The Liberal government has announced new regulations that would force provinces to ensure they have net-zero electricity grids by 2035. For several ...
For several provinces, this isn’t a massive deal. British Columbia and Quebec already have considerable amounts of hydro power, for example, and Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador also have lower-emissions electricity systems.
The National Post spoke to Andrew Leach, a University of Alberta energy and environmental economist, to get an explanation of what, exactly, is going on with the clean electricity regulations. This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity and length.Basically, what doing is setting end-of-life conditions or prohibitions on using natural gas and oil to generate electricity in all but certain circumstances.
The courts determined that these were valid federal regulations under Parliament’s ability to enact criminal laws. The crux of the issue is that you have grids that are net zero already or systems that are net zero already in Quebec and Manitoba and B.C. And then Ontario, you have quite a low emission system, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Peace Country likely has some potential, but again, that’s something that we haven’t exploited in the same way as other jurisdictions have. And you know, we haven’t had to because … we’re sitting on an island of natural gas, so for the most part, natural gas power has been historically cheap for us.It’s very different stories in each of those provinces.
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