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Climate Change & the Environment

Power generation platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.

PC
  • Ban Chinese state-owned companies from buying/taking equity in provincially-funded energy, critical mineral, or big infrastructure projects
  • Ban Chinese components from all future energy procurements
  • Develop an integrated energy plan

    "Developing Ontario’s first integrated energy plan, including all energy resources such as hydroelectricity, natural gas and other fuels." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Refurbish and expand nuclear power

    "Refurbishing existing nuclear energy generation at the Pickering and Darlington generating stations, expanding nuclear energy generation at Bruce Power, exploring new nuclear energy generation in Port Hope, and building Canada’s first small modular reactors at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Refurbish and expand hydroelectric power generation

    "Refurbishing and expanding hydroelectricity generation, including supporting Ontario Power Generation’s $4 billion investments in hydroelectricity generation in Niagara and in Northern and Eastern Ontario." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

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  • Procure enough battery energy storage to power three million homes

    "Securing the largest battery energy storage procurement in Canadian history, with enough storage to power three million homes." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build new energy transmission infrastructure across the province
  • Review and modernise the mandates of the Ontario Energy Board and Ontario's Independent Electricity Service Operator

    "Reviewing and modernizing the mandates of the Ontario Energy Board and Ontario’s Independent Electricity Service Operator to ensure that both the regulator and the system planner support the objective of significantly growing Ontario’s generation, transmission and export capacity to support job creation, investment attraction and economic growth. A re-elected PC government will ensure Ontario Power Generation prioritizes supporting these objectives, in alignment with the integrated energy plan." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

  • Seek rapid and streamlined approval processes for new nuclear plants

    "A re-elected PC government would seek rapid and streamlined approval processes for new nuclear projects from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

  • Build new interties to neighbouring jurisdictions to export power

    "Building new interties to neighbouring jurisdictions to export power and create greater regional influence, including new and reinforced transmission into Quebec and the United States." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

  • Develop a strategic framework for energy-intensive data centres

    "Developing a strategic framework for energy-intensive data centres to ensure better strategic planning (such as co-locating power generation with data centre assets) and prioritization based on provincial priorities, such as data and national security, job creation and regional economic development in the north." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

ONDP
  • Invest in clean energy and efficiency from a mix of non-emitting sources, storage, and conservation

    "We will ensure an abundant supply of reliable and affordable energy, towards a legislated target of achieving a net- zero economy no later than 2050. We will make evidence-based and cost- effective investments in clean energy and efficiency from a mix of non-emitting sources, storage and conservation." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

We don't have any Liberal policies on Power generation.

Green
  • Pay people to generate metered solar power and use home battery storage

    "Pay people, not gas monopolies, for flexible power through energy conservation and efficiency, smart systems that shift demand and optimise energy use, net metering for local solar generation and home battery storage to meet peak demand" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Make it easier for people, farmers, and businesses to connect renewable energy to the grid

    "Remove red tape to make it easier for people, farmers and businesses to connect renewable energy to the grid and to make virtual net metering possible" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ensure grid capacity and low cost grid connections for renewable energy generation
  • Invest in smart grid implementation and innovations

    "Invest in smart grid implementation and innovations such as bi-directional EV charging, peak demand programs and storage" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Phase out fossil fuel gas plants by 2035

    "Phase out expensive fossil gas plants by 2035" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

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  • Direct the Independent Electricity System Operator to have an open, competitive bid process for low-cost emission-free electricity sources

    "Direct IESO to have an open, competitive bid process for the lowest cost emission-free sources of electricity generation" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • End the moratorium on off-shore wind energy
  • Ensure community and individual monetary benefit agreements for people who live near wind farms
  • Maintain existing nuclear generation at Bruce and Darlington

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