Natural Resources committee  I think Canada has done a good job and needs to continue to do a good job in advocating to American markets, American states, to accept clean energy resources from Canada. We were concerned for a while that Massachusetts would not enable hydroelectric power exports from Canada to

Natural Resources committee  I might just add that I know Canadian Nuclear Labs, CNL, and the CANDU industry have been doing quite a bit of work on SMR development, particularly with the Chalk River lab. There's an extensive network of, particularly, Ontario nuclear expertise that is looking at SMR developme

Natural Resources committee  We have a project that's near and dear to my heart that we've worked on for a few years now. It's called Wataynikaneyap Power. It's an indigenous-led, indigenous-owned entity of 22 first nation communities in the northwestern part of Ontario to connect 17 indigenous communities t

Natural Resources committee  Maybe I'll just comment that one thing Canada lacks that the United States has is a federal electricity regulator in the sense of a FERC-type entity that can work with regional ISOs in helping to implement policies around the integration of markets, looking for lower-cost resourc

Natural Resources committee  Without a doubt, but there's an important point. I think they quite often view that these attributes of moving to lower forms of generation and markets is done purely for environmental reasons. What we've seen is that one of the greatest attributes of low-emitting resources is t

Natural Resources committee  Certainly, the perspective of the system operator is always a good one to solicit in terms of looking to see how these resources are being deployed in the market and at what marginal cost. There's been a lot of learning in Ontario in terms of adapting to variable generation, ge

Natural Resources committee  That's an expansive question, and I thank you for that. It goes back to some of my remarks about when the current provincial government came into office in 2003, I believe. I recall, at that time, the province was in a deficiency situation. There was talk about putting in diesel

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Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to be here today. As the head of the largest energy and environment public affairs practice in Canada, I am proud to lead a team that has had a lengthy history of representing and advising energy stakeholders on the intricacies of electricity