TORONTO January 9, 2015
The possibilities for closer cooperation between Ontario and Quebec around electricity and climate change issue have drawn increasing attention over the past few months. Following up on SEI’s initial May 2014 workshop on these issues, this event aims to deepen our understanding the political, economic, environmental and technical barriers and opportunities associated with strengthening the relationship between the Ontario and Quebec electricity systems, particularly in the context of the potential for wider collaboration between the provinces around climate change and transitions to a low-carbon economy. The workshop is specifically designed to bring Quebec perspectives on these issues to Ontario.
Speakers include:
Jeffery Simpson, National Columnist, the Globe and Mail, author of Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge
Steven Guilbeault, Senior Director, Equiterre
Normand Mousseau, Professor, Université de Montréal; Co-President, Quebec Commission on Energy Issues
Pierre-Oliver Pineau, Chair in Energy Sector Management, HEC Montreal
YORK UNIVERSITY, SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS July 16, 2014
Speakers and Presentation Slides:
Gord Miller – Environmental Commissioner of Ontario “The Importance of Teaching Energy Efficiency”
Alan Meier – UC Davis “A California Approach to Teaching Energy Efficiency”
Christina Hoicka presented about the new community energy planning course new community energy planning course
May 23, 2014
The availability of cheap natural gas as a result of the fracking boom in the United States has significantly weakened the market for hydroelectricity exports from Quebec to its US neighbours. At the same time Ontario is looking for storage capacity to balance the growing amounts of intermittent renewable energy sources connected to its grid and, potentially, cost-effective alternatives to nuclear refurbishments. Is it time for a neighbourly chat?
Speakers include:
Jack Burkom, Senior Vice President - Commercial Development - Brookfield Energy Marketing
Pierre-Olivier Pineau - Professor & Chair in Energy Sector Management - HEC Montreal
0:00 – Mark Winfield, York University. Introduction http://sei.info.yorku.ca/
8:05 – Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance http://www.cleanairalliance.org/
20:50 – Pierre-Olivier Pineau, HEC Montréal http://neumann.hec.ca/pages/pierre-olivier.pineau/Index.htm
51:30 – Jack Burkom, Brookfield Energy http://www.brookfield.com/
1:13:00 – Q & A
February 25, 2014
Speakers include:
Dr. Adriaan Davidse (Deloitte Inc)
December 6, 2013
Speakers include:
Gord Miller (Environmental Commissioner of Ontario)
March 14, 2013
Speakers include:
Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer (Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), Germany)
March 6, 2013
Speakers include:
Alan Meier (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
January 28, 2013
Speakers include:
Fernando Carou (City of Toronto)
Brian Kelly (Region of Durham)
Alex Boston (Golder Associates)
Robert Kerr (City of Guelph)
