{"id":17293,"date":"2026-08-27T09:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:15:53","slug":"what-would-losing-canadas-electricity-mean-for-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17293","title":{"rendered":"What would losing Canada\u2019s electricity mean for the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford has floated cutting off Canadian power to the U.S. in retaliation for President Trump\u2019s trade war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/136.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/136.png 546w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/136-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Ford told The Associated Press that \u201ceverything is on the table,\u201d including cutting off electricity to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe power 1.5 million homes and businesses,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything\u2019s on the table. I\u2019ll do whatever it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made similar remarks during a Wednesday press conference, calling on other regions of Canada to join him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything\u2019s on the table, but I can\u2019t do it alone,\u201d Ford said. \u201cI\u2019m not the only province that ships electricity down to the U.S. We need a Team Canada approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, Canada supplied less than 1 percent of the total electricity used in the U.S. last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that\u2019s not divided evenly among states, as some in the Northern U.S. get a more significant share of their power from the neighboring country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t receive the imports from Canada, we have to switch on more expensive plants, and we could get the power from those more expensive plants, but we would be then increasing our CO2 emissions, in addition to paying higher costs,\u201d said John Parsons, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Sloan School of Management and researcher with its Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doug Arent, global fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, said that Ontario on its own would not likely make a material difference, saying if Ford cut off power to the U.S. unilaterally, it would be more of a \u201csymbolic gesture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, if more provinces were involved, Arent said, Americans in the Northeast U.S. could see prices rise if a shutoff lasts more than a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf it\u2019s off for days or weeks, then in that month, there might be price impacts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford has floated cutting off Canadian power to the U.S. in retaliation for President Trump\u2019s trade war. On Monday, Ford told The Associated Press that \u201ceverything is on the table,\u201d including cutting off electricity to the U.S. \u201cWe power 1.5 million homes and businesses,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything\u2019s on the table. 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