Was looking for import data on energy and came across this "Hourly Electric Grid Monitor”.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Was looking for import data on energy and came across this "Hourly Electric Grid Monitor”. Super interesting!

I've attached the US-wide electric grid stat for the past 30 days and the "Bonneville Power Administration" which is the thing that apparently figures out the electriicty balancing in the PacNW including from BCHydro

The US chart has both Mexico and Canada imports... looks like during the recent cold snap the US was actually *exporting* significantly to Canada? And now has switching to net import? (Do I have this backwards?)

On the PNW chart, “BCHA" The BC Hydro Power Authority is highlighted. It looks to be consistent exporter over the past week.
#Power #Electricity #Canada #USA #Import #Export

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/US48/US48

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Andrew

@chris seems like BC Hydro could be making cheap power for Canadian manufacturers, just spitballing you know?

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@fletch getting it to Ontario is the problem. We need a national grid across provinces!

Andrew

@chris there’s a nation building pro-industry project begging to happen. WTF? No one can trust the USA for anything ever again. New reality, start working

CodieneC

@fletch @chris I've thought that for a long time - we have a highway running across the country & there is no reason all the grids can't be tied in and built upon with alternative energy along the route.

Andrew

@CodieneC @chris and a railway. Fk it build a completely new corridor. It will pay itself in golden eggs in the future of renewable electricity.

Jean-Francois Mezei

@CodieneC @fletch @chris Merging grids is easier said than done and not necessarily desirable. Each grid has its own 60hz synchronization, so. Export/import between is possible but requires conversion from AC to DC and then back to AC in the other side's 60hz cycle. (As Québec does when selling to Ontario, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusets. ) Having a single unified grid risks bringing the whole country down if a problem arises (lookup North East Grid outage.

Jean-Francois Mezei

@CodieneC @fletch @chris Of Alberta is to stay in Canada, BC's role is to sell it electricity so AB can ween itself from fossil fuels. That is a big enough task and BC need not be concerned about Ontario.

Québec can upgrade interchanges with Ontario and instead of selling to USA, can sell to Ontario.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@jfmezei @CodieneC @fletch Site C can likely have a big input on both Alberta and maybe even Saskatchewan, though Manitoba is better suited.

allen

@fletch
@CodieneC @chris

If it takes a full-on trade war from our biggest trading partner, for Canada's leaders to get together and finally work on a fully double-tracked (electrified???) cross-country Canadian (high-speed????) railway corridor, I say bring it on.