Transmission in Alberta

The need for transmission

• Alberta’s population has grown by one million people, or 42 per cent since 1988.
       During this time only one  major transmission line has been built.
• The demand for power has been rising three per cent a year, and has risen more 
       than 17 per cent in the past five years alone.

AltaLink’s role

• AltaLink’s transmission system provides the vital high voltage link between Alberta’s
       generation supply and the distribution systems that carry electricity directly to
       consumers.
• After assuming control of Alberta’s largest transmission system in 2002, AltaLink
       became the first stand-alone transmission provider in Canada.
• AltaLink owns and operates nearly 60 per cent of the transmission system in Alberta,
       including approximately 11,800 kilometres of transmission lines and 270
       substations.
• AltaLink supplies 85 per cent of Alberta’s population with electricity.

Working around transmission lines
For questions and answers about working around transmission lines, open AltaLink’s Good Neighbours brochure below.

Good Neighbours
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