Electric Light & Power 2010 Utility of the Year Hydro-Ouebec

摘要

This year Electric Light & Power editors named Canada's largest electricity producer and the world's largest hydroelectric power producer as the magazine's Utility of the Year. The winner is Hydro-Quebec, a utility that's contributing to a cleaner environment and making record profits while keeping rates low for customers. The Canadian state-owned utility with some 23,000 employees generates 98 percent of its electricity from hydropower. Its generating fleet includes 60 hydroelectric, one nuclear and 27 thermal generating stations, plus a wind farm for an installed capacity of 36,810 MW. Hydro-Que"bec TransEnergie operates the most extensive transmission system in North America, with more than 20,656 miles of lines at different voltages and 515 substations.