Straight talk about electricity in Ontario: 2018 Energy Conservation Progress report

The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario recently released her 2018 Energy Conservation Progress report, Making Connections: Straight Talk about Electricity in Ontario, to the Ontario Legislature.

The new report says that the Ontario government’s Long-Term Energy Plan fails to consider its own climate law. The climate law requires Ontarians to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, such as gasoline, natural gas and oil by 2030, but the province isn’t planning how to make that happen.

The report also acknowledges the government’s role in cleaning up Ontario’s electricity system and air by ending coal-fired power. By replacing coal with low-carbon electricity sources such as hydro, solar, wind and nuclear power, the system was 96 per cent emission-free in 2017.

You can read or download the full report here.