Canada prioritizes transmission projects to strengthen national electricity grid

          Government of Canada
          
            · June 26, 2026
          
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The Government of Canada (Natural Resources Canada) announced it will prioritize financial and regulatory support for a set of high-priority transmission projects to connect and strengthen provincial and territorial grids (announcement made June 26, 2026).

Announcement details: The federal government will prioritize support for specific intertie and transmission projects, including the British Columbia–Yukon Grid Connect (approx. 800-km, +200-kV HVDC, previously supported by a $40-million NRCan investment), restoration of the Alberta–British Columbia intertie (~+150 MW trade capacity), upgrade of the Alberta–Saskatchewan intertie (replace McNeill converter station to add ~250 MW), Saskatchewan–Manitoba intertie expansion (scalable, up to 2 GW along the Regina–Winnipeg Corridor), and the Prince Edward Island–New Brunswick Interconnection Expansion (new subsea cables and regional reinforcement). The announcement was made following discussions at the Energy and Mines Minister’s Conference (EMMC) on June 26, 2026.
Context and implementation actions: The Transmission InterConnect Investment Strategy has been referred to the Major Projects Office to identify high-priority projects and potential financial solutions; federal supports to advance these projects include the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, financing via the Canada Infrastructure Bank (with a $20-billion clean energy target), NRCan’s $4.5-billion Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program, and an expanded Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program (envelope doubled from $5 billion to $10 billion). A Federal-Provincial-Territorial Framework on Interties will be implemented to establish regional planning, coordination and a standard cost allocation mechanism.

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