Kingston, Ont. needs more electricity to meet population growth
But as the population grows, so does the need for power, and with the city’s push to be ‘greener’ by moving toward zero-emission vehicles, even more electricity will be needed.
Utilities Kingston director of engineering Remi Adedapo says the problem lies not with how much power there is, but the capacity to distribute it. For example, if everyone in Kingston suddenly began plugging in electric vehicles to charge at home, it would be too much for distribution centres to handle.
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