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Interconnector
Canada - Alberta – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection
18th-largest interconnector in Canada of 22 · top 79% worldwide (#556 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Length
- 345 km
- Voltage
- 230 kV
- Connects to
- United States
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Canada · 22 ranked
- #1Canada - Newfoundland – Canada - Quebec interconnection5.2 GW
- #16Canada - Atlantic – Canada - Newfoundland interconnection500 MW
- #17Canada - Manitoba – Canada - Saskatchewan interconnection350 MW
- #18Canada - Alberta – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection300 MW
- #19Canada - Manitoba – Canada - Ontario interconnection200 MW
- #20Canada - Alberta – Canada - Saskatchewan interconnection150 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- United States (US-NW-IPCO) – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 18 MW
- United States (US-NW-AVA) – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 142 MW
- United States (US-NW-GWA) – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 190 MW
- Taft - Garrison 500KV #19.8 km · Transmission Line
- Taft - Garrison 500KV #29.8 km · Transmission Line
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No mentioning of new lines with USA in AESO Long-term Transmission Plan 2022.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)