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Canada 2022
…emissions by 2050. Canada’s energy transformation presents both challenges and opportunities given its profile as a major producer, consumer and exporter of energy, and its highly decentralised government system. The sizeable weight of fossil fuel production in employment and economic output means strong attention should be placed on ensuring a people-centred approach to Canada’s clean energy transition. Canada has a number of policy measures in place, including an ambitious carbon pricing scheme, clean fuel regulations, a commitment to phase out unabated coal use by 2030, nuclear plant extensions, upstream methane regulations, energy efficiency programmes, and measures to…
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Canada Electricity Security Policy
Country Energy Security Policy - Electricity Electricity overview and generation portfolio Most of Canada’s electricity systems are part of the integrated North American market, with 98% of Canadians connected to the continent’s bulk power system. Electricity is regularly traded in both directions between Canada and the United States (‘US’ hereafter) (with Canada a net exporter to the US overall). This robust interconnectivity with 37 north-south cross-border transmission lines adds to the east-west tie lines across provincial borders, and allows for a high degree of reliability and resilience to seasonal or unplanned changes in supply and demand…
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Canada Oil Security Policy
…crude oil production has grown faster than pipeline capacity. Between 2013 and 2016, about 1 mb/d of nameplate pipeline capacity was added in Canada. No incremental nameplate capacity has since been added while several expansion projects were terminated. In addition to the termination of the Keystone XL project in 2021, the Energy East project was cancelled by the proponent in 2017 and the Northern Gateway project was dismissed by the government in 2016. However, in 2019, the federal government approved the Trans Mountain Expansion project, a twinning of the existing 1150 km Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby…
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Canada Natural Gas Security Policy
Country Energy Security Policy - Natural Gas Natural gas overview Canada’s policy for emergency gas response, similar to that for oil, reflects its role as a major producer and net exporter, with vast volumes of gas supplies in a well-integrated market with extensive pipeline networks both within Canada and across the border with the United States. In this context, Canada’s gas emergency policy is generally geared towards short-term regional or local disruptions rather than a more widespread or long-lasting supply outage. The gas industry itself has the primary responsibility for ensuring security of supply and responding…