Carney Rolls Out Pitch to Double Canada’s Electricity Output
The plan would loosen rules for natural gas, support more than $1 trillion in construction and target lower energy costs for 70% of households.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's clean electricity strategy, aiming to lower energy costs for 70 per cent of households while doubling the national electricity grid by 2050.
- This strategy signals a shift from the former Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, offering more flexibility for LNG power plants rather than pursuing what Carney called 'absolute purity in generation.'
- Construction will cost more than $1 trillion, with Ottawa funding retrofits for up to a million households through loans, grants, and 'complementary measures.'
- The government forecasts 130,000 new workers are needed to double the grid, as over 80 per cent of electricity sector employers currently face labour shortages, with 30,000 jobs expected by 2028.
- Doubling capacity requires permitting reform and new partnerships with Indigenous Peoples, with the strategy committing to build electricity infrastructure in the North through collaboration with territories and Indigenous stakeholders.
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Canada aims to double electric grid by 2050 with clean energy, lower costs for users.
(ABC) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a clean electricity strategy Thursday he says will help double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 and lower energy costs for the majority of Canadian households. Canada is facing major challenges, including tariffs imposed by the United States, higher energy costs resulting from the war with Iran, plus the effects of climate change, Carney said. “When the world fundamentally changes, we must re…
Mark Carney launches strategy to double Canada's electricity generation
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney published a strategy that aims to double Canada's electricity generation by 2050, including adjusting its clean electricity rules to give more flexibility on power generation using natural gas.
Saskatchewan premier welcomes new federal grid strategy, ongoing negotiations over energy regulations
Premier Scott Moe says the federal government's new plan to double Canada's electrical grid has given Saskatchewan a way to "chart the path forward" on its plan to double down on coal.
Carney unveils new electricity strategy, leans on natural gas
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada’s long-awaited new electricity strategy Thursday, placing a heavy emphasis on expanding the role of natural gas in powering the grid as he seemed to distance the government from its 2030 Paris climate commitments. The new strategy looks to double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 and would adjust the clean electricity regulations to provide more flexibility to allow natural gas to play a larger role in …
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