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MARITIME
ELECTRIC GENERATION AND ENERGY SUPPLY
Maritime Electric owns and operates two Electrical Generating Stations on PEI.  The
Charlottetown Generating Station located on the waterfront in Charlottetown
has six fossil fuel fired units with a combined capacity of 65,000
kilowatts. The Borden Generating Station, located in Borden-Carleton, has two diesel fired combustion turbines with a combined capacity of 38,500 kilowatts.  These Stations are kept in a standby mode and put into operation when energy supply from off-Island sources are interrupted. Most of the electrical energy supplied by Maritime Electric to customers on PEI is purchased from other sources and comes to the Island via two submarine transmission cables under the Northumberland Strait. This electrical energy is distributed to customers on PEI along over 5,000 kilometers of power lines. |