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  2. Electricity pricing - Wikipedia

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    According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), "Electricity prices generally reflect the cost to build, finance, maintain, and operate power plants and the electricity grid." Where pricing forecasting is the method by which a generator, a utility company, or a large industrial consumer can predict the wholesale prices of ...

  3. Cost of electricity by source - Wikipedia

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    The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is a metric that attempts to compare the costs of different methods of electricity generation consistently. Though LCOE is often presented as the minimum constant price at which electricity must be sold to break even over the lifetime of the project, such a cost analysis requires assumptions about the value of various non-financial costs (environmental ...

  4. Electricity sector in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The second-largest single source of power (15% of the total) is nuclear power, with several plants in Ontario generating more than half of that province's electricity, and one generator in New Brunswick. This makes Canada the world's sixth-largest producer of electricity generated by nuclear power, producing 95 TWh in 2017. [5]

  5. Electricity policy of Ontario - Wikipedia

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    The legislation capped retail prices at 4.3 cents per kWh and Ontario Power Generation (the successor of Ontario Hydro's electricity generation division) was to provide customers with a rebate for 100% of all electricity charges above that mark, retroactive to the market opening and continuing until 1 May 2006. Transmission and distribution ...

  6. Renewable energy in Canada - Wikipedia

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    This has driven up fees to the point that Ontario's electricity costs are among the highest in North America. Despite the vast expense of replacing coal generation with renewables, the reduction in air pollution has been minimal. The same results could have been achieved by retrofits to the existing coal power plants, at one-tenth the cost. [66]

  7. List of natural gas power stations in Canada - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of all natural gas-fired power stations in Canada. There are 39 power stations in operation as of February 2020. There are 39 power stations in operation as of February 2020. Ontario has the highest number with 12 power stations scattered across the province, followed by Saskatchewan with 10 power stations and Alberta with 9 ...

  8. Lake Erie Connector - Wikipedia

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    The 117 kilometres (73 mi) high-voltage direct current line will carry up to 1000 MW and run from Nanticoke, Ontario to Erie County, Pennsylvania. [2] The connector is budgeted at US$1 billion. [3] Energy planners first started to work on the project in 2004. [4]

  9. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    A utility pole, commonly referred to as a transmission pole, telephone pole, telecommunication pole, power pole, hydro pole, telegraph pole, or telegraph post, is a column or post used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and ...