Country’s flag The Electric Power System - CANADA - 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 Hydro One 29,000 690,000 140 Maritime Electric 780 transmission - 1 Manitoba Hydro 11,700 545,000 21 New Brunswick 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-Quebec 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) Canada Power System 25.