Monthly and annual historical data on electricity trade between Canada and the United States, including volumes, values, and prices. The dataset is provided by the Canada Energy Regulator from companies authorized to import and export electricity. It covers trade broken out by source and destination.
Use Cases
- Modeling monthly electricity trade volume based on seasonal weather patterns and regional supply-demand data.
- Analyzing price differentials between import and export values to identify market arbitrage opportunities.
- Forecasting annual export volumes using historical time-series data on trade flows.
- Assessing the impact of regulatory changes by tracking trade values and volumes reported by authorized companies.
Strengths
- Data is reported monthly by authorized companies, providing regular temporal granularity.
- Covers both import and export flows, including volumes, values, and prices.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column count, and exact temporal coverage are unknown.
- Data may be limited to authorized companies, potentially excluding smaller or unregulated trade.
Provenance
- Source
- Canada Energy Regulator (CER)
- Collection Method
- Mandatory monthly reporting from companies holding regulatory authorization to import/export electricity.
- Freshness
- Last updated March 2026.
- Geography
- Canada and United States.