The Canadian government has revised its target for a net-zero electricity grid to 2050, fifteen years later than the previously announced 2035 deadline. While officials maintain that 2050 was always the intended goal, the shift comes after pushback from provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan who argued the 2035 target was unrealistic. The new regulations face immediate legal challenge from Alberta Premier, who asserts they infringe on provincial jurisdiction.
OTTAWA — The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday — though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.
Committing to a net-zero electricity grid is an easy move for the other six provinces, which are already more than 90 per cent of the way there. The territories will be exempt from the regulations as most Northern communities rely on diesel-generation, and are relatively small emitters. Guilbeault also pointed to how the regulations only come into effect in 2035 — as the draft regulations had also indicated.
"Perhaps we were not as precise with our language as we should have been. And that's the same with the Americans, and it's same with all of the G7 countries. When they spoke the language of 2035, all of us understood that it was going to take longer than that to get to a net zero grid."
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