Hydro-Québec sends crews to Ohio
Under an agreement between Hydro-Québec and several American utilities, American Electric Power Co. enlisted the help of Hydro-Québec to deal with widespread power outages in the State of Ohio.
Hydro-Québec participates regularly in such mutual aid missions to other Canadian and American electric utilities.
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