During the 2000-2001 power crisis in California, energy utilities such as Enron were accused of manipulating the energy markets by actions such as deliberately shutting down some generating stations for unneeded “maintenance work” in order to cause power shortages, driving up the overall price of electricity.
Perhaps with this in mind Bruce Power LP, the operators of the 6,192 MW Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario have announced that all of their operational units are in fact operating. Which was a good thing since Ontario used a record 27,005 megawatts of power this afternoon, beating the previous record of 26,160 megawatts set last July. The Globe and Mail notes that right now Ontario is maxed-out
The province's nuclear generation is operating at 99 per cent of its potential, while oil and gas is running at 100-per-cent capacity. The coal supply is operating at 89 per cent and hydroelectric at 88 per cent capacity.
The Independent Electricity System Operator has a page listing current and peak demand.