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- Title
United States' electricity imports from Quebec and the fair trade issue.
- Authors
Bernard, Jean-Thomas
- Abstract
Hydro-Quebec's energy exports to neighbouring American electric utilities have increased substantially over the last decade as a result of conditions created by the oil crisis of the seventies. These increases have mostly been in the form of interruptible energy exchanges. Considering prices and costs of production on both sides of the border, the prospects for further growth of firm energy exports to the United States appear to be reasonably good. Some institutional features of electricity production in Quebec may raise concerns about fair trading. These concerns have little foundation, however, when consideration is given to the size of energy imports relative to the American northeast market, the pricing method of Hydro-Québec electricity exports to the United States, and the role played by the National Energy Board in Canada.
- Subjects
UNITED States; QUEBEC (Province); CANADA; ELECTRIC power distribution; ELECTRIC utilities; PETROLEUM industry; ELECTRIC power production; UNFAIR competition; CANADA. National Energy Board
- Publication
Canadian Public Administration, 1988, Vol 31, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0008-4840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1754-7121.1988.tb02143.x