Competition

Two Canadian provinces together accounting for around half of Canadian power consumption have full wholesale and retail competition. Most other provinces have moved or are moving to some form of wholesale competition.

Province by Province Update

• Alberta
  • Wholesale and retail open access
  • Functional separation
• British Columbia
  • Wholesale open access
  • Functional separation
• Manitoba
  • Wholesale open access
  • Functional separation
  • First member of RTO
• New Brunswick
  • Transmission wholesale and industrial retail open access 2003
• Newfoundland
  • Energy policies under review
• Nova Scotia
  • New energy policy imminent in 2002
• Ontario
  • Wholesale and retail open access
  • Corporate separation of generation, transmission and system control functions
• Prince Edward Island
  • Distribution network only
• Québec
  • Wholesale open access
  • Functional separation
    • Wholesale competition for domestic Id > 165 TWh
• Saskatchewan
  • Wholesale open access
  • Functional separation