Hydro-Quebec operates an international electric power transmission system centered in Quebec, Canada. The system pioneered the use of very high voltage 735-kilovolt alternating-current power lines, which link the population centers of Montreal and Quebec City to distant hydroelectric power stations, including the Daniel-Johnson Dam and the James Bay Project in northwestern Quebec, as well as the Churchill Falls Generating Station in Labrador.
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SignificanceThe system pioneered the use of very high voltage 735-kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) power lines that link the population centres of Montreal and Quebec City to distant hydroelectric power stations. 1 Sources
1. Hydro-Québec Electricity Transmission System (Wikipedia)
Lead section, 1965 commissioning sentence
Major expansion of the network began with the commissioning of the 735 kV AC power line in November 1965, as there was a need for electricity transmission over vast distances from the north to southern Quebec.
Lead section, pioneering-technology sentence
The system pioneered the use of very high voltage 735-kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) power lines that link the population centres of Montreal and Quebec City to distant hydroelectric power stations like the Daniel-Johnson Dam and the James Bay Project in northwestern Quebec and the Churchill Falls Generating Station in Labrador
status sentence
Hydro-Quebec operates an international electric power transmission system centered in Quebec, Canada.
In Group: Continental and National Power Grids, Lead paragraph
Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system (also known as the Quebec interconnection) is an international electric power transmission system centred in Quebec, Canada.
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