.
The plan aims to address Ontario’s power needs for the next 25 years.
Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says it commits to affordable, secure, reliable, and clean energy for the future.
“It’s a plan that is anchored in 4 clear principles, ensuring energy is always affordable and secure, reliable and clean, and that means keeping costs low for families and for businesses and for industry,” says Lecce.
The plan proposes to modernize the existing system to support new technologies like battery storage, smart devices, and distributed energy resources.
It also supports homeowners, communities and business owners having the ability to produce and store energy.
This plan, while it drives prices down and keeps affordability at the forefront, it will get us to 99 plus percent, non-emitting power in the electricity grid by year 2050. That is a huge achievement,” says Lecce.
A new 230-kilovolt transmission line between Nipigon and Geraldton is mentioned in the document, with construction taking place by 2032.
The Independent Electricity System Operator is also instructed to launch a Northern Hydro Program to extend contracts of hydroelectric facilities larger than 10 megawatts for 20 years.
