Electrifying Canada

Electrifying Canada

Electrifying Canada is building tools and conducting analysis to empower decision-makers, guide industry stakeholders, and inform the public about Canada’s energy future.

Grounded in leading-edge qualitative and quantitative analysis, our approach leverages sustained collaboration with power producers, regulators, system operators, industry, organized labour, Indigenous organizations, financial institutions, and civil society organizations from across Canada to share knowledge, identify challenges, and accelerate the development of an affordable, reliable and clean electricity system.

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Electrifying Canada Leadership

Bruce Lourie

Chair

Bruce is president of the Ivey Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, and a Board director of several organizations including the new Canadian Institute for Clean Growth and Climate Change. He is a former Director of the Independent Electricity System Operator, the Ontario Power Authority, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and many others. He is a founding Advisory Board member of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, an Advisory Board member of the Canadian Energy Research Institute and visiting faculty at the University of Oxford Social Finance Programme.

Bruce is well known for his work in convening collaborative efforts among businesses, NGOs and government. He played a pioneering role in connecting environmental issues to human health, most notably with his leadership in the phase-out of coal-fired power plants in Ontario, the single largest climate action in North America. And also as the co-author of two best-selling books, including the internationally acclaimed Slow Death by Rubber Duck. He is the founder of Summerhill Group, one of Canada’s leading energy efficiency consultancies.

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Moe Kabbara

Executive Vice President

Moe Kabbara is an experienced energy and industrial policy professional with nearly 15 years of work at the intersection of technology, policy, markets, and supply chains. His work focuses on driving systems-level change across electricity, fuels, buildings, and industry.

As Executive Vice President at the Transition Accelerator, Moe leads national and regional efforts to support the transformation of Canada’s energy and industrial systems. He oversees work on electricity system planning, building decarbonization, the future economy, low-carbon fuels, and regional implementation—working across sectors to align planning, investment, and execution.

Previously, Moe was a Managing Consultant at Dunsky Energy + Climate, advising governments and utilities on clean energy strategies. He also served as a Senior Investment Officer at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, where he focused on investment attraction in the battery and automotive sectors as part of Canada’s emerging industrial strategy. Earlier in his career, he co-founded and served as CEO of a thermal energy storage start-up in Atlantic Canada.

Moe also played a leading role in establishing Accelerate, Electrifying Canada, and the Building Decarbonization Alliance—national initiatives focused on aligning policy, industry, and infrastructure to enable economic and energy system transformation.

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Nick Martin

Director of Electricity

With nearly a decade of experience in climate and energy policy, Nick has supported governments, utilities, and industry stakeholders in their transition to a clean energy future across Canada and the United States. His work has included assessing the market potential for clean and emerging solutions such as electric mobility, renewable energy, and building electrification; assessing the barriers and opportunities for improving grid integration; and developing government policies and corporate strategies to support clean energy.

Prior to joining Transition Accelerator, Nick was a Senior Consultant at Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors. He’s also held roles at the Calgary-based Canada West Foundation and the New York-based Pace Energy and Climate Center. He also served as Executive Director of the Northeast Clean Heat and Power Initiative. Nick holds a master’s degree in Climate Science and Policy from the Bard Center for Environmental Policy.

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