{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "generated_on": "2026-09-27",
  "title": "Canadian and non-U.S. Epoch connection-source framework",
  "canada_epoch_site_count": 0,
  "note": "The current 93-site Epoch snapshot contains no Canada records. Canadian connection sources are nevertheless maintained as a ready-to-use layer and now include current 2026 public intake/planning context.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "jurisdiction": "British Columbia, Canada",
      "provider": "BC Hydro",
      "source_type": "AI/data-center connection application aggregate",
      "url": "https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/electrical-connections/large-load/emerging-industries-connections.html",
      "matching_rule": "Use only when the individual application/site/customer is publicly identifiable; aggregate application MW is not a facility match."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Ontario, Canada",
      "provider": "IESO",
      "source_type": "connection application status universe",
      "url": "https://ieso.ca/Sector-Participants/Connection-Process/Application-Status",
      "matching_rule": "Resolve the exact proponent, location, connection point/project identifier and status where public."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Ontario, Canada",
      "provider": "Ontario Energy Board",
      "source_type": "distribution capacity / geospatial context",
      "url": "https://www.oeb.ca/ontarios-energy-sector/centralized-capacity-information-map",
      "matching_rule": "Use as grid context; do not treat capacity layers as proof of a specific facility-service match."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Quebec, Canada",
      "provider": "Hydro-Québec",
      "source_type": "data-center sector and connection-policy source",
      "url": "https://news.hydroquebec.com/news/press-releases/all-quebec/hydro-quebec-proposing-regie-energie-new-rate-large-data-centres-adjustment-rate-cryptographic-use-applied-blockchains.html",
      "matching_rule": "Resolve named site/project and individual selection/connection evidence before asserting a site match."
    }
  ],
  "non_us_rules": [
    "Identify the national transmission operator and local distribution network.",
    "Prefer exact service applications, grid-connection agreements, planning approvals or regulator dockets over sector aggregates.",
    "Preserve local-language identifiers and raw project names alongside normalized English names.",
    "Record NO MATCH FOUND where site identity is public but no individual connection record is public."
  ],
  "current_public_context": [
    {
      "jurisdiction": "British Columbia, Canada",
      "provider": "BC Hydro",
      "status": "2026_call_for_demand_closed",
      "public_context": "15 Emerging Industries applications representing close to 800 MW of requested load; feasibility results were scheduled for August 24, 2026 with successful applicants anticipated by end-September 2026.",
      "source_url": "https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/electrical-connections/large-load/emerging-industries-connections.html",
      "accounting": "Aggregate intake context only; applications are not automatically mapped to individual data centers."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Ontario, Canada",
      "provider": "IESO",
      "status": "current_public_connection_application_universe",
      "public_context": "Public Application Status provides a large connection universe; the September 2026 source exposes 2,074 application rows. Large-computational-load technical requirements were revised September 3, 2026.",
      "source_url": "https://ieso.ca/Sector-Participants/Connection-Process/Application-Status",
      "secondary_source_url": "https://ieso.ca/Sector-Participants/Planning-and-Forecasting",
      "accounting": "Application-level records may be confidential at later study stages; exact site matching must use public identifiers."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Quebec, Canada",
      "provider": "Hydro-Québec",
      "status": "sector_context",
      "public_context": "Hydro-Québec publicly describes a fast-growing data-center sector; its rate proposal discusses an electricity sector peak near 200 MW currently and a potential increase toward roughly 1,000 MW by 2035.",
      "source_url": "https://news.hydroquebec.com/news/press-releases/all-quebec/hydro-quebec-proposing-regie-energie-new-rate-large-data-centres-adjustment-rate-cryptographic-use-applied-blockchains.html",
      "accounting": "Sector aggregate only; not a facility-level match."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Manitoba, Canada",
      "provider": "Manitoba Hydro",
      "status": "large_load_application_requirements_published",
      "public_context": "Requests above 5 MW require legal entity, site location, construction start, operation schedule, peak MW, annual GWh and related project information under the published large-supply process.",
      "source_url": "https://www.hydro.mb.ca/your_home/large_supply_request/",
      "accounting": "Connection-process requirements; no customer-level data-center universe is asserted."
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
      "provider": "Alectra Utilities",
      "status": "named_data_center_connection_project",
      "public_context": "Vaughan MTS No. 6 planning documents describe a proposed 230 kV station with 170 MVA capacity supporting an undisclosed customer's proposed 108 MVA data-center facility.",
      "source_url": "https://alectrautilities.com/VaughanMTS6",
      "accounting": "Named/discrete connection project evidence, but customer identity is not public in the cited source."
    }
  ]
}