“Reliable, resilient and cost-effective energy has always been this country’s life force, and the foundation for a healthy economy and our great quality of life,” Michele Harradence, Enbridge’s Executive Vice President and President of Gas Distribution and Storage, told an audience at the Empire Club of Canada on Tuesday.
“If we want to get serious about reigniting investment in Canada, we need to start with energy,” Ms. Harradence said at the Toronto event.
The need for energy investment is real. In Ontario, for example, electricity demand alone is now forecast to increase a whopping 75 percent over the next 25 years. In late August, Ontario launched the largest competitive energy procurement in the province’s history, as part of what it calls an “all-of-the-above” energy resource approach.
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- 2024 Enbridge Day video: Gas utilities and storage
Harradence noted that less than two weeks ago, Ontario Minister of Energy and Electrification Stephen Lecce appeared at the Empire Club of Canada and talked about the government’s plan to make the province an energy superpower.