Natural Resources committee  Definitely, and thank you for the question. What we're seeing right now with short-term duration lithium batteries is that they're being used now to optimize what you already have on the grid to keep the lights on reliably and for affordability reasons. As you're going into the future, into the 2030s, if you're looking at how you're going to decarbonize the entire grid and really reduce reliance on peaking fossil fuels, you're going to start to look at what we call long-duration energy storage technologies, which are something key that this committee can look at.

Natural Resources committee  The ITC is significant, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, to keep pace with what's happening in the United States. That has led to incredible growth in the energy storage sector, and finalizing the legislation on the ITC will be of utmost importance, especially as these provinces across the country are starting to really invest in energy storage.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for having me here today. I am Justin Rangooni, the executive director of Energy Storage Canada. Energy Storage Canada is a not-for-profit organization serving as Canada's national trade association dedicated exclusively to advancing the growth and market development of the energy storage sector.