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Dick Bakker | The Best Place for Renewables?… The distribution electricity grid with local ownership | 07 Oct 2025 (Tuesday) 13:30 ET | CACOR Live
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Speaker: Dick Bakker
Topic: “The Best Place for Renewables?… The distribution electricity grid with local ownership.”
Time: (TUESDAY) Oct 7, 2025 at 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Summary:
The present Ontario electricity system has evolved based on a centralized supply model. Central planners, supply to the need. Today customers have little agency beyond turning down the lights and paying their bills. Historically, big, centralized generation was the cheapest option; and easy to finance.
The future will not be like the past. Renewables are more flexible, cheaper and our only option to reduce the cost of electricity, but ownership must and will change. Customers and communities are now able to take control of the electrons, jobs and profits in their communities; we all use electricity and can do so more cheaply.
Biography:
Dick Bakker has been actively involved in the Renewable Energy Industry since 2002, and a vocal advocate of all renewable energy options for many years. He has been operating a Micro-Fit solar system since June 2010 at his property in Manotick Station. Dick has 20 years of sales and management experience in the telecommunications industry with companies such as Telesat Canada, Cisco and a number of smaller firms. He now operates a seasonal event retail store. Dick has a BA (Politics) and MBA from Queen’s University.
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