Canadian Electricity Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Initial Assessment

This article examines the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on electricity markets across select Canadian provinces, using available data. Using high-frequency electricity data, we find electricity demand declined by roughly 10 percent in Ontario and by about 5 percent in Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick. On the supply side, in Alberta we find reductions from some natural gas plants and an increase in net generation from the oil sands region, whereas Ontario sees an increase in net electricity exports. Policy implications include potential rate impacts as a result of fixed charges spread over a smaller rate base, the potential use of electricity data as a real-time economic indicator during the pandemic, and a call to arms to make electricity data across all Canadian provinces more readily available.

["Old'up": creative aging...]

The association Old'up, which is celebrating its 11th anniversary, was created by the Ecole des grands-parents européens. It is an avant-garde witness to the effects of lengthening life. Founded by old people, for old people, with old people, even very old people, the association want to be the voice of this population which has been growing so fast for fifteen years.

[May 68 as seen by the elderly]

May 68 remains etched in everybody's mind. Fifty years on, many memories remain vivid and those who lived through this turbulent period. Yesterday's adults, today's senior citizens, share their testimonies.