Indigenous Participation in ELT1 Procurement

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator shared the detailed results of the government’s first competitive procurement for new electricity generation and storage. This procurement acquired a total of 880 MW of clean energy storage, with nine of the fifteen previously announced storage projects having at least 50 per cent Indigenous ownership. 

Successful projects included ownership from Six Nations of the Grand River, Walpole Island First Nation, MoCreebec Eeyoud, Caldwell First Nation and Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. These new energy storage facilities will support the operation of Ontario’s clean electricity grid by drawing and storing electricity when power demand is low and intermittent renewable generation is high, and returning the power to the system at times of higher electricity demand, which will benefit the grid.

News Releases;

English: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003521/ontario-celebrates-indigenous-leadership-in-clean-energy-storage

French: https://news.ontario.ca/fr/release/1003521/lontario-celebre-le-leadership-autochtone-en-matiere-de-stockage-denergie-propre