Time of Day Pricing and Electrical Grid Flattening

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300
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Hello,

Becuase this project does not have a net power benefit, it is proposed to help with providing power when it is currently most required, during high use time periods.  TC will make money by using power from the grid when it is cheapest, and in the least demand at night, and selling the power when the price is highest.  My concern is that the assumption that the power grid will remain as it is today in 2030 and beyond is a very bad/inaccurate assumption.  With the uptake of Electric cars, by 2030 and beyond, the power grid is expected to flatten, rendering the entire project useless.   People will be charing their electric cars at night, thereby flattening the grid.  This is not an assumption, but rather a predictable fact.  All we have to do is look at countires, like Norway, where electric cars already make up over 50% of the cars on the road.   With the increased demand on the grid at night, when E-cars are being charged, the requirements for power at night will equal the demand during the day.   The Government is incentivising the use of electric cars and wants this change to occur.  Once even 50% of the cars on the road are electric, our grid in Ontario will be relatively flat, completely negating the need for a storage facility.  Taking power from the grid at night will not benifit anyone at this time.   Why would the Government sign any contract with TC Energy to pay them more money to feed the grid at at time period that is no longer "higher usage".  TC energy will cover themselves against this eventual change in the power grid, by guaranteeing themselves a higher price for power then they will be paying when drawing from the grid at night.  With a flat grid this makes zero sense for the Government or the consumer.  Can the consumer guarantee a cheaper rate at night with a flattened grid, likely not?    Please, look forward and not back.  Electric cars are coming and they will fully negate the need for a storage facility, particularly one that poses so many environmental risks.  Georgian Bay is to precious to threaten with a highly questionable project such as this.  How can we put such a resource at risk, all for a project that is soon to be useless.  If you think the grid will look the same in 2035, as it does now, you simply have not done your research.  Let's put our money into projects that create power and provide a net power benefit, as the flattened grid renders these projects the only helpful inputs. Thank you.  

Submitted by
Darren Kingston
Phase
Planning
Public Notice
Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
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Date Submitted
2026-04-06 - 9:59 PM
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