Hydro Exports

Canadian utilities export significant amounts of electricity to the United States. Much of the power exported is from hydro-electric dams.

•  Average value of annual electricity exports from Canada to the US between 2005 and 2009: $3.0 billion¹
   
• Percentage of total Canadian electricity production that was exported to the US in 2008: 9.3²
   
• Percentage of Manitoba Hydro's electricity that is exported to the US (by dollar value, averaged over the last 5 years): 29.4³
   
• Canadian net electricity exports to the US, by province:⁴
  
  • Quebec:          16,100,000 MWh
  • Ontario:           10,572,000 MWh
  • Manitoba:          9,792,000 MWh
  • New Brunswick:   286,000 MWh
     
• Manitoba first exported power to the US in 1936⁵

More Fact Sheets:
Hydropower Worldwide
Manitoba Hydro Finances
Manitoba Hydro Operations
Exports
Wind Energy

See also: Impacts
                The Future of Hydro

Notes

1. Source: National Energy Board electricity exports statistics webpage (accessed August 2010).
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2. Source: "Power Connections: Canadian Electricity Trade and Foreign Policy," Roger J. Goodman, Canadian International Council, June 2010, page 8.
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3. Source: 2009-10 Manitoba Hydro annual report, page 100.
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4. Source: "Power Connections: Canadian Electricity Trade and Foreign Policy," Roger J. Goodman, Canadian International Council, June 2010, page 10.
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5. Source: "Hydropower in Canada," Canadian Hydropower Association, 2008, page 3 (accessed August 2010).
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