Ontario energy conservation efforts need work, critics say

Last week, amid scorching temperatures that led to warnings about power blackouts, Ontario’s energy minister told an audience in Toronto that conservation was the main way to ensure the stability of the electrical grid. But industry experts say the Ontario government has done a poor job of driving home the message of conservation to the public. “I guess it is common sense — everybody knows that conservation is positive,” says Reza Iravani, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto.'Amongst users... there is the assumption that power is there regardless.'— Reza Iravani, University of Toronto “But I don’t think there has been a major...