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Ontario's natural gas system combines transmission imports, storage flexibility, local distribution operations, and market scheduling processes to meet highly variable demand.
System performance depends on deliverability, pressure management, and procurement decisions under weather and infrastructure uncertainty.
Gas System Operations Framework
The coordinated physical and commercial processes used to schedule flows, maintain system integrity, and serve firm and interruptible gas demand.
⚡ Winter reliability is driven by deliverability and operational flexibility, not only annual supply adequacy.
Core operational levers include:
During an extreme cold event, expected peak-day demand exceeds baseline pipeline receipts.
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Last Updated: 2026-03-28