June 25, 2025 In addition to the Reliability Outlook and associated data tables and methodology, the IESO has made its Transfer Capability Assessment Methodology for the Near-Term Transmission Planning Horizon publicly available. The Ontario Transmission System document was consolidated with this Transfer Capability Assessment Methodology document. Operating Limits previously documented in the Ontario Transmission System document are now…
June 24, 2025 Investor confidence in Alberta’s renewables sector is lagging behind peer jurisdictions, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute. Two years of policy and regulatory uncertainty, which began in 2023 with the surprise seven-month moratorium on new wind and solar projects, and continues to today with a wide-reaching restructure of Alberta’s electricity…
June 24, 2025 The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) has introduced a new interim approach that will enable the connection of up to 1,200 megawatts (MW) of large load projects, such as data centres, between now and 2028, while maintaining the reliability of Alberta’s electricity system. The move comes in response to a surge in…
By Jason Falovo — Vice President and General Manager, Canada at Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions As utilities continue to adopt new technologies to support the delivery of services and meet their customers’ requirements, there’s also a need to look at how technology can help overcome challenges in the field. As they’re out working to fix…
May 21, 2025 By Blake Marchand Sales Outsource Solutions (SOS) held the third edition of their SOS Show on April 10th at the Pearson Convention Centre. The show had a highly concentrated feel and was well attended throughout the show’s 11am-3pm run time with attendees made up of electrical contractors, utility and telecom professionals, engineers,…
May 21, 2025 In Applied Physics Letters, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Stanford University constructed a photovoltaic cell that harvests energy from the environment during the day and night, avoiding the need for batteries altogether. The device makes use of the heat leaking from Earth back into space – energy that is on the same…
May 20, 2025 The Global EV Outlook is an annual publication that reports on recent developments in electric mobility around the world. It is developed with the support of members of the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI). The report draws on the latest data to assess trends in electric vehicle deployment, demand for their batteries and…
May 6, 2025 Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) has announced their renewed electricity market is now live — a major milestone in the IESO’s work to modernize the province’s electricity market. With more efficient scheduling and pricing, the renewed market ensures electricity prices better reflect the cost of delivering electricity, supporting a more efficient and…
I was in the recently created role of System Planning Project Manager, a fancy title that really meant I had to convince a bunch of people that didn’t want any powerlines or other utility infrastructure within 50 miles of their view…
April 22, 2025 Journalist Markham Hislop interviews Tim King, president of Nexans North America, a global cable products company, about the electrification of the North American economy and how Canadian and American power grids are responding to growing power demand.
March 25, 2025 The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) launched the 2025 edition of its annual Go Solar Guide today, encouraging Canadians to go solar. The 2025 version is new and improved: Now a web portal, it is free and accessible to everyone, anytime. “CanREA is proud to produce an annual consumer guide containing everything…
The capabilities of today’s energy management and distributed generation solutions are enabling utilities to evolve and augment the services, solutions, and products they can offer to customers.
Discussing the Hi-Tech Valiant™ Fuse for Fire Mitigation with ABB’s Dominique Tardif
February 26, 2025 By Blake Marchand Safe Software is a company specializing in data integration, acting like the ‘connective tissue’ bringing together an organization’s systems, providing a single unified view of business operations. Bringing their systems together by utilizing Safe Software, company CEO, Don Murray explained to me that organizations can, for example, have processes…
February 25, 2025 As power systems become more complex and industries rely increasingly on sensitive electronic equipment, onsite power quality metering is becoming an essential tool for facility operators. In a recent discussion featuring Dan Davis from Hammond Power Solutions and Ali Halimi from SMAART Power, key insights were shared about the importance of power quality…
February 24, 2025 Canada’s installed capacity of wind energy, solar energy & energy storage is now more than 24 GW, up by 46% in the last five years. The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) is pleased to release a new, five-year industry data report announcing that Canada’s wind, solar and energy-storage sectors have grown by…