A compendium of electric reliability frameworks across Canada : Aperçu des cadres de gestion de la fiabilité du service d'électricité au Canada

The timing of the Compendium is guided by the ongoing issues surrounding the assurance of reliability in restructured electricity markets, and by the 14 August 2003 power blackout, which has raised concerns about the reliability of the interconnected North American transmission grid. [...] The NEB requires the applicant to provide information on the impacts of the operation of the proposed power line on the power systems in other provinces, i.e., other than those provinces through which the line passes. [...] The reliability frameworks, in terms of the roles of the provincial governments, regulators and market participants, are diverse with the type and extent of oversight varying among the provinces. [...] The benefit to between peak and off-peak electricity prices; the utility was to share some of the cost savings, and the capability of these consumers to shift and thus improve the return on their regulated load from peak to off-peak. [...] The NEB exercises the federal regulatory mandate with respect to the construction and operation of international power lines (IPLs) and electricity exports.14 The NEB takes into account reliability when considering authorizations of power line and export applications.15 It requires the applicant to provide information on the impacts of the operation of the proposed IPL on the power systems in othe