Ontario Moves Ahead With 25 Percent Surcharge on Electricity Exported to US

The electricity tariff will be paid by utility providers in the three impacted states of New York, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Power lines are seen against cloudy skies near Murvale, Ont., northwest of Kingston, on Sept. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has followed through on his pledge to impose a 25 percent tariff on electricity exported to the United States in response to the tariffs enacted on Canadian products by President Donald Trump.

The export tax on the energy Ontario sends to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota comes into force today, bumping up the cost of electricity for 1.5 million households and businesses in those states, Doug Ford said during a March 10 press conference in Toronto.