Case Study · Infrastructure & Public Works
$450 Million in Social Value for Ontarians from Pumped Hydro Storage
An energy-storage case examined the wider social value of pumped hydro, including distributional effects and Indigenous partnership.
Headline finding
$450 million
What the Work Shows
The analysis shows how infrastructure appraisal can include who benefits, not only aggregate economic output or project cost.
This work follows consequences through the people affected, compares outcomes with a relevant counterfactual, and makes distributional effects visible rather than relying only on aggregate totals.
Explore the methodology →Why It Matters
Decision-makers can use this kind of evidence to understand both the scale of an outcome and who experiences it — a stronger basis for comparing options, communicating value and testing whether an intervention improves people's lives.
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