Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system is an international electric power transmission system centred in Quebec, Canada. The system pioneered the use of very high voltage 735-kilovolt alternat
The two major and three minor NERC interconnections, and the nine NERC Regional Reliability Councils.
735 kV substation near the Robert-Bourassa generating station
The spillway of the Robert-Bourassa Dam (formerly La Grande-2 Dam), one of many hydroelectric dams supplying power to the load centres of Montreal, Quebec City, and the Northeastern United States
View of Churchill Falls, the electrical substation, and the three 735 kV lines that span the river gorge
The North American Ice Storm of 1998 was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Queb
Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system
…southern Quebec. Much of Quebec's population is served by a few 735 kV power lines. This contributed to the severity of the power outage following the North American ice storm of 1998. The first hydroelectric stations in Quebec were built by private entrepreneurs in the late 19th century. In 1903 the first long-distance high-voltage…
An example of the damage to trees
Two inches (50 mm) of ice on a twig, illustrating the impact.
A T-shirt sold in Ottawa, Ontario, a region affected by the 1998 North American Ice Storm