Registration - In-house Corporation

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Employment and Training
• Energy
• Environment
• Fisheries
• Health
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• International Relations
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Labour
• National Security/Security
• Science and Technology
• Transportation

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.
• - Re - the Fisheries Act encouraging regulatory reform, harmonization and equivalencies amongst the regulators to reduce duplication and encourage more efficient use of resources while continuing to manage risk of existing OPG operations as it relates to fish and fish habitat.
• - Re – Brief written submissions in the Consultation on the proposed regulatory approach to prohibit asbestos and products containing asbestos including advocating for reasonable timeframe to phase out all asbestos containing products.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

• Discussion on issues pertaining to federal legislation, policy and permits and other approvals affecting OPG’s current operations as well as other potential opportunities to support collaboration and partnership between Indigenous communities and OPG in the areas of new generation development and/or other economic opportunities.
• Discussion on subject related to the MOU recently signed by Canada and the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) and ITER to help identify the precise domains in which Canadian suppliers could export expertise and technologies on a commercial basis to the ITER Project and OPG’s interest in leading and acting as an agent for the cooperation with ITER.

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 and gas-fired units advocating the role that repowered, low capacity-factor, simple-cycle units plan in the electricity market and seeking confirmation that thermal units repowered to burn biomass, gas, or co-fire biomass/gas will not be subject to the GHG regulation or prematurely closed due to regulation. Advocating for the benefits of financial policy instruments as a form of encouraging development of low-emitting Nuclear, Hydroelectric and BioMass Developments.
• - 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

• - Energy policy and the role of Nuclear in regards to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) restructuring.
• - Re - Federal Waterways with respect to developing tangible actions for and improved policy and practical business practices among infrastructure and operators.
• - Re - The proposal to construct and operate a Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low and intermediate level waste (L&ILW) in respect to location of DGR.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• National Energy Board (NEB)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Parks Canada (PC)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Transport Canada (TC)

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.