Quebec Quietly Cut Off New England's Power After Trump's Tariff
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Two days. That's how long it took after Trump's tariffs on Canada took effect for Hydro-Québec to quietly stop sending meaningful electricity into New England. The company says it was about low prices, not politics. The timing says something else entirely. New York imported more electricity from Canada last year than any other US state. New England gets up to 10% of its power from a 932-mile transmission line built in the 1980s from James Bay, Quebec, to suburban Boston — specifically so the region would never have to depend entirely on gas plants again. On March 6, 2025, that flow essentially stopped, two days after the tariffs hit. The New England Power Generators Association's own president said relying on an assumption that Quebec would "always be there" no longer looked like "responsible reliability planning." The gap got filled with dirtier, more expensive natural gas and oil power instead. This June, Hydro-Québec resumed exports — expanding into New York City via a brand-new t
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