As part of its action plan, Hydro-Québec will add as much as 9,000 megawatts of capacity to its grid—the rough equivalent of three of the public hydroelectricity utility’s largest generating facilities. Forty per cent of the new power will be used to decarbonize buildings and electrify transportation. Through reductions and efforts to “shift consumption,” the utility aims to free up 3,500 megawatts of additional capacity by 2035. (The Logic)

Talking point: The 27-page action plan, the first under new Hydro-Québec president Michael Sabia after his exit from the federal finance ministry, floats the return of nuclear power generation in the province, which closed its last reactor in 2012. The plan also advocates for new partnerships with First Nations and Inuit groups to build new dams in places like Quebec’s north—which Premier François Legault has said are key to increasing capacity.