Registration - In-house Corporation

Subject Matters

• Energy
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Labour
• National Security/Security

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• - Re - Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act with regard to language, timing and liability limit and to make it compatible with the Convention of Supplementary Compensation.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• - Changes to the Canada Labour Code as they apply to nuclear new build activities in respect to allowing coordination between provincial and federal labour requirements
• - In respect to the Protection of Electricity Critical Infrastructure in Canada, including expediting background checks for prospective employees and contractors, changes to the Criminal Code of Canada relating to "Interference with Electricity Critical Infrastructure" (copper wire theft), "Priority Access for Electricity Critical Infrastructure Personnel to receive Vaccinations and Antivirals" and priority access to "Telecommunications Spectrum".
• - Proposed changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), or implementing regulations, towards achievement of improved alignment with the ongoing licensing process for nuclear facilities under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act including ongoing involvement of the proponent in environmental assessment project scope definition to ensure alignment with the licensing approval sought, clarifying the exclusion of minor projects, enhancing the use of completed environmental assessments (EAs) of OPG’s facilities in subsequent environmental assessments involving the same facility or same activities, decreasing duplication between provincial and federal EAs and authorizations under the triggering acts including better focus on key considerations that fall under federal jurisdiction, reduction in CEAA triggers where it does not bring environmental or sustainability gains beyond those ensured by other legal or regulatory processes and establishment of timelines by legislation or regulation for all the main phases of the project EA and authorization processes with a more coordinated approach to aboriginal consultations
• - Proposed regulations to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity sector’s coal-fired units advocating the role that repowered, low capacity-factor, simple-cycle units plan in the electricity market and seeking confirmation that coal units repowered to burn biomass, gas, or co-fire biomass/gas will not be subject to the GHG regulation.
• - Re - Regulations required to implement the proposed Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012: Prescribed information for a description of a designated project regulations.
• - Regulatory Framework for Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada in respect to controlling greenhouse gas and conventional air pollutant emissions in the electricity sector including advocating for a role of nuclear energy in meeting targets

Policies or Program

• - Canadian Biofuels Strategy in regards to adding biomass to the definitions of renewables
• - Energy policy and the role of Nuclear in regards to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) restructuring.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
• Environment Canada
• House of Commons
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
• National Energy Board (NEB)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)

Address:
700 University Avenue, 19th Fl.
Toronto, ON  M5G 1X6
Canada

Telephone number: 416-592-2121

Parent Company Information

Ontario Power Generation Inc. is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.