Royal Bank's Shaz Merwat, lead author of RBC's Climate Institute report "Power Struggle: How AI is Challenging Canada's Electricity Grid," discusses with Francis Bradley the rise of AI and its impact on Canada's electricity sector. They cover AI's increasing power demand, regional differences, the economic impact of data centres, strategic policies for leveraging AI, carbon capture's role, and energy security. They conclude with Shaz's very timely book recommendation for the Flux Capacitor Book Club. Links:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/">RBC Thought Leadership</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/power-struggle-how-ai-is-challenging-canadas-electricity-grid/">Power Struggle: How AI is challenging Canada’s electricity grid</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.rbc.com/climate-action-institute/climate-action-25/index.html?_gl=1*100y7ou*_gcl_au*MTI1MDI1NTkxLjE3MzgxMDI5MzM.*_ga*MTcwNTI2MTE5OC4xNzIwMTk4NTA4*_ga_89NPCTDXQR*MTczOTEyNDI0Mi4xNi4xLjE3MzkxMjQzMDAuMi4wLjA.">Climate Action 2025 Report </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shazmerwat/">Shaz Merwat on LinkedIn</a>

Episode 109: Bold Leadership for Canada's Electricity Future with Jason Chee-Aloy

The Flux Capacitor podcast features discussions with business and thought leaders of the electricity industry on the future of the business of electricity. The discussions touch on how we create, move, trade, and use energy, with each guest adding their own expertise and perspective to the conversation. What will be the impacts of technological change? How will markets and customer demands respond to new technology? What will change, both social and technological, mean for regulators, society and the electricity industry? Electricity Canada invites you to join in the conversation.