Report looks at electricity trends in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence region
In advance of its Leadership Summit in Québec City, the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers (GSGP) released the findings of a first-ever report that looks at energy generation and transmission across the Great Lakes St. Lawrence region.
Titled “A 10-Year Retrospective and Prospective Assessment of Trends in Electricity Supply and Demand and Associated Water Consumption in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region,” the report, conducted by Global CO2 initiative at the University of Michigan, used public data from 2014 to 2023 to provide a retrospective and prospective assessment of the region’s electricity generation and related water use.
Key insights from the study include:
- The region produces more energy than it consumes, and it has an opportunity going forward to consider the best economic use of excess regional energy.
- Energy consumption in the region over the last 10 years has been largely stable, while real GDP at the Provincial and State levels has grown.
- The region has conserved billions of gallons of water annually related to electricity production.
- The region’s electric system operates as a whole with considerable interstate/interprovincial and international power flows.
The full press release can be found here.
