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A Perspective on Canada’s Electricity Industry in 2030

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I wrote this piece with my friend Denis Chartrand as a companion document for my CEA presentation back in February 2018 (See https://benoit.marcoux.ca/blog/cea-tigers-den-workshop/) but I now realize that I never published it. So, here it is!

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Shortlink: https://benoit.marcoux.ca/blog/a-perspective-on-canadas-electricity-industry-in-2030/
This entry was posted in Best Practices, Canada, Customer Relationships, Distributed Generation, Economy, Energy Storage, Future of Utilities, Grid engineering and planning, Grid Operations, Microgrids, Policies and Regulatory, Public Presentations, Solar Energy, Wind Energy on September 22, 2018 by Benoit Marcoux.

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About Me

I have designed, financed, managed and sold systems, services and organizations through the transformation of the telecom and energy industries. As a business advisor, I have sold, led or supported over a hundred customer engagements on six continents, including the management of the largest smart meter installation program in Canada.

Always a bit of a geek, I’m a professional engineer with a master’s degree in Applied Sciences and an MBA. I regularly publish analysis on my professional blog, www.benoit.marcoux.ca/blog, and comment industry news on LinkedIn,www.linkedin.com/in/bmarcoux/.

While being semi-retired, I’m helping smart start-ups succeed in the energy business and I’m taking on some selected projects. I’m always eager to exchange on where the industry is going.

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List of Past Posts

  • Commerce Canada–États-Unis : mythes, réalités et le rôle de l’énergie et des intrants industriels
  • Canada–U.S. Trade: Myths, Realities, and the Role of Energy and Industrial Inputs
  • Ce que l’iPhone nous apprend sur l’avenir énergétique
  • What the iPhone Teaches Us About the Future of Energy
  • Autocracy Inc. — quand les démocraties se comportent mal
  • Autocracy Inc. — democracies behaving badly
  • Conduire l’avenir de la technologie V2X
  • Driving the Future of V2X Technology
  • Le réseau électrique du Canada à la croisée des chemins : réduire la dépendance aux États-Unis par des interconnexions nationales
  • Canada’s Electricity Grid at a Crossroads: Reducing U.S. Dependence Through National Interconnections
  • Innovation in Napoleonic France and Industrial Revolution Britain: Lessons for Canada and Québec in Energy
  • L’innovation en France napoléonienne et en Grande-Bretagne industrielle : Leçons pour le Canada et le Québec en matière d’énergie
  • Book Review and Analysis: Zakaria’s The Age of Revolutions A Reflection on Canada-US Tensions
  • Critique et analyse du livre : The Age of Revolutions de Zakaria Réflexion sur les tensions Canada–États-Unis
  • Electrifying the Economy: When Demand Takes the Lead Over Supply
  • L’électrification de l’économie : quand la demande reprend le pouvoir sur l’offre
  • Solar + Storage vs. Hydropower for Québec’s Winter Peak: An Estimate
  • Solaire + stockage vs hydroélectricité pour la pointe hivernale du Québec : une estimation
  • U.S. Energy Dominance vs. Global Trends: Why Betting on Fossil Fuels May Backfire
  • La suprématie énergétique des États-Unis face aux tendances mondiales: pourquoi s’appuyer sur les combustibles fossiles peut s’avérer contre-productif
  • Plan de gestion intégrée des ressources énergétiques (PGIRE) : un cadre pour la transition énergétique du Québec
  • Integrated Energy System Planning (IESP): A Framework for Québec’s Energy Transition
  • Le pari énergétique de Trump : le Canada, les tarifs douaniers et la bataille pour la domination de l’Arctique
  • Trump’s Energy Gamble: Canada, Tariffs, and the Battle for Arctic Dominance
  • From Counter-Reformation to America First: How Isolationism Threatens Innovation and Progress
  • De la Contre-Réforme à l’Amérique d’abord : comment l’isolationnisme menace l’innovation et le progrès
  • Débloquer le potentiel des comportements verts : leçons pour le Québec et au-delà
  • Unlocking the Power of Green Behaviour: Lessons for Québec and Beyond
  • Taxer ou ne pas taxer : naviguer sur le chemin complexe de la décarbonisation
  • To Tax or Not to Tax: Navigating the Complex Path to Decarbonization
  • Navigating “America First”: Strategic Focus for Canada’s Energy Transition
  • Naviguer dans «?America First?» : un axe stratégique pour la transition énergétique du Canada
  • The Age of Electricity: A New Frontier for Growth, with a Focus on Canada and Québec
  • L’ère de l’électricité : une nouvelle frontière de croissance, avec des leçons pour le Canada et le Québec.
  • Pourquoi les petits réacteurs modulaires ne peuvent pas rivaliser avec les énergies renouvelables dans la course à l’énergie propre
  • Why Small Modular Reactors Can’t Compete with Renewables in the Clean Energy Race
  • Critique of the Report: “Best Practices in Integrated Resource Planning” by Synapse Energy Economics and Berkeley Lab, 6 December 2024.
  • Critique du rapport : «?Best Practices in Integrated Resources Planning?» par Synapse Energy Economics et Berkeley Lab, 6 décembre 2024.
  • Chris Wright et Elon Musk redéfinissent l’énergie américaine : que doit faire le Canada ?
  • Chris Wright and Elon Musk: Shaping U.S. Energy Policy and Its Impact on Canada
  • Contraste des révolutions numérique et énergétique
  • Comparing the Digital and Energy Revolutions
  • Quelques réflexions sur les politiques de l’hydrogène
  • Quelques réflexions sur le prix du carbone
  • Conférence HyPorts-Meet4Hydrogen à Trois-Rivières cette semaine.
  • HyPorts-Meet4Hydrogen Conference in Trois-Rivières
  • Les entreprises de services écoénergétiques sont des acteurs clés, mais méconnus, de la transition énergétique. Que font-elles??
  • Energy service companies are important but little-known players in the energy transition. What do they do?
  • Le nouveau système énergétique mondial sera électrifié, local et varié
  • The New Global Energy System Will Be Electrified, Local and Varied
  • Comment la chaîne de valeur de l’électricité au Québec se compare au reste du monde
  • How Québec’s Electricity Value Chain Compares to the World
  • The Impact of Industrial Policies on Québec’s Electricity Industry
  • L’impact des politiques industrielles dans l’industrie de l’électricité au Québec.
  • Community Choice Aggregation : une alternative pour l’avenir de l’électricité au Québec??
  • Community Choice Aggregation: An Alternative for Québec’s Electricity Future?
  • Clear Definitions for Energizing Discussions
  • Des définitions claires pour une discussion énergisante
  • Ce que signifie l’électricité à coût marginal zéro
  • What Zero Marginal Cost Electricity Means
  • La transition énergétique : un manège cahoteux en 2024 et au-delà
  • The Energy Transition: Bumpy Ride in 2024 and Beyond
  • The Maslow Pyramid of EV Charging
  • Analyse historique du plan d’action « Vers un Québec décarboné et prospère » d’Hydro-Québec
  • BP’s Energy Outlook Describes a Low-Carbon Future
  • Preconceptions on EVs Lead to Wrong Infrastructure Decisions
  • Why Are We Trying to Replicate the Gas Station Experience for EVs?
  • Fast chargers: over-rated?
  • Hydrogen Point of View
  • AIEQ Panel on Electricity Supply Chain
  • NRCan Report: Biennial Snapshot of Canada’s Electric Charging Network
  • NRCan Report: Public EV Charging Infrastructure Gaps
  • EV Charging Use Cases
  • Managing Residential Light-Duty EV Charging – An Overview
  • Residential Light-Duty EV V2G
  • IEEE Webinar: The Utility Business Case to Support Light Duty EV Charging
  • A New Kind of Electrical Load: Charging of Long-Range Electric Vehicles
  • Here Are the 145 Canadian Electric Utilities
  • Presentation at the EV Charging Infrastructure Summit
  • IEEE Webinar: “The Business Case for Utilities Supporting Public EV Charging”
  • EV Charging Puts Downward Pressure on Electricity Rates
  • The Electric Cars in the Future of Utilities
  • How Not-to-Succeed in the Next Decade of Energy Transition
  • EV Charging: an Enabler for Utility Customer Engagement
  • Energy Is Cheap; Power Is Valuable
  • Book Review: “Branchée: Hydro-Québec et le futur de l’électricité” (French version; in English : “Charging Ahead: Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity”)
  • Customer Interviews: An Essential Step in Assessing Technology-Driven Companies
  • How Bill 34 Will Affect Vendors Selling to Hydro-Québec
  • Digital Utility of the Future Conference
  • “The Shocking Business of Electricity”: A Short Lecture to McGill Business Students
  • A Trojan Horse: Time-Varying Rates
  • A Perspective on Canada’s Electricity Industry in 2030
  • Barbarians at the Gate (or: How to Stop Worrying and Love Your Customers)
  • Customers of Electric Utilities Are Redefining Quality
  • Lower and Lower Energy Prices from Wind and Solar PV
  • The Costs of Wind and Solar PV Systems Are Down – Way Down
  • Wind and Solar PV Are Becoming a Chinese Story
  • CEA Tigers’ Den Workshop
  • Coal, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Are Really Forms of Sun Energy
  • Wind and Solar PV Defied Expectations
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