Economic Woes Affecting Ontario's Electricity Demand

摘要

Electricity demand in Ontario is dropping like a rock and it's falling because the economy in Canada's most populace province is suffering.rn"A big part of the drop off in demand is because of the weakness in the economy," said Jack Gibbons, chair of the Toronto-based Ontario Clear Air Alliance (OCAA). The OCAA, citing recently released statistics from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), says the province's peak demand for electricity this summer fell by six per cent compared to 2007.rnSummer has become the peak period for electricity use in Ontario, with air conditioner use driving demand.