1、Electricity 101The following slide deck contains information about Electricity Canada and the Canadian electricity industry.Unless noted otherwise,charts were prepared by Electricity Canada based on data from third-party sources,such as Statistics Canada,Environment and Climate Change Canada,the Int
2、ernational Energy Agency and the World Bank.Electricity CanadaFounded,in 1891,Electricity Canada is the national forum and voice of the evolving electricity business sector in Canada.Mission:Electricity Canada is the national voice for sustainable electricity for its members and the customers they s
3、erve.RegulatoryThe electricity sector is strongly regulated in Canada.Multi-jurisdictional EnvironmentElectricity Market Structure in CanadaRegulatory Regime for Large Infrastructure ProjectsIntegrated North American GridNorth American Electric Reliability Corporation(NERC)RegionsJurisdictional Divi
4、sion of ResponsibilityProvincial/Territorial GovernmentsFederal GovernmentResource management within provincial boundariesIntra-provincial trade and commerceIntra-provincial environmental impactsGeneration and transmission of electrical energyConservation and demand response policiesResource managem
5、ent on frontier landsNuclear safetyInter-provincial and international tradeTrans-boundary environmental impacts Environmental impacts where federal lands,investment or powers applyCodes,standards and labeling relating to conservation and demand Other policies of national interestCanadas Multi-Jurisd
6、ictional EnvironmentNunavutVertically-integrated Crown Corporation.Corporation(QEC)NWTVertically-integrated crown corporationInvestor-owned distribution utility provides service in several communitiesCost-of-service regulationRegulator:Northwest Territories Public Utilities Board(NWT PUB)PEIProcures