Hydro-Quebec's high-voltage interconnections

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/MPER.1992.138943· OSTI ID:5043476

LeMay, J ^[1]

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1. Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, PQ (Canada)

In the past decade, significant amounts of surplus hydroelectric energy was made available by Hydro-Quebec to neighboring utilities as costs lower than their operating costs for fossil fuel power plants. Recently, firm energy and firm power contracts have been signed in addition to the interconnection and energy banking agreements. The most significant utilities involved include, in Canada, Ontario-Hydro and New Brunswick Power, and in the United States, the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), and groups of utilities in Vermont. Following a brief description of the Hydro-Quebec generation and transmission systems, the operating experience of the last decade will be discussed in this paper in terms of energy exchanges and of practical limits to operating high capability interconnections.

• OSTI ID: 5043476
• Journal Information: IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Power Engineering Review (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States); ISSN 0272-1724; ISSN IPERD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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