Are Canada’s power grids ready for the future?

Canada has promised to reach Net Zero emissions from our grids by 2035. At the same time, as ordinary Canadians transition to things like electric vehicles and home heat pumps, we’re going to need more power. Like, a lot more. So how do we scale up the system at the same time as making it cleaner? How much time do we have?

Colin Guldimann, is an economist at RBC, and author of The Price of Power report.

“On the whole, though, Canada, I think, really has an advantage as a clean electricity powerhouse.
We’re one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world, and that’s really largely due to the expansion of nuclear and hydroelectric facilities we’ve done over the last century as we speak ” said Guldiman.

So, what sacrifices might we have to make? And who pays the bill in the end?

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