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Electrical Grids Articles
Extreme Weather Events Disrupting Canada’s Energy Industry
by Aimee Estrabillo | January 20, 2023 | Electrical Grids, Energy, Gas Infrastructure, Grid Modernization, Infrastructure, Utility of the Future | 0 Comments
Although 2022 did not meet the unfortunate weather event benchmarks set by 2021, the year still included an outsized number of extreme weather events, including hurricanes in Atlantic Canada; a derecho in Ontario and Quebec; hail storms in Saskatchewan and Alberta;...
Severe Energy Burdens Weigh Heavily on Low-to-Moderate Income Households
by Steve Smith | March 11, 2022 | Electrical Grids, Energy Efficiency, Financial Shock, Gas Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Intergenerational Communities, Maintenance, Partnership | 0 Comments
Roughly seven percent of all Canadian households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 10 percent of their annual income on energy costs. These energy burdens weigh especially heavily on visible minority households, including Black, Asian and First...
Gas and Electric Utilities Have Important Roles in Decarbonized Energy
by Mike VanHorne | July 16, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Electrical Grids, Energy Efficiency, Gas Infrastructure, Renewables, Utility of the Future | 0 Comments
The power generation sector has made great strides in creating decarbonized energy, and is currently 82% non-emitting with significant GHG emissions reductions since 2005, even as generating capacity has increased modestly. Provincial utilities and other electricity...
Extreme Weather, Aging Infrastructure Result in Power Outages
by Mike VanHorne | July 9, 2021 | Customer Service, Education, Electrical Grids, Financial Shock, Gas Infrastructure, Grid Modernization, Infrastructure, Service Line Responsibilities, Utility of the Future | 0 Comments
Climate change has increased average temperatures, increased the occurrence and length of heat waves, increased drought conditions and increased extreme one-day precipitation events, and those conditions have stressed an already aging electrical grid, causing power...
Extreme Weather Events Disrupting Canada’s Energy Industry
by Aimee Estrabillo | Jan 20, 2023 | Electrical Grids, Energy, Gas Infrastructure, Grid Modernization, Infrastructure, Utility of the Future
Although 2022 did not meet the unfortunate weather event benchmarks set by 2021, the year still included an outsized...
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