Policy director for energy efficient economy w/ @EfficiencyCAN - adjunct professor @CarletonSPPA - climate, innovation & 🇨🇦 political economy. ex-pat NS.
Ottawa, Ontario
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A higher carbon price does not reduce the need for activist, sector specific, policy.
It makes green industrial policy more urgent (and effective)
I list 5 reasons why, in this blog for @broadbent
broadbentinstitute.ca/5_reas…
Under the new 🇨🇦Clean Electricity Regulations, let's make paying people for energy efficiency the first resort and natural gas the last @s_guilbeault @JonathanWNV
nationalobserver.com/2024/12…
We have an affordability and climate crisis
So why are policies paying gas power plants for grid reliability when we could be paying people?
Read this article on why 🇨🇦 should prioritize energy efficiency & demand flexibility for a clean grid
nationalobserver.com/2024/12…
The latest data shows energy efficiency program savings and spending increasing in Canada
infogram.com/1pg2w9kv0ke7rph…
Provinces are realizing that they need energy efficiency to manage affordability and growing clean electricity demand
@jamesgaede gives rundown of provincial policies and what governments should do next for @IRPP
policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
Today's Clean Electricity Regulations gives leeway for gas plants to operate in a "net-zero" grid
That's makes the energy efficiency and demand flex policies in the new strategy all the more important
You can read a review here
efficiencycanada.org/energy-…
Lots going on today, but did you know
The #cdnpoli Fall Economic Statement tops up $40k interest-free loans for energy retrofits
efficiencycanada.org/2024-fa…
Brendan Haley retweeted
🤔 Did you know? New research from @IRPP shows that emissions pricing isn't the inflation driver many think it is.
Roughly 98% of the increase in consumer prices is due to factors like changes in global energy prices and supply chain disruptions - not emissions pricing.
The @OntarioNDP is proposing expanding bill assistance to natural gas and fuel oil heated homes - created a social safety net against energy poverty
ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-mpps-…
“Nova Scotia's leadership position in energy efficiency has been overtaken by other provinces, including its closest neighbours.” #nspoli
atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-sco…
Want to know more about Canadian energy efficiency policy? See where your province or territory ranked? #cdnpoli #EnergyEfficiency
Check out this year’s provincial Scorecard
A thread with highlights below
scorecard.efficiencycanada.o…
This Scorecard shows several provinces significantly ramping up low-income energy efficiency because energy poverty is a real problem
The feds should lead by making eliminating energy poverty a national priority. Here is a blog on how.
efficiencycanada.org/elimina…
If you are at the end of this thread, perhaps you are a policy analyst, student, business that can use the shiny new policy tracking database. You can search the policy details across province and issue area
database.efficiencycanada.or…