Canadian Electricity Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Initial Assessment

被引:37
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作者
Leach, Andrew [1 ]
Rivers, Nic [2 ]
Shaffer, Blake [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Alberta Sch Business, Edmonton, AB, Canada
[2] Univ Ottawa, Grad Sch Publ & Int Affairs, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[3] Univ Calgary, Dept Econ, Calgary, AB, Canada
[4] Univ Calgary, Sch Publ Policy, Calgary, AB, Canada
关键词
COVID-19; data availability; electricity demand; generation;
D O I
10.3138/cpp.2020-060
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This article examines the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on electricity markets across select Canadian provinces, using available data. Using high-frequency electricity data, we find electricity demand declined by roughly 10 percent in Ontario and by about 5 percent in Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick. On the supply side, in Alberta we find reductions from some natural gas plants and an increase in net generation from the oil sands region, whereas Ontario sees an increase in net electricity exports. Policy implications include potential rate impacts as a result of fixed charges spread over a smaller rate base, the potential use of electricity data as a real-time economic indicator during the pandemic, and a call to arms to make electricity data across all Canadian provinces more readily available. Les auteurs examinent l'effet de la pandemie de COVID-19 sur les marches de l'electricite dans certaines provinces canadiennes en s'appuyant sur les donnees disponibles. Leur analyse des donnees relatives a l'electricite a haute frequence revele que la demande d'electricite a diminue d'environ 10 % en Ontario, moins dans les autres provinces etudiees. Du cote de l'offre, en Alberta, ils observent que la production de certaines centrales au gaz naturel a diminue, mais que la production nette a partir des installations des sables bitumineux a augmente, tandis que l'Ontario a enregistre une augmentation des exportations nettes. Les repercussions de ces constats sur les politiques sont notamment leur incidence potentielle sur les tarifs en raison de frais fixes repartis sur une base tarifaire plus restreinte, l'utilisation potentielle des donnees sur l'electricite comme indicateur economique en temps reel pendant la pandemie et un cri du c oe ur pour que soit facilite l'acces aux donnees sur l'electricite dans toutes les provinces canadiennes.
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页码:S145 / S159
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