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1960-1969

  • The first 300 MW generating begins at Lakeview station.
  • Canada's first prototype nuclear power station, at 25-MW, begins production in 1962.
  • In 1965, Hydro-Québec inaugurated the world's first 735-kV commercial transmission line.
  • The first commercial nuclear plant, the 200 MW Douglas Point NGS, delivers power to Ontario Hydro's grid in 1967.