Transmission lines connect power across vast distances connecting communities, businesses, and industries. To meet the needs of Canadians, we need to build more. To do that, we need to bring together utilities, governments, Indigenous partners, and private investors.
This week, investors are gathering at the Canada Investor Summit in Toronto to discuss building major projects. Electricity Canada believes that electrification, energy security and financing innovation are an important part of this. A strong, reliable electricity grid isn't just an energy priority. It's an economic one.
Electricity Canada has put together a guide to funding transmission for this week’s Investment Summit, profiling several major projects that are being financed through innovative means.
Electricity Canada supports the government’s approach to attracting investment for major infrastructure. Ensuring a diverse funding base will allow for the successful build out of an electricity system that is critical to Canada’s economic growth.