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Currently, Canada is entitled to half the hydropower generated by dams in the river basin, which Canada mostly sells to U.S. interests. That was a sticking point in negotiations, as the U.S. government sought to reduce the so-called “Canadian entitlement.”
John Hairston, head of the Bonneville Power Administration, which markets hydropower from the dams, said the Canadian entitlement will decrease to less than half of its current level by 2033, which would give the United States almost 600 megawatts of additional power-generating capacity.
“These new terms will go a long way towards helping meet the growing demands for energy in the region and avoid building unnecessary fossil-fuels-based generation,”
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