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Ontario signs contract to import electricity from U.S.
The contract will help cover winter shortfalls as the Pickering nuclear plant stays offline and Ontario missed some needed capacity in a recent auction.
- Ontario signed a 600-megawatt power import contract with Alpha Generation on Wednesday, despite Premier Doug Ford's recent threats to cut off electricity exports to the United States.
- Power shortfalls from the Pickering nuclear plant's multi-year refurbishment and gas supply failures during winter storms prompted the new contract. In January 2026's storm Fern, 2,400 megawatts of natural gas went offline across multiple plants.
- Independent Electricity System Operator officials stated the contract starting Nov. 1 provides power for "facility maintenance." Recent capacity auction prices reached $725 per megawatt per business day, the highest ever in Ontario.
- Ontario Clean Air Alliance chair Jack Gibbons criticized the deal, stating it increases dependency on "Donald Trump's America" and relies on carbon-intensive fossil fuel imports rather than renewables.
- Power Advisory analysts warn the era of long-term capacity surpluses in Ontario is officially over, describing this import contract as the "latest sign of an increasingly tight supply/demand balance.
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