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标题：Electricity Restructuring: Is Ontario Getting it
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作者：John Grant
期刊名称：IAEE Energy Forum (formerly: IAEE Newsletter)
印刷版ISSN：1093-4243
电子版ISSN：1944-3188
出版年度：2002
卷号：4
出版社：International Association for Energy Economics
摘要：As many know, electricity restructuring is proceeding rapidly in much of the United States and indeed many parts of the world. As far as Canada is concerned, the two provinces of Alberta and Ontario have led the way but there isn’t exactly a rush to get on board. Most of the Canadian provinces already benefit from relatively low-cost and ample electricity supply, based on endowments of hydro power or coal and, in Ontario’s case, large-scale nuclear installations. Given this endowment, most Canadian provinces see themselves as exporters of electricity ( as well as other energy products) to the United States and will do whatever is necessary, including providing open access to their electricity grids at the wholesale level, to obtain FERC permission to make those exports; but generally there has been little enthusiasm for opening up retail markets. Keep in mind that in Canada, most of the integrated utilities are owned by the provincial government, so that the natural inclination of the incumbent to preserve its monopoly franchise is reinforced by the government’s position as the owner of the monopoly asset. Of all the provinces, only Ontario and Alberta, both of them under fairly right-wing regimes, have pursued electricity restructuring through to the retail frontier.