ClimateFast ClimateVoting Records Toronto

2024.MM19.9

Requesting Alignment of the Independent Electricity System Operator Integrated Regional Resource Plan with the City’s 2040 Target of Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission

Cleaner Energy City Council consideration on Jun 26, 2024

Background

“The City of Toronto’s TransformTO Net Zero Strategy indicates that meeting our climate goals and reaping the benefits to health, equity, prosperity, and resilience, is heavily dependent on the availability of affordable, reliable, low-carbon electricity. The City identified that the need for all parties to work together to transition Ontario’s electricity system away from natural gas to a resilient system focused on low-carbon energy sources, distributed local renewable energy generation, storage, and energy efficiency.”

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

This item requests that “the Independent Electricity System Operator to work with the City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro to align the Integrated Regional Resource Plan for Toronto’s electricity system, and broader energy system planning and procurement, with the City’s 2040 target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out gas-fired electricity at the Portlands Energy Centre by 2035,...rapidly increase local renewable energy generation and storage,..” and more.

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher

Result

Carried
Yes20 No4 Absent1

Votes

Absent
Photo of Paul Ainslie
Councillor
Paul Ainslie
No
Photo of Brad Bradford
Councillor
Brad Bradford
Yes
Photo of Alejandra Bravo
Councillor
Alejandra Bravo
Yes
Photo of Jon Burnside
Councillor
Jon Burnside
Yes
Photo of Shelley Carroll
Councillor
Shelley Carroll
Yes
Photo of Lily Cheng
Councillor
Lily Cheng
Yes
Photo of Olivia Chow
Mayor
Olivia Chow
Yes
Photo of Mike Colle
Councillor
Mike Colle
Yes
Photo of Vincent Crisanti
Councillor
Vincent Crisanti
Yes
Photo of Paula Fletcher
Councillor
Paula Fletcher
No
Photo of Stephen Holyday
Councillor
Stephen Holyday
Yes
Photo of Parthi Kandavel
Councillor
Parthi Kandavel
Yes
Photo of Ausma Malik
Councillor
Ausma Malik
No
Photo of Nick Mantas
Councillor
Nick Mantas
Yes
Photo of Josh Matlow
Councillor
Josh Matlow
Yes
Photo of Jennifer McKelvie
Councillor
Jennifer McKelvie
Yes
Photo of Chris Moise
Councillor
Chris Moise
Yes
Photo of Amber Morley
Councillor
Amber Morley
Yes
Photo of Jamaal Myers
Councillor
Jamaal Myers
Yes
Photo of Frances Nunziata
Councillor
Frances Nunziata
Yes
Photo of James Pasternak
Councillor
James Pasternak
Yes
Photo of Gord Perks
Councillor
Gord Perks
Yes
Photo of Anthony Perruzza
Councillor
Anthony Perruzza
Yes
Photo of Dianne Saxe
Councillor
Dianne Saxe
No
Photo of Michael Thompson
Councillor
Michael Thompson