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...provinces. Today a haphazard quilt of regimes governs transmission across thousands of miles of wire. Ontario, still contemplating deregulation, shares power with New York State, which is fully deregulated, and with Michigan, which is not. A huge transmission line from James Bay in northern Quebec can carry 2,000 MW of power south, but when the juice reaches the grid to New England, U.S. wires are capable of transmitting only 1,500 MW. "There's a tremendous need for the U.S. to spend more money on its part of the power grid if we want this market to work," says...
Canada and the U.S. are in a kind of energy symbiosis. In 1999 Canada exported more than 38 million MW hours, but the number has reached as high as 50 million in recent years. In turn, U.S. demand is an important factor in building many Canadian energy projects. The hunger for power in the Western U.S. spurred plans to build more than 4,000 MW of new generating capacity in Alberta over the next five years, and a dedicated transmission line south to capitalize on American demand has also been on the provincial wish list. Similarly, Ontario and Quebec...
...production and distribution across the country. Not only is Mosenergo the only electricity supplier to more than 16 million people in the Moscow region, but it furnishes more than 80% of their heat as well. The company owns 21 electric power stations, with a generation capacity of 14,690 MW. Demand for Mosenergo's services is unlikely to diminish anytime soon...
...three promises from the North Koreans. In a letter to Washington they pledged they would not extract the plutonium -- enough for four or five atom bombs -- from the 8,000 fuel rods they removed from their nuclear reactor at Yongbyon earlier this month. They will not reload the 5-MW reactor with new fuel rods. And they will allow international inspectors to remain on duty to verify those promises. "This does not solve the problem," Clinton said, "but it certainly gives us the basis for seeking a solution." To pursue it, the two sides will sit down to another round...
...Administration is prepared to go back to serious talks -- if the North Koreans will first freeze their nuclear program. That means, explained Vice President Gore, they must not extract plutonium from the 8,000 fuel rods they have just removed from their 5-MW reactor at Yongbyon; they must not put new fuel rods into the reactor; they must keep the IAEA inspectors on duty "and allow them to function...