Hydro Ottawa to Use AI-Enhanced Predictive Analytics to Improve Energy Efficiency
December 15, 2025
With $6 million in federal funding, Hydro Ottawa is introducing the Ottawa Distributed Energy Resource Accelerator (ODERA) program.
Through this program, Hydro Ottawa will use AI-enhanced predictive analytics to accurately forecast peak demand, which will then inform the real-time balancing of supply and demand. This will be achieved by using a technology that transforms customer-owned assets — like smart thermostats, electric vehicle chargers and home batteries — into valuable, responsive grid resources, allowing the utility to proactively identify and mitigate grid constraints.
The optimization of Ottawa’s electricity network — with ODERA serving as a pilot for growth neighbourhoods like the Kanata North area — will give consumers more control over their household consumption and improve the grid by effectively integrating and managing distributed energy resources (DERs) through technology.
