Hydro-Québec is a Canadian Crown corporation public utility headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, as well as the export
Montreal Light, Heat and Power linemen.
The spillway at the Robert-Bourassa generating station can deal with a water flow twice as large as the Saint Lawrence River. Inaugurated in 1979 the 5,616 MW generating station was at the heart of a network of 8 hydroelectric stations known as the James Bay Project.
The North American ice storm of January 1998 left 1.4 million Hydro-Québec customers in the dark for up to five weeks.
The Hydro-Québec Building is a landmark of Montreal's downtown.
The Robert-Bourassa generating station, formerly known as La Grande-2, is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project in Canada. The station c
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…from 616 to 3,661 MW while lowering residential power rates by half in the Montreal area. 1960–1979: the second nationalization The spillway at the Robert-Bourassa generating station can deal with a water flow twice as large as the Saint Lawrence River. Inaugurated in 1979 the 5,616 MW generating station was at the heart of a network…
The 274-metre long Eastmain River bridge, one of 12 river crossings built to link the worksite to southern Quebec.
Spillway (left) and main dam
The Robert Bourassa Reservoir as seen from space