Integration of hydro and thermal power resources

THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, with a population of 1,123,000 living in an area of some 110,000 square miles out of a total area of 255,285 square miles, requires an extensive network of transmission lines to supply the electric power needs of its people. At the end of 1956, there were 36,097 miles of 2,300- to 138,000-volt transmission lines operated in the Province.