What Ontario’s Local Hydro Utilities Recommend
We have our fingers on the pulse of what Ontarians need from their electricity system. The EDA encourages decision-makers and industry partners to:
- Commit to partnering with local hydro utilities when it comes to electricity policy that impacts our customers and our ability to serve them.
- Allow local hydro utilities to make the be ‘grid-ready’ investments needed to achieve the energy
transition
. These foundational investments should encompass grid resilience, grid
modernization, DER management systems, and digital technology investments to
enable customer participation in the market.
-
Provide clearer
direction from both the federal and provincial government
on
what tax-based infrastructure funding local hydro utilities should be eligible for to modernize
the grid, to ensure long-term affordability and reliability for customers.
- Enable the regulatory
flexibility for local hydro utilities
to
innovate and build an electricity grid that is
clean, reliable, and affordable, and continues to attract business investment and jobs to the province.