As Purcell sees it, the government’s plans for the revenue from selling the credits are central to the flaws.
Purcell argues that making electricity cheaper through subsidies increases consumption.
In January, Energy Minister Todd Smith assigned the province’s Independent Electricity System Operator to develop a plan.
Under the government’s latest long-term energy plan, gas-fired power plants are forecast to ramp up to providing 25 per cent of Ontario’s electricity mix by 2040.
“We’re seeing businesses across Ontario establish clean energy goals, electrification and decarbonization goals.
Before joining the CBC in 2005, Mike filed stories from 19 countries in Africa as a freelance journalist and worked as a newspaper reporter in B.C.
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