Clean
electricity imports from Canada are a multibillion - dollar opportunity, but have typically not counted toward state - level renewable energy mandates.
«Wind energy's major cost declines have, and will continue to be, critical to opening up new opportunities throughout Canada — whether it is to support the coal phase - out, or to fill an emerging power supply gap as nuclear power plants are refurbished in Ontario, or to help the northeast United States reduce its reliance on fossil - fuel powered generation through
clean electricity imports from Quebec or Atlantic Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario, June 29, 2016 — Robert Hornung, President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) issued this statement following the release of a report by the global economic consulting firm The Brattle Group titled, Enabling Canadian
Electricity Imports for Clean Power Plan Compliance — Technical Guidance for U.S. State Policymakers.
Although the amount
of electricity imported over the Canadian border is a small part of the overall U.S. power supply, the transmission connections linking Canada and the United States are an important component of the electricity markets in northern states.
The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely
on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.
Whether or
not electricity imports are truly low - carbon, there is a sizeable gap in home - grown low - carbon power supplies in the late 2020s.
BC's natural gas exports will be hit with a big CA carbon tax, even though the BC natural gas supplies displace demand for higher - emitting oil products and coal -
fired electricity imports.
As the government wishes to avoid dependence
on electricity imports, Switzerland is left with the option to build more nuclear and / or gas - fired capacity.
The report therefore provides a technical guide and recommendations that will help U.S. state policymakers to enable the potential of Canadian
clean electricity imports to help meet CPP standards and other state - level environmental policy goals.»
Those electricity imports helped to stave off potential blackouts as electricity production in the Pacific Norwest suffered due to a drought reducing output from hydropower in Washington, Oregon, and California.
EPS acting general manager Aleksandar Obradovic said in a statement that he has ordered the EPS trading unit to prepare for the possible need for
electricity imports.
As New England and the upper Midwest states have imposed cap - and - trade schemes or renewable energy mandates,
electricity imports from Canada have doubled to about 1.6 % of American electricity consumption.
Ontario is currently working toward
another electricity import deal with Quebec.
Among the ISO's new report, it concluded that power system reliability is «heavily dependent on LNG and
electricity imports,» and «more dual - fuel capability is also a key reliability factor, but permitting for construction and emissions is difficult.»
The link suggests that a protracted wind / solar lull can be overcome by yet - to - be-built pumped hydro storage and
electricity imports.