The Evolving Ontario Electricity System .

The Evolving Ontario Electricity System
Resilience, Renewables, Insurance, and Change

Ontario’s electricity system is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by mass electrification, climate-driven weather events, aging infrastructure, and evolving regulation. For building owners and operators, this is no longer just an energy issue. It has become a resilience, financial risk, and asset-management challenge.

Join us for the next Better Buildings Breakfast as we explore how Ontario’s grid is evolving, why distribution-level reliability is becoming increasingly critical, and what this means for building operations, insurance exposure, and long-term utility costs.

This session will examine the shift toward distributed energy resources, lessons learned from decades of centralized system planning, and emerging policy direction from the IESO, the Ontario Energy Board, and the Ministry of Energy, as well as summarize the currently available in-market incentive programming. We will also look at the growing risks businesses face from grid instability, and how owners and insurers can work together to develop coordinated risk-mitigation strategies.

The discussion will highlight practical solutions, including on-site renewables, battery storage, microgrids, and demand management. These approaches can improve resilience, reduce reliance on the grid, and give building owners greater control over energy costs.

February 26 | 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Algonquin College | 1385 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa | Nawapon Room

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