February 26, 2025 Oshawa Power is thrilled to announce that 2024 marked its best reliability on record, underscoring its commitment to delivering a safe and reliable supply of electricity to homes and businesses across Oshawa. With a near-perfect reliability score of 99.99%, Oshawa Power customers experienced 83% less downtime than the average Ontario household. Key…
February 25, 2025 The government has announced the next step in advancing clean energy and resource priorities for Islanders with the release of The Prince Edward Island Regional Energy and Resource Table Framework for Collaboration on the Path to Net Zero (Collaboration Framework). The Collaboration Framework outlines actionable opportunities to reduce pollution through cost-effective solutions. These initiatives strengthen…
February 24, 2025 The Government of Yukon is inviting Yukoners to share their thoughts on the proposed improvements to the Public Utilities Act that will enable more effective and efficient practices for regulating the costs and sale of electricity in the Yukon. The Public Utilities Act sets out a system to regulate the sale of electricity in the Yukon….
February 13, 2025 Applications for BC’s Centre for Innovation & Clean Energy (CICE) February 2025 Call for Innovation are now open. This investment opportunity can help scale and commercialize your innovation. Non-dilutive investment will be awarded to projects that align with the following priority areas: REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR NOW CICE invests in solutions that can drive…
February 12, 2025 The OEB gave notice on January 27, 2025, of proposed amendments to the Transmission System Code (TSC) to facilitate the connection of energy storage to a transmitter’s system. These amendments, which result from the OEB’s Transmission Connections Review, will improve the effectiveness of connection processes, procedures, and requirements by ensuring that the regulatory rules…
February 12, 2025 Starting Thursday, Feb. 13, Albertans will be charged a $200 tax when they register their electric vehicles. This amount is in line with what drivers of a typical internal combustion engine vehicle would be expected to pay each year in fuel tax. The tax will be collected by registry agents, and online…
February 12, 2025 The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) congratulates its members RES, ABO Energy, SWEB, and Glooscap Energy (Glooscap First Nation), as well as all the other Indigenous partners, Eskasoni, Potlotek, We’koqma’q L’nue’kati, Wagmatook, Paq’tnkek and Pictou Landing First Nations, for their successful bids in the Nova Scotia Green Choice Program RFP, recently announced by…
February 11, 2025 As Nova Scotia continues to experience unprecedented building growth, it’s the perfect time to review and improve the electrical inspection process—with safety as the top priority. Nova Scotia Power and the Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration are coming together to explore new opportunities—including risk-based electrical inspections—to ensure the process remains safe,…
February 11, 2025 To ensure rapid permitting and robust regulation of renewable energy projects, the Province will introduce legislation in spring 2025 allowing the regulation of renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar, to move under the authority of the BC Energy Regulator (BCER). Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, made the…
February 6, 2025 The Green Choice Program will add more clean energy to the grid, bring more green jobs and investments to Nova Scotia, help stabilize power rates and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. “The Green Choice Program is the single largest addition of clean electricity and the single largest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in…
February 6, 2025 The Government of Yukon is extending the pause of intakes to the micro-generation renewable energy program until January 15, 2026. The area of the pause is expanding to include all communities connected to the Yukon grid. The pause began in December 2023 to allow the Government of Yukon and the utilities time…
February 6, 2025 The Premier of Quebec, Mr. François Legault, the Chief of the Innu Essipit First Nation, Mr. Martin Dufour, the Prefect of the MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, Mr. Gérald Savard, and the President and CEO of Hydro-Québec, Mr. Michael Sabia, are proud to announce the signing of a partnership with the Innu Essipit First…
February 6, 2025 The CRTC is taking action to help bring high-speed fibre Internet to the communities of Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in British Columbia, as well as Upper Liard in the Yukon. In 2019, the CRTC launched the Broadband Fund to help connect rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across Canada. To date,…
February 6, 2025 Federal funding of $1,000,000 for the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) has been announced to develop an Energy Innovation Hub. This will allow PTRC to enhance physical research, testing, lab capabilities and training to support the evaluation and deployment of sustainable technologies in the energy sector. The Energy Innovation Hub (EIH) will help a…
January 28, 2025 Delta Transformers, a Canadian leader in the design and manufacturing of dry-type transformers, proudly announces the launch of its online Energy Savings Calculator. This tool helps businesses estimate cost savings and operational efficiency by upgrading to NRCan 2019 compliant energy efficient transformers. This easy to use calculator enables users to estimate their annual consumption…
January 22, 2025 The OEB has issued a Notice of Proposal to amend the Distribution System Code. The proposed amendments establish minimum requirements for licensed electricity distributors in communicating with customers when there are widespread power interruptions in a distributor’s service area caused by severe weather. The purpose of these requirements is to provide customers…