"Three years ago, the Ontario government launched its first competitive bidding process. At the time, the batteries and the gas plants came in at about the same average price.
On Friday, batteries bid at prices so much lower that not a single gas plant was contracted.
“Gas plants aren’t competitive anymore,” said Keith Brooks, program director at Environmental Defence. “If there’s a level playing field, clean energy and batteries win every time.”"
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/why-ontarios-big-move-to-battery-storage-has-observers-saying-gas-plants-arent-competitive-anymore/article_4695825b-bd18-40e3-9b06-17e24ba4fa76.html
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