Leaving aside the errors in assigning all the issues with Ontario's electricity system to renewables, I want to warn the people of Alberta not to use data flash drives because I bought one in the early 2000s that was like $80 for 32 MB. https://twitter.com/CDNEnergyCentre/status/1272552349354123267

Might I suggest we should consider the state of current technologies when debating what to deploy today. https://gspp.berkeley.edu/news/news-center/the-us-can-reach-90-percent-clean-electricity-by-2035-dependably-and-without-increasing-consumer-bills

There is actually one claim/link in there that I was surprised to see (without citation) on a @CER_REC page and isn't really true anymore (they do link to something about the sun which seems less in need of evidence to support). https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/nrg/ntgrtd/mrkt/cndsnrgtrnstn/trndsncnd-eng.html?=undefined&wbdisable=true

In fact as the importance of wind power forecasting grows, efforts to improve accuracy are delivering results (and makes sense, if you don't have a lot of wind in the system the value/importance of highly accurate forecasting is less) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8890707

I'm off on a tangent now, but to come back to the main point - yes we should make sure we think about how to transition our energy infrastructure (and workforce) in a way that doesn't increase costs, and brings everyone along. It would be great to see industry associations

making constructive suggestions along these dimensions. But claims that "renewables are too expensive" are at best simply highly uniformed of the current state of technology, and at worst a educated effort to mislead.

But I'm happy to provide material/commentary/references/etc on up to date cost estimates for renewable energy and grid decarbonization to @CDNEnergyCentre @CCMBC123