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. Forward thinking and collaboration across regions and sectors will be necessary to pave a path forward.
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:
- Transitioning to Low-Carbon Fleets in Ontario
- Pathways to Decarbonization (submission)
- Ontario 2023 Budget Submission and Canada 2023 Budget Submission
- Carbon sequestration (Bill 46) and Geological Carbon Storage (submissions)
- Feedback on Canada’s Green Buildings Discussion Paper (submission)
- Accelerating Growth in Hydrogen Energy Through Electricity Rate Options (submission)
- Addressing Ontario’s growing electricity needs (policy primer)
- Accelerating Energy Infrastructure Projects in Ontario (submission)
- Vesting Pore Space to Enable Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities for Ontario (letter)
2024 Policy & Advocacy Priorities:
- Long-term energy planning: Advising on the energy transition, regional infrastructure investments, and energy procurement to improve the competitiveness and outcomes of integrated energy planning in Ontario.
- Innovation: Informing policy consultations around distributed energy resources, hydrogen, electric vehicles, small modular reactors, etc.
- Climate policies: Supporting investments in low-carbon retrofits, clean energy credits, and the decarbonization of Ontario’s economy.
Members of the Energy Policy Council include:
- Anishnawbe Business Professional Association
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco
- Association of Consulting Engineering Companies
- Bruce Power
- Canada Infrastructure Bank (Observer)
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
- Canadian Fuels Association
- Capital Power
- CN
- Common Voice Northwest Energy Task Force
- Electricity Distributors Association
- Enbridge
- General Motors
- Hydro One
- Imperial Oil
- Independent Electricity System Operator (Observer)
- Invenergy
- JOLT
- Leamington Chamber of Commerce
- Loblaw
- Ontario Power Generation
- Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
- Pathways Alliance
- Sault Ste Marie Chamber of Commerce
- Sussex Strategy Group (Co-Chair)
- Three Fires Group
- Toronto Region Conservation Authority
- Vancity
For more information on how to join the Council, please contact, Zeus Eden, Senior Policy Analyst.
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