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The Electric Power System

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Canada Power System 1 2 Basic facts

 Area: 9 984 670 km²  Population: 36 930 508 (2018)  Number of electricity consumers: 34 Million  Number of TFOs: 22  Number of DFOs: 140  Peak load: 108 000 MW*  Average interruption of electricity: 4.97 hours (2016)

* Summed provincial peak loads

Canada Power System 2 3 Basic facts

By the Global numbers…  7th – Canada’s world ranking in primary energy production (2016)  9th – Canada’s world ranking in primary energy consumption (2016)  14.4% of Canada’s total exports were energy related  2nd – Canada’s ranking in Hydroelectric generation (2015) By the Domestic numbers…  14.6% of Canada’s electricity is produced from nuclear generation (2016)  9.3% of Canada’s electricity is produced from coal (2016)  58.8% of Canada’s electricity is produced from hydropower (2016)  652 Terawatt-hours of total electricity generation (2016)

Canada Power System 3 4 Map of Canada’s Grid Interconnections

Canada Power System 4 5 Map of Canada’s Grid Interconnections

Canada Power System 5 6 Grid Facts and Characteristics

Canada Power System 6 7 Structure of Electrical Power System

Canada Power System 7 Map of the High Voltage Grid (345kV and greater)

Canada Power System 8 9 Canadian TFO(s) Network length Annual Transmitted Companies Served Area (km²) (km) energy (TWh) AltaLink 13,000 212,000 60 Atco Electric 10,000 320,000 10 18,286 BC Hydro 870,000 54 transmission Brookfeild 2,200 transmission - - Infrastructure Enmax 288 1000 21 EPCOR 203 89,600 7 Fortis BC 1,500 17,000 3 29,000 690,000 140 Maritime Electric 780 transmission - 1 Hydro 11,700 545,000 21 Power 6,849 72, 910 115 Nalcor 1,100 - 8 Nova Scotia Power 5300 transmission 50,000 10 Sask Power 14,384 652,000 18 Hydro- 41,000 1,400,000 220

Canada Power System 9 10 Cooperation of TFO and DFOs and ISOs  Provincial governments have control of generation and transmission of electrical energy  Policies and power industry structure set regionally – differs from province to province  Where disaggregated utilities exist TFO and DFO are open access and regulated as monopolies with franchise areas

Canada Power System 10 11 Responsibilities of TFOs, DFOs and regional ISOs  Interconnection of customers, generation and load System operations Asset management Project execution – EPC Reliability Resiliency Security (cyber & physical) Power quality etc.

Canada Power System 11 12 Installed Capacity by Primary Resource

Canada Power System 12 Energy Production by Primary Resource

Canada Power System 13 14 Development of Generation since 1990

Canada Power System 14 Consumption by Customer Group

Electrical Demand in Canada by Sector, 2014 Total Electricity Demand in Canada, 2014 = 491.22 TWh

Canada Power System 15 16 Consumption by Customer Group

Canada Power System 16 17 Location of Renewable Energy Sources 2016

Canada Power System 17 18 Development of Wind Power

Canada Power System 18 19 Development of Photovoltaic Power

Canada Power System 19 20 RES Installed Capacity since 2006

Canada Power System 20 21 Future Coal Generation

Coal Fleet Profile (MW) Coal Capacity Reduction – Retirement as per the Coal Regulation

Canada Power System 21 22 Price Development for Industrial Consumers

Canada Power System 22 23 Price Development for Industrial Consumers

Canada Power System 23 24 Price Development for Residential Customers

Canada Power System 24 Electricity Exports and Imports between the U.S. and Canada (Terawatt-hours)

 Generation : 635 TWh (2015)  Consumption : 498 TWh (2016)  Imports : 9 TWh (2016)  Exports : 73 TWh (2016)

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