THE POWER OF CHOICE ONTARIO'S IESO PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT AND LDCs TO IMPLEMENT MAJOR RESIDENTIAL SMART METERING INITIATIVE

摘要

The government of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was facing a difficult situation: load was growing, the generation fleet was ageing and there was also a will to retire the environmentally unfriendly coal plants, which account for approximately one-fifth of the province's installed capacity. As a result, the government put in place a number of strategies to encourage new generation and build a culture of conservation - not easy in a province that grew up on inexpensive, regulated electricity rates and plentiful hydroelectric power.