Science and Research committee  Madam Chair, it's a very interesting question. We do not have current studies on that. I know there have been studies that have been undertaken in the past. We can certainly get back to the committee with that information. I would also note, for example, that you mentioned hydro

Science and Research committee  Madam Chair, the member has put her finger on an issue of very significant concern to the electricity sector overall: What are the skills and what are the skill sets that are going to be required for the future, particularly when we're talking about a requirement to double or tri

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am happy to be here this evening for your study on opportunities related to small modular nuclear reactors in Canada. I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of many indigenous peoples. [Tech

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Yes, there are challenges in all aspects of this, certainly with respect to generation. The reality is that it is more challenging today than it was 10 years ago to build infrastructure. The challenges of siting, the challenges of seeking approvals, the complexity of

Natural Resources committee  Yes, we're talking about interties within regions between provinces, because the regulation right now of electricity is at a provincial level. It is challenging to undertake projects that are regional in nature, so those would be transmission projects.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question. It is an excellent question. The most recent study we did in terms of trying to identify what the infrastructure build would be for the electricity sector was before we had the full net-zero 2050 targets. At that time, the expectation was th

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Maybe I'll start, and Michelle can chime in as well because Michelle has a lot of the very specific information in this space. As we look to the objective of being net zero by 2050, we do know we're going to have to take an “all of the above” approach

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Francis Bradley, and I am president and chief executive officer of Electricity Canada. As you know, I will share my time with my colleague Ms. Branigan, from Electricity Human Resources Canada. Electricity Ca

Industry committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. The Canadian Electricity Association, or CEA, is the national voice of the electricity sector. Our members operate in every province and territory in Canada, and include generation, transmission and distribution companies, as well as technology and servic

Environment committee  Thank you for the opportunity. I mentioned investments earlier. If, as a country, we're going to meet our 2050 goals for reducing GHG emissions, the electricity sector is going to be investing in the order of $1.7 trillion between now and then. To be able to make those investmen

Environment committee  Thank you very much. It of course depends upon where you are in the country. There was mention of the Circuit électrique in Quebec, and in Ontario and British Columbia, but if you are in parts of Newfoundland, for example, depending upon where you are, it is certainly more chall

Environment committee  I don't think anybody's calculated exactly what that increase in demand would be. The challenge, of course, is when that demand would occur and what impact it would have on the system. The challenge is to make sure that we have a smarter grid and smarter systems so that we can, i

Environment committee  Yes, the system broadly can. At a local level, when you're talking about individual feeders, that's where there are challenges at the distribution level. At the same time, we're also looking at greater systems and technologies in place, so that we can manage when we're going to b

Environment committee  Well, I mean, overall we're looking at upgrading systems throughout the network. We're looking at $350 billion in investment over two decades to make sure that the system we're building for the future will be more efficient and able to meet our requirements in the future. Yes, t

Environment committee  It's a question of physics, quite frankly, and there are different technologies. You see an increase in use of direct current in long-distance transmission because the line losses are not to the same degree as you would find in AC systems. There are a lot of technological fixes t