We the Nuclear North: Canadian Nuclear Workers kept the U.S. State of New York supplied with 626 MW of clean, affordable, stable nuclear power, on average, through the 1560 hours between 12 a.m. New Year’s Day and midnight March 6.

Each Ontario nuclear power plant worker made over 55,480 kWh of the electricity sent from Ontario to New York in January. That’s enough for each nuclear worker to have supplied 102 New York homes over that month.

The people of Ontario sold that nuclear energy to New York for less that what it cost to generate. New York paid on average 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour for it, and the cheapest nuclear energy in Ontario goes for 7.9 cents.

Don’t worry—each nuke plant worker also made 746,440 kWh for use inside Ontario. That’s enough to have powered 995 Ontario homes in January.

Average power Ontario exported to NY Jan 1 through Mar 6:
1385 MW, or 1.385 million kW

What NY paid for Ontario electricity in January:
Roughly $75 million

Average nuclear percentage of Ontario supply Jan 1 through Mar 6:
45.23 percent

Number of Ontario nuclear plant workers:
8400

Average nuclear power in Ontario supply Jan 1 through Mar 6:
9116 MW

Average New York residential monthly electricity consumption:
541 kWh

Average Ontario residential monthly electricity consumption:
750 kWh

Data sources

IESO genoutputcapability http://reports.ieso.ca/public/GenOutputCapability/
IESO Import/Export http://reports.ieso.ca/public/IntertieScheduleFlowYear/ and
http://reports.ieso.ca/public/IntertieScheduleFlow/
IESO Hourly Ontario Electricity Price (HOEP) https://reports-public.ieso.ca/public/PriceHOEPPredispOR/