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Ontario collects $260,000 from one-day electricity surcharge on U.S. exports

Published Apr 11, 2025 at 6:44pm

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Ontario collects $260,000 from one-day electricity surcharge on U.S. exports

Power lines are seen against cloudy skies near Kingston, Ont., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld ajw

Ontario collected about $260,000 from the one day an electricity surcharge was in effect on exports to the United States, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce's office said Friday.

Premier Doug Ford announced on March 10 that Ontario was placing a 25-per-cent surcharge on electricity the province sends to 1.5 million homes in three states as one retaliatory measure against tariffs imposed on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump.

It caught the attention of Trump, who then announced he would double impending tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50 per cent in response to Ontario's electricity surcharge.

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