Oshawa Power yesterday said it has received $400,000 in federal funding to support its Distribution System Operator (DSO) initiative.
The DSO initiative titled ‘Empowering Energy Transition: A Distribution System Operator Enabled Demand Response Program’ was obtained through Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Energy Innovation Program, and aims to modernize the grid.
“This funding is a meaningful step forward in Oshawa Power’s grid modernization strategy. Developing the capability to operate a local DSO market equips us to manage growing demand more efficiently while pursuing innovative solutions to meet our community’s needs through the energy transition. We are grateful for NRCan’s support and confident in the value this project will deliver for customers across Oshawa,” said Daniel Arbour, Oshawa Power President and CEO.
Target Under-served Customers
As part of the project scope, Oshawa Power will focus on DSO use-cases that target under-served customers and address emerging areas of need in the local grid, including the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), EV aggregators running managed charging platforms, and demand response strategies.
Oshawa Power is delivering this work in collaboration with GridS2 and Cambium Indigenous Professional Services; sector leaders in energy transition and indigenous advisory services.
Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources about the $400k investment said: “Canada is scaling up clean energy while strengthening our electricity grid and responsibly growing our conventional energy industry — because competitiveness means doing more than one thing at the same time. We are investing to provide reliable, affordable and clean power across the country that will propel our economic growth, protect affordability for Canadian families and make Canada a low-risk, low-cost, low-carbon energy superpower.”
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