Looking forward to tomorrow morning's roundtable.

A #smarthome can only be as intelligent as the data it has access to, and #greenbutton is a big step forward for Ontario #electricity consumers #energytransition Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) Westario Power thestar.com/news/canada/20…

#suburbs decide Cdn elections based on whether they side w/ downtown or with rural/small town Cnda, Darrell Bricker tells Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) #advancingabettertomorrow conference #canpoli

Cdns born today may live to 100. Today only 10,000 of us are 100+, and they’re women 5 to 1 - huge opportunities 4 businesses who focus on this #demographic: Darrell Bricker speaking at Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

Globally a #populationbust is coming & big change in population structure: older (esp. more older women), smaller families… ‘these are your customers and workers of the future’: Darrell Bricker speaking at Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

So what are options to address #demographicchange? accept & prepare - mechanize (Japanese solution) - rethink retirement - rethink immigration (but watch out 4 populist reaction): Darrell Bricker speaking at Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

Not the hot button it used to be? Polling results from Campaign Research (Richard Ciano) suggest voters heading into ON election mainly satisfied w/ #electricity related issues #onpoli #advancingabettertomorrow conference Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

.Kim Wright Says Ontario NDP is going into election campaign with ‘truckloads’ of cash raised and a target seat list of 80 #advancingabettertomorrow conference by Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) #politicalpanel #onpoli

.Chris Benedetti says #ballotboxquestion in June will be affordability broadly speaking + managerial trust and confidence #onpoli - #advancingabettertomorrow conference by Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

.Chris Chapin says Premier Doug Ford ‘has ability to have voters understand he means well’ and attacks during the #electioncampaign will be ‘very difficult to land’ #onpoli #advancingabettertomorrow conference #politicalpanel Electricity Distributors Association (EDA)

‘If we go back at least to the 1990s #electricity has been at least a facet of every [ontario] election campaign we’ve had’: Chris Benedetti #onpoli #politicalpanel at Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) #advancingabettertomorrow conference

Local hydro utilities and Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) are having constructive dialogue & have broadened their relationships w/ gov’t - discussions are happening across ministries re the #futuregrid, says Chris Chapin at #advancingabettertomorrow conference #onpoli

On #EarthDay, Ontario’s local hydro utilities are reflecting on their role in helping achieve #NetZero, and they made 5 recommendations in a new white paper. 🧵

'Scope 4' Emissions: an interesting, if likely controversial, new lens to look at utility-enabled #GHG reductions through #ClimateAction Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) magazine.annexbusinessmedia.com/publication/?i…