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 10 of 21 (2001-03-20 to 2001-10-04)

Version 10 of 21 (2001-03-20 to 2001-10-04) 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
1210 - 66 SLATER STREET
OTTAWA, ON  K1P 5H1
Canada
Telephone number: 613-230-7384
Fax number: 613-230-9326  
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: 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: MICHAEL CLELAND
Position title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATION ISSUES MANAGEMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PETER GELINEAU
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR, CORPORATE RESOURCES
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: JACOB ROIZ
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR, DISTRIBUTION AND CUSTOMER TECHNOLO
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HELEN SAM
Position title: SENIOR ADVISOR, STANDARDS & CONSORTIA
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, ISSUES AND ADVOCACY
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: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), 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); TELECOMMUNICATION 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; AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME TAX ACT AND THE REGULATIONS ARE ALSO TARGET AREAS.
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, FISCAL ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 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. THE REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT AND CHANGES TO THE INCOME TAX ACT AND REGULATIONS WILL ALSO BE TARGET AREAS.




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