Environmental Commission Of Ontario Reports That LTEP Ignores Climate Law

The Ontario government's 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP) is not consistent with its obligations under climate change mitigation law, according to a progress report issued by the Environmental Commission of Ontario (ECO) on April 9, 2018. 

In Making Connections – Straight Talk About Electricity in Ontario (Vol 1), the ECO examines the impacts of Ontario's low-carbon energy transition on the electricity system, electricity prices and the environment.¹ The report also looks ahead to Ontario's electricity future and the government's 2017 LTEP, Delivering Fairness and Choice (described further here). The ECO concludes that the LTEP focuses on lowering near-term electricity prices while ignoring the transformation needed in the province's energy sector to ensure that Ontario meets is GHG emissions reduction target enshrined in the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 (the Climate Act).