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The Electrical Generating capacities of each province and territory in Canada are broken down below. Units when available are provided in Megawatts (MW). ALBERTA Data is as of May, 2005 {Link without Title} .
Total: 12,099 MW NEW BRUNSWICK Taken from NBPower WebSite Generation NB Power Generation supplies wholesale energy products in a competitive environment. It wholly-owns two subsidiaries: NB Power Coleson Cove Corporation, which owns and operates the Coleson Cove Generating Station, and NB Coal Limited, which mines coal to supply the Grand Lake Generating Station. Electricity is generated at 14 hydro, coal, oil, diesel and Orimulsion®, powered stations, with an installed net capacity of 3,313 MW comprised of 1,903 MW thermal, 884 MW hydro and 526 MW of combustion turbine capacity. With limited natural resources to generate electricity in the province, NB Power Generation has developed one of the most diverse generating systems in North America. Units have performed well against availability and reliability targets, which are essential to meeting operational and financial objectives. The 458 MW base load unit at Belledune was recently recognized by an industry benchmarking group as the one of the most economic coal-fired generators in North America. Capitalizing on geographic location and regional weather diversity, the generating system was designed to meet winter peaks and benefit from non-winter sales to neighbouring jurisdictions. ONTARIO History In the 1990s at the Pickering A nuclear station 2 reactors were taken out of service - are not worth repairing; it was expected that they would last at least 30 years. They did supply at least 1000 MW. The Darlington nuclear plant was completed in 1993, $32 billion over budget. One of the Ontario government's election promises was to close down by 2007 all of the coal-fired generating stations because of their air pollution, but this has been delayed pending their replacement. Most of the air pollution in Ontario comes from plants in the USA. As on August, 2005: Ontario Power Generation (OPG): Ontario Power Authority (OPA): Scheduled to supply by December 2005 an integrated plan for long-term electricity supply. Previously a similar massive 4-volume report "Balance of Power" was published in 1989 by the then Ontario Hydro , covering the estimated requirements until 2014, but because of the recession in the early 1990s, and the consequent unforeseen reduction of electricity demand, the recommendations of that report were not implemented. I am looking at page A9 of the April 16, 1990 issue of THE GLOBE AND MAIL. Public Information Centres were set up under the Environmental Assessment Act, 1980, and a graph shows the expected gap between the available electricity power [in Gigawatts (GW) ] up to 2014, and the expected electricity demand, if no new, additional and replacement sources of electricity would be made available. ..... A letter (enclosed with the 4-volume set?) by Chris Taylor of the Public Relations Division, dated February, 1990, mentions a public feedback program during the first six months of 1990. As on February, 2006: The government of Ontario provided households with a small booklet "Our Energy, Our Future. It's Time To Talk About Our Electricity Future" and requested comments from the public. See the website http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=english.energyfuture Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO): Maximum demand so far, on July 13, 2005, was 26100 MW. About 3000 MW had to be purchased from outside Ontario because at that time about 2500 MW of potential generation from Ontario plants was not available because of repairs, maintenance, etc. QUéBEC Data is as of 2002 {Link without Title} .
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