The United States is a major customer for Canadian electricity, with all American power grids — with the exception of Texas — interconnected with Canadian provinces.
In 2023, the U.S. imported around 33 TWh (terawatt hours) from Canadian generating stations.
For reference, the total production in the U.S. excluding Texas was[1] about 3700 TWh per year in 2022. So the Canadian power constitutes less than 10%, or about that of small-sized state (in terms of power generation).
Of course, the U.S. power grids are complex[2] so might have a larger impact locally than these average numbers suggest.
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[ 13.8 ms ] story [ 1099 ms ] threadThe United States is a major customer for Canadian electricity, with all American power grids — with the exception of Texas — interconnected with Canadian provinces.
In 2023, the U.S. imported around 33 TWh (terawatt hours) from Canadian generating stations.
For reference, the total production in the U.S. excluding Texas was[1] about 3700 TWh per year in 2022. So the Canadian power constitutes less than 10%, or about that of small-sized state (in terms of power generation).
Of course, the U.S. power grids are complex[2] so might have a larger impact locally than these average numbers suggest.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electri...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_power_transmiss...