Ontario electricity policy | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-28

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00:01:38 1 History of electricity demand planning in Ontario
00:01:50 1.1 Early history
00:03:37 1.2 Electricity demand planning 1970s–1990s
00:04:14 1.2.1 Porter Commission
00:04:51 1.2.2 Demand/Supply Plan (DSP) Report
00:06:21 1.3 Ontario's short experiment with competitive retail markets
00:09:47 1.3.1 Concerns regarding aging nuclear plants
00:12:14 1.3.2 Electricity Conservation and Supply Task Force
00:13:10 1.3.3 Creation of Ontario Power Authority
00:13:46 1.4 Green Energy Act
00:15:13 2 Integrated Power System Plan (IPSP)
00:16:21 2.1 IPSP evaluation and development process
00:19:14 2.2 Existing environmental policy process
00:21:48 3 Central planning and traditional regulation versus competitive markets
00:22:15 3.1 Central planning and traditional regulation
00:27:21 3.2 Deregulation and competitive markets
00:35:16 4 Conservation and demand management
00:38:45 4.1 Current and expected future electricity demand
00:43:42 4.2 Conservation and demand-side management initiatives in Ontario
00:49:06 4.3 Government actors involved in conservation and demand management
00:52:51 5 Supply options
00:54:55 5.1 Coal
01:01:35 5.2 Natural gas
01:04:04 5.3 Cogeneration
01:07:01 5.4 Nuclear
01:11:00 5.5 Renewables
01:12:26 5.5.1 Hydroelectricity
01:13:39 5.5.2 Wind
01:15:33 5.5.3 Biomass
01:19:51 5.5.4 Solar and geothermal
01:21:09 5.6 Imports
01:24:10 6 See also



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Ontario electricity policy refers to plans, legislation, incentives, guidelines, and policy processes put in place by the Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada, to address issues of electricity production, distribution, and consumption. Policymaking in the electricity sector involves economic, social, and environmental considerations. Ontario's electricity supply outlook is projected to deteriorate in the near future due to increasing demand, aging electricity supply infrastructure, and political commitments, particularly the phase-out of coal-fired generation. Policymakers are presented with a range of policy choices in addressing the situation, both in terms of overall system design and structure, and specific electricity generating technologies.
Ontario finds itself faced with choices that define energy policy debates throughout the western world: the role of markets vs. centralized planning and what Amory Lovins has termed "hard" versus "soft energy paths"; i.e. continued reliance on large, centralized generation, particularly nuclear and coal, or moving towards decentralized technologies, including energy efficiency and low impact renewables. As such, how Ontario electricity policy evolves in the near future will be of relevance to other jurisdictions facing similar options or challenges.