Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan

The Government of Ontario today released the province's most recent Long Term Energy Plan ("LTEP"). A copy of LTEP materials can be accessed by clicking here.  As expected, the LTEP did not provide any drastic supply mix or policy changes from current plans. However, there are a number of changes that are worth noting.

Major Supply Changes:

• As expected, there will be no new nuclear facilities;
• A schedule has been set for the refurbishment of the Bruce and Darlington nuclear facilities, starting in 2016;
• The target for non-hydro renewable capacity remains unchanged, but its implementation is extended from 2018 to 2021 – the goal is for procurements of 300 MW of wind, 140 MW of solar and 50 MW of bioenergy for each of 2014 and 2015; and