Regional Electricity Planning - Toronto

Forecasting and Planning

Regional electricity planning is underway for the Toronto region. This engagement initiative will provide interested parties with an opportunity to offer input for consideration during the regional planning process.

Regional electricity plans take up to a 20-year outlook on every region in the province. The planning process provides an opportunity for communities to tell the IESO about anticipated needs and priorities, and to contribute to the development of the options for meeting a region’s future electricity needs.

Interested parties in this engagement initiative include but are not limited to:

Municipalities including the City of Toronto, City of Mississauga and City of Pickering
Indigenous communities that may be potentially impacted or may have an interest based on treaty territory, traditional territory or traditional land uses:
- Alderville First Nation
- Chippewas of Beausoleil First Nation
- Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation
- Chippewas of Rama First Nation
- Curve Lake First Nation
- Hiawatha First Nation
- Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
- Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
- Six Nations of the Grand River as represented by Six Nations Elected Council as well as the
- Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council
- Métis Nation of Ontario
Local distribution companies (LDCs)
Transmitters
Local residents and businesses in the area

All interested parties are invited to participate in this engagement initiative.

Toronto Region Working Group - The Technical Working Group consists of the IESO as the lead, the local transmitter (Hydro One Networks Inc.), and the LDC (Toronto Hydro – Electric System Limited). The Technical Working Group will use this engagement initiative to incorporate input while developing the IRRP.

All comments and enquiries in this engagement initiative can be directed to engagement@ieso.ca.

Documents referenced on this page, but not posted, can be obtained by contacting engagement@ieso.ca with a link to the web page that lists the document and advise whether it needs to be provided in an accessible format. Please allow a minimum of one business day for a response.

Related Information

2023 Toronto Scoping Assessment Outcome Report

2022 Toronto Needs Assessment – Hydro One

Video: An introduction to regional planning and Ontario’s electricity future

2021 Toronto Addendum

2021 Toronto Addendum Appendices

2019 Toronto Integrated Regional Resource Plan (IRRP) 

2019 Toronto IRRP Appendices

2018 Toronto Scoping Assessment & Toronto IRRP Terms of Reference

Hydro One Toronto Regional Planning Website

Also see the regional planning webpage for Toronto

Active Engagement

Date	Materials	Expected Actions
October 9, 2025	Deadline for feedback on Public Webinar #4 Feedback Form Feedback Received: City of Toronto Environmental Defence Canada Enwave EverGreen Energy Corp GEPR Energy Canada Inc. Harout Manougian Mark Freeman Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation NextEra Canada Development Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign SCAN! TD Consultants The Atmospheric Fund Toronto East End Climate Collective Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy	All feedback posted
September 25, 2025	Public Webinar #4: Options Analysis and Draft Recommendations Presentation Toronto Regional Plan Information Package Hourly Need Data Profiles	Recorded Presentation
September 18, 2025	Deadline for public comment on Local Achievable Potential Study Draft Findings Feedback Form Feedback Received: City of Toronto David Smith Eden Energy Environmental Defence Canada Enwave Ontario Clean Air Alliance - Information Requests Ontario Clean Air Alliance - V2G Letter Pollution Probe SCAN! Toronto East End Climate Collective Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy	All feedback posted
September 11, 2025	IESO response to feedback for Public Webinar #3
August 21, 2025	Public Webinar: Local Achievable Potential Study Draft Findings Communication Presentation Memorandum on Consideration of Bidirectional Charging in Non-Wires Analysis Local Achievable Potential Study Draft Report Residential Measure Characterization Commercial Measure Characterization Industrial Measure Characterization Additional Modeling Inputs Draft Technical Economic and Achievable Potential Data Tables	Recorded Presentation
July 25, 2025	Deadline for public comment on Public Webinar #3 Feedback Form Feedback Received: Alicia Excell Boltzmann Institute Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Ontario Regional Committee City of Toronto Corey Helm CreateTO David Smith Environmental Defence Canada Enwave Energy Corp. EverGreen Energy Corp. Ewa Shields Fiona Christie Jeffrey Levitt Joanne Kaashoek Kit Chapman Liz Addison Mark Freeman Northumberland Blue Dot NRStor Inc. Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) Email Philip Jung Seniors for Climate Action Now! Toronto (SCAN! Toronto) Stantec The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) Toronto East End Climate Collective (TEECC) Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy (TERRE) Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) Ward 12 (St. Paul's) Wards Project (ClimateFast) Wayne Miranda	All feedback posted
July 10, 2025	Public Webinar #3: Options Screening Communication Presentation	Recorded Presentation
June 26, 2025	IESO response to feedback for Public Webinar #2
January 3, 2025	Deadline for public comment on Public Webinar #2: Draft Electricity Needs Feedback Form Feedback Received: 2078977 Ontario Ltd. BGO Cerebral Energy Advisors Citizens Climate Lobby City of Toronto David Smith Enbridge Gas Environmental Defence Canada Environment Defence Canada - Media Backgrounder EverGreen Energy Corp Gail Faveri John Stephenson Mark Freeman Melanie Duckett-Wilson Mimico Residents Association NRStor Inc. Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario Clean Air Alliance (Prior Submission) The Atmospheric Fund The Boltzmann Institute Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy (TERRE)
December 5, 2024	Public Webinar #2: Draft Electricity Needs Communication Local Achievable Potential Study – Technical Approach Presentation: Overview of draft electricity needs identified based on the forecast scenarios.	Recorded Presentation
September 5, 2024	IESO response to feedback for Public Webinar #1
May 7, 2024	Deadline for public comment on Public Webinar #1 Feedback Form Feedback Received: 2030 Districts Network Allan Baker Atura Power Boltzmann Institute Cerebral Energy Advisors City of Toronto Clean Air Partnership Conscious Capital World Inc. David Smith Enbridge Gas Inc. Environmental Defence Enwave Energy Corporation EverGreen Energy Corp Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation NRStor Ontario Clean Air Alliance Pollution Probe The Atmospheric Fund Toronto East End Climate Collective University of Toronto
April 16, 2024	Public Webinar #1 Communication Draft Engagement Plan Presentation: Overview of preliminary regional demand forecasts and draft engagement plan. Data Tables 1 of 3 Data Tables 2 of 3 Data Tables 3 of 3 IRRP Forecasting Methodology	Recorded Presentation
April 2023	IESO's response to supplementary feedback	Posted
March 21, 2023	Final Toronto Scoping Assessment Outcome Report Communication	Final version posted
March 21, 2023	IESO response to feedback for the Scoping Assessment Webinar	Posted
March 2, 2023	Deadline for public comment on draft Toronto Region Scoping Assessment Outcome Report Feedback Form Feedback Received: City of Toronto DGG5 Advising Supplementary Feedback Received: Enbridge Gas	All feedback to be posted
February 16, 2023	Public Webinar Presentation Overview of the regional electricity planning process in Ontario Update on planning activities underway in the region Overview of the Scoping Assessment Next steps	Recorded Presentation
February 14, 2023	Draft Toronto Region Scoping Assessment Outcome Report	Draft posted for public comment
February 2, 2023	Launch Toronto Scoping Assessment Engagement Communication

2019 IRRP Engagement Activities

Date	Materials	Expected Actions
August 15, 2019	IESO appreciates the participation in this engagement initiative. Subscribe to receive updates for this planning region here	Engagement closed
August 9, 2019	2019 Toronto Integrated Regional Resource Plan (IRRP) (Rev.) 2019 Toronto IRRP Appendices 2019 Toronto IRRP Responses to Stakeholder Feedback Communication	Post responses to feedback Post final IRRP
July 25, 2019	Feedback due on draft IRRP recommendations The Atmospheric Fund City of Toronto Toronto Resident Toronto Resident	Feedback posted
July 11, 2019	Post and communicate proposed IRRP recommendations for final review Communication Draft IRRP Recommendations for Review and Comment	Email feedback to engagement@ieso.ca
June 7, 2019	All feedback due	No feedback received
May 22, 2019 Meeting Notes	Engagement Meeting (available in person and via webinar) Presentation Overview of electricity needs for Toronto region Seek input on proposed recommendation(s) within IRRP	Recorded presentation
May 2, 2019	Communicate Toronto IRRP engagement initiative Invitation to participate in engagement meeting on May 22	Interested parties should register in advance of the engagement meeting (see above)
February 2018	2018 Toronto Scoping Assessment and Toronto IRRP Terms of Reference	Final version was posted following a two week comment period
February 2018	2018 Toronto Scoping Assessment & Toronto IRRP Terms of Reference – Responses to Public Comments	Responses were posted to IESO website