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Originally Posted by accord1999
Due to geography and population distribution, it's likely easier (and more profitable) to export electricity south to the US. Almost all of Hydro-Quebec's focus has been trying to get new pipelines transmission lines to New England and New York.
And I'm not sure there is all that much excess supply during high demand periods in the winter; during a cold snap in January Quebec hit record usage of over 40 GW.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...tion-1.6322688 |
Ontario needs more power in the summer while Quebec peaks in the winter. They are pretty good match in terms of peak demand.
Quebec could also produce way more than they do now if there was demand/contracts.
The main issue is that the nuclear plants in Ontario generate a ton of jobs that if you shut them down and bought energy from Quebec - you'd lose.