Module 2Community Energy Planning within the Broader Provincial Energy Planning Framework

Overview

2.1 Ontario’s Energy Planning Framework

2.2 The Regional Electricity Planning Process

2.3 Regional and Community Engagement

2.3 MEPs and IRRPs Working Together

Who’s Who in Ontario’s Electricity Sector

Generates Power ONTARIO POWER

GENERATION (OPG), PRIVATE GENERATORS

Province Of OntarioRegulator

Ontario Energy Board (OEB)

*PARTICIPATE IN IRRP TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS + PARTICIPATE IN LACS AND FN+M LACSLEAD’S LACs

Transmits Power* HYDRO ONE, OTHER

TRANSMITTERS

Distributes Power* LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

COMPANIES (LDCS) 70 IN ONTARIO

Day-to-Day Grid & Market Management Power System Planning,

Conservation, Generation *+

INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY SYSTEM OPERATOR (IESO)Consumers +

RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS, ASSOCIATIONS

Municipalities, First Nations & Métis Communities

+LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION,

ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY STAFF

Provincial Electricity Planning

PROVINCIALBULK

SYSTEMPLANNING

DISTRIBUTION

SYSTEMPLANNING

REGIONALELECTRICIT

YPLANNING

IRRP/RIP

COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING

Regional Electricity Planning Areas

Regional plans are currently underway in nine areas of the province

Five areas are scheduled for the next planning cycle

Seven areas are scheduled for future planning cycles

MUNICIPALITIES

LOCAL ADVISORYCOMMITTEE

FIRST NATIONS LOCAL ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

FIRST NATIONS & METIS

COMMUNITIES

1NEEDS

SCREENING

(TRANSMITTER)

60 Day

2SCOPING

ASSESSMENT

(IESO)

90 Day

2.(a) DRAFT SCOPING REPORT

INTEGRATED (IRRP) OR WIRES-ONLY (RIP) SOLUTION

INTEGRATED REGIONAL RESOURCE

PLAN (IRRP)

CONSERVATIONGENERATION

WIRES, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Regional Electricity Planning Process

TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP

REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

PLAN (RIP)

(WIRES)

OR

3 IRRP

PLANNING

(IRRP WORKING GROUP)

18 Months

YOU ARE HERE

Regional Electricity Planning – Technical Working Group

IRRPNeeds & Options

TransmissionGeneration

CDM

Municipal, First Nations

& Metis LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE /FIRST NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Public discussion on medium and longer term options,

local priorities and innovative approaches

CEPCEP

LOCALDISTRIBUTIO

N PLAN

IRRPWORKING

GROUP

CEP STAKEHOLDE

RADVISORY

Regional Electricity Planning – Local Advisory Committee

IRRPNeeds & Options

TransmissionGeneration

CDM

Municipal, First Nations

& Metis LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE /FIRST NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Public discussion on medium and longer term options,

local priorities and innovative approaches

CEPCEPLOCALDISTRIBUTIO

N PLAN

TECHNICAL WORKING

GROUP

CEP STAKEHOLDE

RADVISORY

Distribution System Planning- Electricity

• Near and long-term plans to ensure the local distribution system has adequate capacity to meet reliability and safety standards and needs of customers

• Filed with the OEB as evidence in rate application

• Limited to boundaries of LDC service areas

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMPLANNING

Led by the Local Distribution Company (LDC)

Distribution System Planning- Natural Gas

• Long-term plans (10-15 years) for distribution assets informed by municipal planning documents and developer relationships

• Filed with the OEB as evidence in rate application

• Limited to gas utility service areas

DISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM

PLANNING

Led primarily by Enbridge Gas

Distribution or Union Gas

IRRPNeeds & Options

TransmissionGeneration

CDM

Municipal, First Nations

& Metis LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE /FIRST NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Public discussion on medium and longer term options,

local priorities and innovative approaches

CEPCEPLOCALDISTRIBUTIO

N PLANCEP

STAKEHOLDER

ADVISORY

TECHNICALWORKING

GROUP

What CEPs Can Influence

• IRRPs (20-year regional electricity plans)• Energy infrastructure siting (from a land use

perspective) through the IRRP process• LDC policies and approaches• Demand management initiatives • Local opportunities and priorities

CDM Planning• The CDM Plan asks for a description of how next

generation conservation programs consider electricity needs and investments identified in other planning initiatives (e.g., regional, distribution system and community energy plans)

• Energy efficiency target of 7 TWh by LDCs between 2015-2020

• Opportunities identified by IESO to extract additional value out of CDM targets by deploying programs in areas where local electricity needs have been identified

GTA North

York Region (sub-region of GTA North) - www.ieso.ca/GTA-North

Greater Voice and Responsibility in Planning and Siting Energy Infrastructure

• Community Energy Plans(CEP) are required in Regional Centres and New Communities Areas.

Link to Key Council-Approved Plans

IESO Regional & Community Engagement

• IESO has established a dedicated regional and community engagement team specifically for regional planning

• Luisa Da Rocha, Manager, Regional and Community Engagement

• luisa.darocha@ieso.ca

Online Information Resources

• Description of Regional Planning Process • http://

www.ieso.ca/Pages/Ontario%27s-Power-System/Regional-Planning/default.aspx

• Info on 21 regional planning processes• http://www.ieso.ca/Pages/Participate/Regional-Planning/

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