Energy Policy Council
Businesses need clean, affordable, and reliable energy to operate productively and meet their climate commitments. The ongoing energy transition elicits new opportunities and challenges for Ontario’s business community and economy. The province is also approaching a period of electricity supply shortfalls that will require long-term investments in new infrastructure for the first time in several years.
Fortunately, our energy sector is ripe with made-in-Ontario solutions that are a win-win for both the environment and the economy.
The OCC oversees a permanent Energy Policy Council composed of leading industry experts with a mandate to inform our policy and advocacy efforts in this space. This initiative is supported with insights and technical expertise from Sussex Strategy Group’s Energy and Environment Practice.
Recent Highlights:
- Submission on hydrogen economy
- Policy primer on the need to address Ontario’s growing electricity needs
- Submission on geologic carbon storage
- Consultations around Refocusing Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Planning Framework
- Meetings with Government of Ontario, IESO, and OEB
- Media release on Ontario’s need for gas-fired electricity
2022-23 Policy & Advocacy Priorities:
- Energy planning – Improving the predictability, transparency, and outcomes of Ontario’s long-term energy planning.
- Climate policies – Supporting investments in clean energy and the decarbonization of Ontario’s economy.
- Economic recovery – Investing in regional energy infrastructure to support economic recovery and long-term growth.
- Innovation – Informing agency consultations around distributed energy resources, hydrogen, electric vehicles, small modular reactors, etc.
Members of the Energy Policy Council include:
- Anishnawbe Business Professional Association
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco
- Bruce Power
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
- Capital Power
- CN
- Common Voice Northwest Energy Task Force
- Electricity Distributors Association
- Enbridge
- Hydro One
- *Independent Electricity System Operator (observer)
- Leamington Chamber of Commerce
- Loblaw
- Mississauga Board of Trade
- Ontario Power Generation
- Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
- Pathways Alliance
- Sault Ste Marie Chamber of Commerce
- *Sussex Strategy Group (co-chair)
- Toronto Region Board of Trade
- Vancity
- Waste Connections of Canada
For more information on how to join the Council, please contact Claudia Dessanti, Senior Manager of Policy, Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
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