Environmental group wants clean power regulations without delay, calls electricity sector concerns ‘scaremongering’

A final version of Clean Electricity Regulations, intended to help Canada achieve a net-zero electrical grid by 2035, are expected to be published later this year.

Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said 'building out a clean electricity system will help us fight climate change and power a prosperous Canadian net-zero economy,' in a Natural Resources press release on June 10.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

September 9, 2024

Advocacy groups are clashing over Canada’s planned transition to a net-zero electrical grid, with Electricity Canada arguing proposed regulations for clean electricity could lead to unreliable power for different regions, which the David Suzuki Foundation contends is a sca...

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