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Chris Ragan: Canada must upgrade its electricity grid | The Globe and Mail
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Published: 31 January 2023
January 27, 2023 |聽Director聽Chris Ragan聽 wrote that Canada must embark on a historic build-out of its power systems to ensure continued prosperity as the demand for clean energy accelerates in Canada. In his opinion piece he answered the question: Can we overcome our unique challenges to upgrade its electricity grid to match the surging demand?聽
He claimed that the worst thing Canada can do right now is to underinvest in their electricity systems and that policies are required to break the logjam in electricity system planning and investment.
by Chris Ragan,聽聽Rick Smith, the president of the Canadian Climate Institute and聽聽Edward Greenspon, president and chief executive officer of the Public Policy Forum.