Canada-U.S. electricity trade under pressure: Thomas J. Timmins discusses potential impacts in The Globe and Mail

Speaking recently with The Globe and Mail, Thomas J. Timmins, head of Gowling WLG’s Energy Law Practice, weighed in on the potential consequences of limiting electricity exports from Canada to the United States. As various Canadian provinces consider curtailing cross-border power transfers in response to United States executive branch tariff threats, concerns are growing about the impact on energy reliability and costs.

In his remarks on the rapidly changing situation, Timmins noted that Canadian electricity is consumed right across the U.S. electricity grid and that changes to cross-border electricity trade could significantly affect both system reliability and pricing on both sides of the border. “Power goes back and forth across the international border every second and goes in both directions, and it operates as though there were no border,” Timmins said.

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• Provinces’ threats to limit electricity exports to U.S. could strain cross-border relations – and the power grid

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