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Viewing cable 08TORONTO71, Ontario Electricity Reliability Outlook Positive

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TORONTO71 2008-03-14 13:27 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Toronto
VZCZCXRO5297
RR RUEHGA RUEHHA RUEHQU RUEHVC
DE RUEHON #0071/01 0741327
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141327Z MAR 08
FM AMCONSUL TORONTO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2386
INFO RUCNCAN/ALCAN COLLECTIVE
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TORONTO 000071 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
USDOE FOR PI 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/IEC/EPC AND WHA/CAN 
DEPT PASS FERC 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG PGOV SENV CA
SUBJECT: Ontario Electricity Reliability Outlook Positive 
 
Ref: 07 Toronto 67 
 
Sensitive but Unclassified - Please protect accordingly. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  On March 12 Ontario's Integrated Electricity 
System Operator (IESO) predicted an adequate supply of electricity 
for the province and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) population 
center for the next 18 months.  More than 4,500 megawatts (MW) of 
new supply is scheduled to come into, or return to service during 
this period.  The IESO expects energy demand to grow by just 0.4% 
for 2008, due to increased conservation and reduced manufacturing 
sector demand.  The provincial transmission network is also being 
expanded and upgraded to transfer power from new projects on the 
Bruce Peninsula and southwestern Ontario to users in the GTA and to 
provide an increased link to the Quebec network in the coming 
months.  Ontario provincial officials are working hard to build the 
generation and transmission capacity and create the "conservation 
culture" needed to ensure a reliable supply of electricity in coming 
years while enabling the McGuinty government to live up to its 
promise to close the province's remaining coal-fired generation 
plants by 2014.  End Summary. 
 
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Ontario Electricity Supply Adequate 
----------------------------------- 
 
2. (U) On March 12 Ontario's Integrated Electricity System Operator 
(IESO) reported in its "Ontario Reliability Outlook" that the 
province's electricity reliability is positive for the next 18 
months.  More than 4,500 megawatts (MW) of new supply is scheduled 
to come into, or return to service during this period, including 
approximately 3,100 MW of gas-fired generation, 800 MW of nuclear 
generation, 100 MW of hydroelectric generation, and 700 MW of wind 
capacity.  Over the next year and a half, IESO says there should be 
sufficient supply within Ontario to meet electricity demands under 
normal weather conditions.  Extreme weather conditions, a shortfall 
in estimated conservation, or project delays could force Ontario to 
rely on imports from neighboring jurisdictions to maintain 
reliability. 
 
3. (U) The IESO expects energy demand to grow by just 0.4% for 2008, 
though the Ontario Finance Ministry is projecting real GDP growth of 
1.8% for this year.  IESO analysts believe Ontario consumers are 
significantly transitioning to a "conservation culture," which is 
reducing peak and overall energy demand.  They also expect the 
energy intensive sectors of the Ontario economy (i.e. the 
manufacturing sector) to continue to reduce energy consumption as 
manufacturing plants ratchet back production due to the high 
Canadian dollar and a sluggish U.S. economy. 
 
4. (U) The IESO predicts an adequate supply of electricity for the 
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for both summer 2008 and summer 2009 
(historically peak demand periods).  This reliability is contingent 
on the availability of the autotransformers feeding the GTA, the 
availability of the Pickering nuclear units, and on-time completion 
of the new Portlands Energy Centre and Goreway Station gas-fired 
generation facilities. 
 
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Transmission Capacity Being Upgraded 
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5. (U) The provincial transmission network is also being expanded 
and upgraded in coming months.  Hydro One, a crown corporation which 
owns and operates the province's transmission infrastructure, is 
planning to add seven new high voltage shunt capacitors on the 
network in southwestern Ontario, starting in May 2009.  These 
facilities will help accommodate the additional nuclear and wind 
generation capacity that is scheduled to come into service on the 
Bruce Peninsula and in southwestern Ontario before the December 2011 
completion of the new 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line linking 
the Bruce nuclear plant and Milton.  This major infrastructure 
project is currently proceeding through the provincial environmental 
assessment process.  Until all additional elements are in service, 
the IESO notes that transmission limitations may constrain delivery 
of some available supply from the area to the GTA demand center. 
The new transmission interconnection between Ontario and Qubec, 
scheduled for completion by March 31, 2009, will increase Ontario's 
import-export capability by 1,250 MW (or about 30%). 
 
6. (U) The full text of the IESO 18-month reliability outlook report 
can be found at http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/pubs/marketReports 
/18MonthOutlook_2008mar.pdf. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment:  Ontario provincial officials are working hard to 
build the generation and transmission capacity and create the 
 
TORONTO 00000071  002 OF 002 
 
 
"conservation culture" needed to ensure a reliable supply of 
electricity in coming years while enabling the McGuinty government 
to live up to its promise to close the remaining coal-fired 
generation plants by 2014.  In the meantime, the IESO will provide 
an independent perspective to ensure that the province can meet its 
reliability needs in the coming months.  So far, so good.  End 
Comment. 
 
NAY