Power Shortages Increase Risk Of Brownouts In Summer. Time For Reliable Supply

"Electricity Supply Crucial For Ontario's Business Success"

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The Ontario government has many important challenges to deal with. These challenges include health care, housing, education, transit, and power. All of these challenges are both complex and long-term.

Governments need to think ahead, plan and invest. They should have started finding solutions to our problems a long time ago. We depend on them to deliver services now and also think about the future.

Ontario's premier is impulsive and changes his mind often. He is interested in licence plates and gas-pump stickers. This is not good news.

Ontario can't avoid the power supply problem anymore.

A report from electricity regulators says that Ontario is in danger of an energy shortfall this summer. Two-thirds of North America is also at risk if the temperature gets too high. This was reported by Rob Ferguson in the Star.

Summer is coming soon, earlier than expected by experts a year ago.

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. stated that Ontario will have a hard time accommodating generation and transmission outages now. The shortage will stick around for a while.

Peter Tabuns, who is in charge of energy criticism for the NDP, said brownouts could occur before the end of August. It would mark two decades since a large blackout affected northeastern North America.

He warned that Ontario is at high risk of not being able to meet peak demand. This risk is unique to the province only in Canada.

Tabuns accused Premier Doug Ford's government of getting rid of 758 renewable energy projects soon after they took control in 2018.

The report mentioned that wind, solar and batteries were helping with electricity reliability. This means that stopping these projects in Ontario was not a good decision.

Ford said energy schemes were unnecessary and expensive. A year later, Bill Walker, then-associate energy minister said Ontario has enough energy.

The premier and minister were arrogant and lack foresight. It may harm residents and businesses in Ontario.

Tabuns mentioned that due to climate change, we'll face severe climate events that can lead to blackouts.

Last year's expected timelines, which warned of energy shortages in Ontario by 2026, were too optimistic.

Last year, the Independent Electricity System Operator, in charge of Ontario's electricity, stated that economic progress post-pandemic, and the switch to eco-friendly power in transportation and manufacturing, were the reasons behind the rise in energy consumption.

The Ford government wants businesses to come in. But, if there is no electricity, it won't work.

Stellantis stopped building an electric-vehicle battery factory in Windsor. They need to finalize contracts before continuing construction. The report suggests that the local area may not have enough supplies.

Ontario is really hot in June. Nuclear plant renovations could cause power shortages.

If it gets hotter than usual in the next few months, we will have to use imported power.

Ford's government didn't seem to think it was a big deal.

Energy Minister Todd Smith said Ontario has a great grid. People in North America are envious of it. It's clean, affordable, reliable, and safe.

Hopefully, the minister won't be ignorant about the province's situation.