Ontario Premier Imposes 25% Surcharge On Electricity

The CBC reports:

Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity, as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. Premier Doug Ford and Energy Minister Stephen Lecce detailed the new levy at a news conference Monday morning.

Ontario provides electricity to roughly 1.5 million customers in the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Ford added the surcharge could be ramped up if the Trump administration further escalates its trade war.

The surcharge is adding about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day — money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.

Read the full article.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has applied a 25% surcharge to all of his province’s electricity exports to the US in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs – and once again warned he could cut off all power headed south, @jeffreybgray.bsky.social reports
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic…

[image or embed]

— Andrea Woo (@andreawoo.bsky.social) March 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM