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The Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council (CCIC) joins call for Canada to double electricity supply, electrification, and energy efficiency by 2050

Joint letter urges federal government to pair electricity expansion with targets to lower energy costs, strengthen competitiveness, and improve energy security.

TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 — Today, the Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council (CCIC) joins 11 leading clean energy organisations in calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to build on Canada’s commitment to double electricity supply by 2050 with complementary targets to double electrification and energy efficiency.

The release expresses support for Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy, while urging the government to ensure increased electricity supply translates into tangible benefits for households and businesses.

The letter recommends two additional national objectives for 2050:

• Double electrification: Double the share of Canada’s final energy needs supplied by electricity.
• Double energy efficiency: Double the economic value Canadians generate from each unit of energy consumed.

The organizations emphasize that expanding electricity supply alone will not guarantee its full benefits. Households and businesses must also be able to replace less-efficient fossil-fuel equipment with electric vehicles and other electric technologies.

“Many Canadian families are suffering because of volatile global fuel prices. Switching to EVs offers an affordable, reliable cost savings for Canadian families that enhances Canada’s energy sovereignty, so long as we step up efforts to build out a national charging network,” said Travis Allan, CEO and President, CCIC. “Expanding Canada’s energy ambition to include a doubling of electrification, backed by smart policy, programs and investment, will ensure Canadians can benefit from the affordability of driving an EV.”

If implemented, a “double-double-double” approach could catalyze billions in investment, create career opportunities, advance economic reconciliation with Indigenous nations and lower Canadians’ energy costs.

Within the context of electric vehicle charging alone, recent analysis published by CCIC concluded that strong light-duty vehicle GHG emissions standards could drive $21 billion in Canadian charging infrastructure investment between 2026 and 2035. Between 50% and 65% of that investment would flow to local skilled trades, suppliers, and utilities, supporting jobs and economic activity across the country.

About the Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council

The Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council (CCIC) is the national industry association representing Canada’s electric vehicle charging sector. Its members finance, build, own, and operate public and private charging infrastructure across the country.

Media contact

Travis J. Allan

President & CEO, Canadian Charging Infrastructure Council

ccic.ccir@gmail.com; 416-417-1195