Ontario’s so-called “Independent” Electricity System Operator (IESO) is calling on the federal government to water down efforts to create a net zero-carbon electricity system across Canada by 2035.

The IESO has once again adopted the Ford Government’s climate denial position with its insistence that Ontario must burn more polluting gas. It is scandalous that a supposedly expert agency can’t think of any other way to meet this province’s electricity needs than to burn more and more polluting gas.

Meanwhile, the IESO is using its resources to pressure municipalities to accept more polluting gas plants instead of working with them to join the rest of the world in embracing efficient, renewable and smart electricity systems.

It is time to tell the IESO enough is enough. We don’t need an agency that parrots climate denial. We need an agency that understands that the future of energy is green.

<<<< Make a difference and send a letter to IESO CEO Lesley Gallinger (and your MPP) calling for the agency to stop pressuring municipalities to burn more gas, and instead support Canada’s effort to get polluting gas out of our electricity system.