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Launching your own electrical contractor business is challenging, even for experienced electricians. We asked two Canadian sparkies, Simon Noone of Tried and True Electric, and Ben Morin of Amped Electric, to share their tips—In this blog, they share 12 tips to manage, organize, and grow a successful electrical contracting business. Click here to start your contracting business the right way: http://spr.ly/6044dJXq0. #LifeIsOn #Electricians

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Launching your own electrical contractor business is challenging, even for experienced electricians. We asked two Canadian sparkies, Simon Noone of Tried and True Electric, and Ben Morin of Amped Electric, to share their tips—In this blog, they share 12 tips to manage, organize, and grow a successful electrical contracting business. Click here to start your contracting business the right way: http://spr.ly/6041cO5Tv #Entrepreneur #Electrician #Electricity #Sparkies #Sparky

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Utilities Kingston has once again earned high marks for public safety, scoring an impressive 84% in the latest Public Safety Survey—a 2% increase from 2022. This improvement shows that our efforts to keep the Kingston community informed and safe are making a positive impact, and that our residents are increasingly recognizing the importance of electrical safety. 🔗 Learn more about the key findings and next steps at https://lnkd.in/e_siB4xS

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Launching your own electrical contractor business is challenging, even for experienced electricians. We asked two Canadian sparkies, Simon Noone of Tried and True Electric, and Ben Morin of Amped Electric, to share their tips — In this blog, they share 12 tips to manage, organize, and grow a successful electrical contracting business. Click here to start your contracting business the right way: http://spr.ly/6046YYrW8. #Entrepreneur #Electrician #Electricity #Sparkies #Sparky

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Great Event Alert by The Collective for Advancement of Connected Buildings: Powering the Future-Unlocking the Potential of Grid-Integrated Buildings. May 16th, 2024 from 12PM-1PM EST Register Here: https://lu.ma/ips8aypy Canada needs to electrify to decarbonize. While Ontario claims to have a clean grid due to the large nuclear power contribution, nuclear power provides only a flat supply of electricity and does not deal well with power peaks. If the already extended existing power supply’s peaks further increase due to electrification of heating and EVs, then we going to need gas-powered “peaker” plants to meet the demand. This will significantly increase GHG emissions. We therefore need to address the peak reduction and flattening of the peak curve.  ​ For this, there is an increasing need for buildings with interactive features, to dynamically respond to changing boundary conditions (either external, such as climate and grid prices, or internal, such as the occupants’ requirements). The buildings are expected to be “grid-responsive“, able to adapt their usage to time-of-use electricity pricing and the users’ usage profiles.

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When it comes to issue tracking, having an efficient system in place is crucial for managing and resolving various challenges faced by municipalities. Join the Smart City of tomorrow. #SimplyCast #SmartCity #SmallCanadianBusiness #IssueTracking #EfficientFixes

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In a smart city, it’s crucial to ensure that support requests reach the right person promptly and Simply Cast's Smart City has a solution for it. #SimplyCast #SmartCity #SmallCanadianBusiness #SupportRequests #EfficientCity #UrbanInnovation

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In a smart city, it’s crucial to ensure that support requests reach the right person promptly and Simply Cast's Smart City has a solution for it. #SimplyCast #SmartCity #SmallCanadianBusiness #SupportRequests #EfficientCity #UrbanInnovation

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How do your municipality’s technology systems compare to others across Canada? Don’t miss this chance to find out! If you're interested in receiving a free, customized Municipal Technology Systems Benchmarking report, simply fill out the 20-minute survey below. The deadline to participate is this Friday, October 11th. 🔗 Survey: https://lnkd.in/gDRu7Vim All information provided will remain confidential. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Alicia Stirling. #MFOA2024 #MunicipalFinance #TechnologyBenchmarking #DigitalTransformation #ManagementConsulting

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🏘️🌞🚗 Ottawa is leading the way in combining affordable housing with clean energy. Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH) and Hydro Ottawa are teaming up to make homes more energy-efficient, install solar panels, and expand an EV car-share program for residents. It's a win-win: lower costs for tenants and a smaller carbon footprint for the city. Could this be a model for other cities? Learn more: https://loom.ly/899ItwE

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How can electricity providers rapidly scale residential VPP resources? Turn to page 8 of the latest issue of Energy Intel Magazine from AESP to learn how Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and EnergyHub worked together to enroll more than 100,000 homes in IESO's VPP in just 6 months. https://hubs.ly/Q02vJBBd0 #DemandFlexibility #Decarbonization #VPP

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Ontario is investing more than $190 billion over the next 10 years in highways, transit, broadband, housing-enabling and other infrastructure. This is the most ambitious capital plan by any province in Canada's history, and is part of the plan to build the infrastructure that communities and municipalities need to grow and prosper. As government executes on this ambitious capital plan, the industry is also investing to explore the use of digital twins to help deliver public infrastructure projects.  Digital Twin Ontario (DTO) is an industry led not-for-profit NGO dedicated to elevating the level of dialogue, raising standards, and promoting growth and innovation within the public infrastructure sector. Our strength is our focus on the practical and leveraging our neutrality to lead the sector to practical solutions and collective engagement. https://lnkd.in/gysJaUrG #digitaltwin #infrastructuredevelopment #utilitycoordination

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What needs to happen to support #electrification in #Ontario? The #IESO 2024 Annual Planning Outlook identifies #electricity system needs and planned actions from 2025 to 2050. This provides incredible insight! https://ow.ly/XKYj50SlT8m #localdistribution #smartgrid #powerdistribution #utilities #utilityindustry

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Ontario Moves to Accelerate Grid Expansion and Connections By Roy Hrab On October 21, 2024, the Ministry of Energy and Electrification announced the government was “removing barriers that slow the construction of new homes and businesses by making it easier and more affordable to connect to the province's world-class clean electricity grid.” The Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) Report Back To The Minister On System Expansion For Housing Developments was published together with the announcement. On October 23, 2024, the government introduced Bill 214, Affordable Energy Act, 2024, which (among other things) set out two significant new authorities for the government over the OEB’s Distribution System Code and Transmission System Code related to cost allocation and cost recovery for certain electricity system connection infrastructure. Concurrently, the government launched a consultation on Bill 214 as well as a consultation on potential regulations on the cost responsibility framework related to electricity system connection infrastructure in “high-growth areas” on the ERO.   Power Advisory recommends that clients and interested parties with comments, concerns or questions on the two consultation proposals provide feedback by the November 22, 2024 (Bill 214) and December 7, 2024 (Cost responsibility regulations associated with Bill 214) deadlines. Reach out to us for more insights! Read the full commentary on our website: https://lnkd.in/gGYdXuUP   #Ontario #EnergyPolicy #ElectricityPolicy #OntarioEnergy #ElectricityDemand #PowerAdvisory #EnergyTransition

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