{"id":734368,"date":"2026-06-13T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734368\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:49:11","slug":"why-ontarios-big-move-to-battery-storage-has-observers-saying-gas-plants-arent-competitive-anymore-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734368\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ontario\u2019s big move to battery storage has observers saying \u2018gas plants aren\u2019t competitive anymore\u2019 &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwJBVV95cUxPUmgxZkw1bkM2bkZzZ3JmckU1clBSUDdoMFNhSzRQbzNvXzBxSHJlREEzNFMwNUlWZDlBTXpZQ25uN1V1TVVSTmtrYTBwS0ZsWlI3ZlU2eWtKT2pGdzFhTkZYa2ZEWmFNX3RyblRhay1YQTZ2Ui1VVmVXMXladHp2MXZkSThadUFhdXQtQWh3bGZJUzZyWUJ1Sk5zYmV1ejFrR0pXSmlHTzFFTWVjMHVJMjhqaGFZdTVTNXZqWExVR0c0NDJNdkpFQnhJdHhTN0ZmTzNfUjlwRmplSmVMMGExN3QzSDlaREp3cENpbFdDUHFDckxGMmN5LVZZclVoaGRxaklva1c1MTYtNXVSb3pVNVRmcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Ontario\u2019s big move to battery storage has observers saying \u2018gas plants aren\u2019t competitive anymore\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxNNjNBdVV1amZXblRfaHBHWDJCb3VWX21pMFRveVNOUm1KRWlBMU05ZEo0OWhmejFsMEF3OFRILVBsZ0pseUJVcUxfekR5aXlrUGoyTmp4UGZFdFdTSDR2QU42aFFndFczMGJKM3hza0hJaUJRcHo3d1hHU3NJeEZIWGdGRkpWYkY1OFBUR29yUmJFRFNkZlRGTlJ5b3BldVpxTHMwN2JjUnlpUndSSDFTWUx1RWJPNHlmMXR1YmctRmY0WmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario Delivers Lowest-Cost Electricity Capacity Procurement in Province\u2019s History<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ontario.ca<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPZlAyc1I3UmlzVjVrXzRwQzdVVlJSQzZ3TG50a0wxSFpNd0JkTnpaYVhYQmlQLVRjM1Q0U0c1YzNlNVcxei1EeExjeDY3STI0RjcwZ2RjeUpjSDRmYkRPWEpaeWpRSlc5QVFEX3dnUzJ3WnhMQU1UeWppSUpQd3Rtb1pSblNoOTZQUzE4c01jWDdDZng2R2cwYjMteVJ0MTMySDlXQkJtREtIeFdUQzRyckRtTlNNRXEtS2JjUHJoelQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Environmental groups cheer Ontario\u2019s addition of battery storage to electricity grid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews Halifax<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQOVd6SFVmRUdVSHVpTFRDb1JVeXpJZjRCWVJtbWdVSk9mTjJjX1BmOWxFZW1kbllNVEVDUzFFajFNc1M2aUV1TDdCd3lzZ1QtNkdXTUJwdmJiM3FyWHlYd0FkczI1Y2Z2OVNhUlFiekkxMnBTQy1NNTh3R0I0VVlGYjNGbklybGN1X29ZZDRpQmd6bXpnQzJwdDRLeEk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Batteries beat gas in Ontario&#8217;s latest electricity auction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Canada&#8217;s National Observer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Ontario\u2019s big move to battery storage has observers saying \u2018gas plants aren\u2019t competitive anymore\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarOntario Delivers Lowest-Cost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-734368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}