Electrical Business Magazine

TRA, a consortium between Aecon and Técnicas Reunidas Alberta Inc., has been awarded the contract for the Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC) power generation facility in Sturgeon County, Alta. Aecon is the majority shareholder in the TRA consortium, with its share of the GLEC contract standing at $1.7 billion.

Plug-In Photovoltaic (PIPV) equipment and systems are receiving a lot of attention since several states in the USA are permitting their installation, but questions are being raised regarding the safety and compliance of these systems. PIPV systems are intended to be connected to existing branch circuits through a cord-and-plug connection. These systems are marketed as simple, consumer-installable generation equipment that connects directly to a general-purpose receptacle.

Canada has announced the expansion of its Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program to now include British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. The expansion was announced by Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson and Minster of Environment, Climate Change and Nature Julie Dabrusin at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Global Energy Efficiency Conference on June 29 in Montreal.

Clean energy think tank the Pembina Institute has released a new report examining the supply chain, affordability and workforce barriers to Alberta’s retrofit efforts in multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs). Titled Resilient but Not Ready: Alberta’s Retrofit Supply Chain Barriers, the report advocates for adjusted procurement practices, targeted skills training, and the creation of a coordinated provincial roadmap to align building codes and utility-led demand-side management (DSM) programs.

(Source: Westburne) Electrical distributor Westburne is celebrating 100 years in Canada throughout 2026 with a series of customer and partner events across the country. The company kicked off these celebrations on June 18 at the company’s annual Midwest Business Community Event in Brandon, Man. The 2026 edition of Westburne’s Midwest Business Community Event welcomed more than 220 attendees from over 60 of Westburne’s partner businesses and suppliers.

Electricity Canada has appointed Toronto Hydro president and CEO Jana Mosley to the role of chair for its board of directors. Mosley brings more than 25 years of electricity sector experience to the role, having developed expertise in safety, operations, regulatory frameworks, policy, grid modernization and customer experience across her career. Prior to joining Toronto Hydro, Mosley served as president of Calgary’s ENMAX Power Corporation.

Canada’s federal government has released its new Nuclear Energy Strategy, outlining development plans for both federal and provincial efforts regarding the construction and leadership of the country’s nuclear future; aiming to create an innovation-focused ecosystem supporting national prosperity and net-zero goals The strategy’s 30-year deployment vision is guided by four pillars: enabling new domestic builds in nuclear infrastructure, becoming a global supplier of choice for nuclear power,...

105 Princes’ Blvd, Toronto The Energy Storage Canada 2026 Conference and Trade Show brings together Canada’s policymakers, utilities, developers, investors, Indigenous partners, and technology leaders from across the country’s energy storage ecosystem to examine the policy, market, and infrastructure conditions shaping the next phase of storage deployment in Canada. This year’s event will explore how energy storage can be delivered at scale, domestically and globally.

As Canada’s population grows and new areas of the country are industrialized, provinces and territories across Canada are taking a hard look at electricity supply–demand, capacity, transmission, and more. Within Ontario alone, for example, demand is forecast to potentially increase as much as 90 per cent over the next 25 years, according to Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).

Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) has partnered with the Government of Alberta to launch a new labour market intelligence initiative assessing the readiness of the province’s skilled workforce in contributing to Canada’s growing nuclear energy sector.