Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Corporation

Union Gas Limited / Steve Baker, President

Registration Information

In-house Corporation name: Union Gas Limited
Responsible Officer Name: Steve Baker, President 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-03-27
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 829252-14959

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 48

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 17 (2007-03-27 to 2007-09-30)

Version 1 of 17 (2007-03-27 to 2007-09-30) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Information about Responsible Officer and Corporation

Corporation: Union Gas Limited
Suite 2801 - 777 Bay Street
Toronto, ON  M5G 2C8
Canada
Telephone number: 416-496-5344
Fax number: 416-496-5260  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Julie Dill, President  
Description of activities: Union Gas Limited is a major Canadian natural gas utility that provides energy delivery and related services to about 1.25 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 400 communities in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. Its distribution service area extends throughout northern Ontario from the Manitoba border to the North Bay/Muskoka area, through southwestern Ontario from Windsor to just west of Toronto, and across eastern Ontario from Port Hope to Cornwall. The Company also provides natural gas storage and transportation services for other utilities and energy market participants in Ontario, Quebec and the United States. Union's storage and transmission system forms an important link in the movement of natural gas from Western Canadian and U.S. supply basins to Central Canadian and Northeast U.S. markets. Union Gas has assets of approximately $4 billion and employs about 2,200 people. Union Gas is a Duke Energy Company.
 
The client is a subsidiary of the following parent companies: Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street
Charlotte, NC
United States of America 28202-1802

Coalition The corporation is not a member of a coalition.
Subsidiary: Duke Energy Gas Transmission West
Suite 2600
425 - 1st Street SW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 3L8

Spectra Energy Facilities L.P.
Suite 2600, 425 1st Street, SW
Fifthe Avenue Place, East Tower
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 3L8

Spectra Energy Income Fund
PO Box 1162
1100-1055 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6E 3R5

Spectra Energy Transmission
Suite 1100
1055 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6E 3R5

Spectra Energy Transmission, LLC
5400 Westheimer Court
Houston, TX
United States of America 77056-5310

Other direct interests The corporation's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
 
Was the corporation funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Corporation

Name: Keith Bolton
Position title: Director of Distribution Marketing
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Julie Dill
Position title: President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Matthew Gibson
Position title: Manager of Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Lise-Ann Jackson
Position title: Director of Public Affairs
Public offices held: No
 
Name: John Overall
Position title: Manager of Standards and Research
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Sword
Position title: Director of Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Energy Board (NEB), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Aboriginal Affairs, Consumer Issues, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Industry, Mining, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Union Gas has been providing information and recommendations to the Ministry of the Environment through the Canadian Gas Association and the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association on matters pertaining to climate change, specifically about the role natural gas can play in reducing Green House Gas and NOx emissions for industry in the Windsor-to-Quebec City corridor.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Union Gas will continue to share information and recommendations directly and indirectly (through trade associations) on matters pertaining to climate change and how natural gas can feature as part of the solution towards cleaner air in a carbon constrained environment.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Climate Change as it relates to emissions related to green house gases and NOx emissions, as those emissions are associated with natural gas consumption.




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