New Report Assesses Reliability of Ontario’s Electricity System Over Next 18 months
December 17, 2020
COVID-19 continues to impact Ontario’s economy as well as its energy usage and patterns. COVID-19 continues to impact Ontario’s economy as well as its energy usage and patterns. Although there are still some uncertainties in the electricity outlook, with a vaccine on the horizon, the IESO expects demand in 2021 to increase over 2020 by 1.0%.
Read more about the IESO’s 18-month forecast in the Q4 2020 Reliability Outlook. The outlook advises market participants of the resource and transmission reliability of the Ontario electricity system over this timeframe, and helps inform maintenance plans for generation and transmission equipment.