Electricity prices and industrial competitiveness: A case study of final assembly automobile manufacturing in the United States and Canada

This paper studies the real and perceived impacts of electricity pricing on competitiveness in the United States and Canada. Financial analysis is combined with interviews to explore whether and how the cost of electricity affects competitiveness in one of North America's most important sectors: automobile manufacturing. The cost of electricity in top automobile manufacturing jurisdictions in Canada and the US is captured over a six year period …