CLARINGTON, Ont. — Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the province's use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs, calling opposition to it"ideological."
"The reality is we need more energy and the mission of our government is to build upon Ontario's already ambitious plan to scale up our energy using all forms, be it nuclear and natural gas and renewables," Lecce said Thursday at a news conference.
"What we will not do, and I cannot underscore this enough, is we will not pursue a path, an ideological path, that will deny some forms of energy when we need all of them to help fuel our economy," he said. The IESO said in a 2022 report that Ontario could fully eliminate natural gas in the electricity system by 2050, starting with a moratorium in 2027, but it would require between $375 and $425 billion in capital costs over 23 years, including building new, large-scale nuclear plants, resulting in annual operating costs of about $60 billion by 2050 — three times the current costs.
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