Ontario’s energy mix

 

Ontario’s Electricity Mix

(System-Wide Generation in terawatt-hour – TWh)

Electricity Source

Tx-Connected (direct)

Dx-Connected (embedded)

Total

Nuclear

90.4

-

90.4

Water Power

36.4

0.8

37.2

Natural Gas*

9.5

-

9.5

Wind

11.0

1.7

12.7

Solar PV

0.7

3.0

3.7

Bioenergy**

0.4

0.4

0.8

Non-Contracted***

-

0.9

0.9

Total

148.4

6.8

155.2

* Includes Lennox and dual fuel (natural gas/bioenergy) consistent with IESO.

** IESO’s embedded generation data set combines biomass and gas.

*** Non-Contracted represents a variety of fuel types that the IESO is unable to categorize due to a lack of information from Local Distribution Companies (LDCs).