From the Ground Up Ep. 319: Recent reports - electricity futures; provincial auditor critiques the SK government; nuclear misconceptions | 2024.06.19

Mark explores three recent reports:The Canada Electricity Advisory Council produced detailed recommendations for how the electricity sector can lead the transition to "net zero" carbon. In line with an increasing consensus, they call for serious pursuit of energy efficiency, a rapid rollout of renewables, and a significant expansion of the capacity for interprovincial trading.Saskatchewan's provincial auditor has exposed serious weaknesses in the management and operation of the provincially-run output-based scheme for carbon pricing of heavy industry. She calls for genuine transparency, and questions why there had been no use of the technology fund which is supposed to enable corporations to reduce their emissions intensity.The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has looked at the assertions made in support of small modular nuclear reactors and shown the weakness of those claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.