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Carney Set to Unveil Canada’s National Electricity Agenda on Thursday
The plan aims to double grid capacity by 2050 and says 70% of households could pay less for energy by then.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the National Electricity Agenda on Thursday, a federal strategy aiming to double Canada's electricity grid capacity by 2050, representing the nation's largest grid buildout in history.
- A report by the Canadian Climate Institute last month highlighted that Canada must double or triple its power grids to meet emission goals as more people adopt electric vehicles and heat pumps.
- Four pillars guide the plan: building infrastructure to double capacity, connecting grids through new transmission lines, hiring staff, and producing technologies domestically. These efforts aim to keep energy reliable and affordable during the transition.
- The strategy promises to lower energy costs for 70 per cent of households by 2050, while the federal government and Alberta expect to announce an industrial carbon pricing agreement on Friday, a critical step for a West Coast pipeline project.
- Projections indicate the grid-doubling plan will create nearly 30,000 jobs by 2028 and 100,000 more by 2050, continuing a Liberal federal decarbonization commitment that began with former prime minister Justin Trudeau's 2024 clean electricity strategy.
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The government also wants to improve the interconnection of provincial networks and build new energy transmission lines.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce on Thursday that Canada intends to double its electricity supply and that new measures will lower energy costs for seven out of ten households by 2050, La Presse said.
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