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Jack Gibbons | Moving Ontario to a Zero-carbon Electricity Grid and Lower Energy Bills by 2030. | CACOR Zoom Presentation |2022-11-02
November 2, 2022 @ 13:30 - 15:00 EDT
Speaker: Jack Gibbons
Topic: Moving Ontario to a Zero-carbon Electricity Grid and Lower Energy Bills by 2030. | 2022-11-02
Time: Nov 2, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
The presentation will provide a critique of Premier Doug Ford’s plans to ramp up the use of fossil gas for electricity generation and home heating. It will outline how Ontario can reduce its greenhouse gas pollution and its energy bills by investing in energy efficiency, wind and solar energy, cold climate air-source heat pumps and by increasing our electricity trade with Quebec, including using Quebec’s hydro reservoirs to act like a giant battery for our wind and solar energy. We will also discuss how we can work together to persuade Prime Minister Trudeau to promulgate federal Clean Electricity Regulations that will move Ontario to a zero-carbon electricity grid by 2030.
Biography:
Jack Gibbons has been Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance since 1997. He is an economist who has done research and advocacy with respect to Ontario energy and environmental issues for over 40 years. In the past he has worked for the Ontario Energy Board and served as a Toronto Hydro Commissioner.