Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION / Association canadienne de l’électricité / Hans Konow, President & CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION / Association canadienne de l’électricité
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Hans Konow, President & CEO 
Initial registration start date: 1996-02-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 778671-5619

Version 4 of 21 (1998-01-06 to 1998-07-22)

Version 4 of 21 (1998-01-06 to 1998-07-22) 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. Organization Information

Organization: CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION
1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 1120, SUN LIFE BUILDING
MONTREAL, QC  H3A 2V6
Canada
Telephone number: 514-866-5354
Fax number: 514-866-1880  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: HANS KONOW, PRESIDENT & C.E.O.  
 
Description of the organization's activities: CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION (CEA) IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR BUSINESS UNITS & AN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT GROUP. PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ENVIRONMENT IDENTIFY & MONITOR EMERGING ISSUES & ESTABLISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PROMOTE PUBLIC IMAGE FOR ELECTRICAL UTILITY INDUSTRY CUSTOMER SERV ICE, PROVIDE COMPETITIVE CUSTOMER SERVICES & PRODUCTS, PROMOTE THE ECONOMICAL & EFFICIENT END USE OF ELECTRICITY; CORPORATE RESOURCES MANAGEME CORPORATE RESOURCES & SUPPORT SERVICES, DATA GATHERING ANALYSIS & BENCHMARKING OF BUSINESS FUNCTIONS, RELIABILITY, PRODUCTIVI TY & CORPORATE PERCEPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION & TRADE, PROVIDE COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY & RELATED ENERGY SERVICES, IMPROVE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, COST-EFFECTIVENESS & RELIABILITY OF GENERATION SOURCE, BUYING OR SELLING ENERGY
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE CORE OF CANADIAN ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION (CEA) 'S MEMBERSHIP IS 36 ELECTRIC UTILITY MEMBER COMPANIES ACCOUNTING FOR 95% OF CANADA'S INSTALLED GENERATING CAPACITY. IN ADDITION, SOME 34 MAJOR CANADIAN ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE GROUPED WITHIN CEA'S BROAD STRUCTURE.
 
Was the organization 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 Organization

Name: LOUISA BORTHWICK
Position title: SENIOR ADVISER - COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ARLETTE BOURQUE
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR - COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: FRANCIS BRADLEY
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT, CORPORATE RESOURCES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEAN-PIERRE BRASSARD
Position title: V.P. OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RAY DEL BIANCO
Position title: CUSTOMER SERVICES, TRANSMISSION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JIM GACIONIS
Position title: MANAGER, CONFERENCE SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PETER GELINEAU
Position title: CORPORATE RESOURCES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TANYA GLAVICIC-THEBERGE
Position title: ELECTRICITY GENERATION & TRADE
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PIERRE GUIMOND
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: VEIKKO KAMMNEN
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TONY KINGSLEY
Position title: ELECTRICY GENERATION & TRADE GENERATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HANS KONOW
Position title: PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JOANNE LALUMIERE
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ENVIRONMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: GEORGES PORTELANCE
Position title: CUSTOMER SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: GEORGES PORTELANCE
Position title: CUSTOMER SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JACOB ROIZ
Position title: CUSTOMER SERVICES, DISTRIBUTION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HELEN SAM
Position title: CUSTOMER SERVICES, STANDARDS & ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ROY STAVELEY
Position title: V-P, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Transport Canada (TC)
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, Constitutional Issues, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: REPRESENTATIONS ON THE REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA); TELECOM MUNICATION ACT REGULATION ON SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; AIR ISSUES MANAGEMENT AND CANADA'S POSITION AT INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEAVY METALS AND PERSISTANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; AMENDMENTS TO FISHERIES ACT.
Subject Matter: Prospective: THE CANADIAN ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT AND ANY BILL TO AMEND THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA); AMENDMENT TO FISHERIES ACT AND CHANGES TO FISH HABITAT PROTECTION POLICIES AND REGULATIONS; PCB REGULATIONS; AIR ISSUES MANAGEMENT; TAXES AND INTEREST RATE POLICY; INTERNAL & EXTERNAL TRADE MATTERS RELATING TO ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, AIR EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES. ALSO, ISSUES RELATED TO POWERLINE AND NATIVE SELF-GOVERNMENT.




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