安大略省正在进入一段不断发展的电力需求时期,这是由于需求不断增长,核产生设施的翻新以及到期现有设施的合同。独立的电力系统运营商(IESO)预测,安大略省将从2025年开始的电力短缺。在能源部长的指导下,IESO通过竞争性地通过私人公司的采购过程来确保安大略省的额外能力来实施倡议。IESO通过长期提议(LT1 RFP)和加快过程(E-LT1 RFP)开始竞争性地保护3500兆瓦的能力。E-LT1 RFP于2023年初完成。试图增加约2,518兆瓦的LT1 RFP正在进行中,并且供应商有资格在2023年12月12日之前提出提案。The LT1 RFP is intended to competitively acquire capacity to meet system reliability needs from new builds and eligible expansion electricity resources starting in 2027 or earlier, including new build hybrid electricity generation/co-generation and battery storage facilities, registered or able to become registered in the IESO administered markets, larger than 1 MW and which can deliver a continuous amount of electricity to a connection point on a distribution system or transmission system for at least four连续小时。
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