New Era for Hydropower in Canada

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New Era for Hydropower in Canada
Ontario Waterpower Association Huntsville,
Ontario November 16, 2006 Pierre
Fortin President Canadian Hydropower Association

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Agenda

• About CHA
• Strategy and activities
• Key learnings
• Developing our potential
• Challenges
• Government Outreach

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About CHA

• Founded in 1998 Close to 50 members
• Represents hydropower industry in Canada
  generators, manufacturers, developers,
  engineering firms, organizations
• More than 95 of the hydropower capacity
• Advocacy, education

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Strategy

• Strategic planning session (Montréal, January 26,
  2006)
• Revised vision and mission statements
• Priorities
• Positionning
• Working groups

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Activities

• Government outreach
• Media outreach (releases, articles, op-eds,
  interviews)
• Stakeholder outreach
• Special projects (certification programs,
  socio-economic portrait, potential)

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Key Learnings

• Assets estimated at 50 billion
• Investment in 2005 of 2.2 billion
• Electricity sales represent approximately 12
  billion / year
• Taxes, dividends represent close to 3 billion /
  year

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Key Learnings

• Excellent long-term investment socially,
  environmentally and economically
• Life span of facilities
• Refurbishment to improve efficiency and capacity
  at very low cost
• Perfect example of sustainable development

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Key Learnings

• Study conducted in 2005-06 by external
  consultants reveals a huge potential for
  development across Canada
• Technical potential of 163,173 MW
• All provinces and territories

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Developing Our Potential

• Energy strategies in Ontario, Québec, British
  Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador
  focus on hydropower
• Projects are developed with respect for the
  environment and in collaboration with local
  communities, including Aboriginal communities

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Developing Our Potential

• Ontario 25 hydropower
• By 2025, double supply of electricity from
  renewables (hydroelectric, wind, solar, biomass)
• East-west electricity transmission grid to import
  hydropower

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Developing Our Potential

• Ontario
• OPG has a mandate to expand enhance
  hydroelectric capacity (priority)
• Current projects
• Niagara Tunnel to Sir Adam Beck
• Lac Seuil (12.5 MW)
• Mattagami River (485 MW)

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Developing Our Potential

• Québec 93 hydropower
• Number one priority is hydropower (4,500 MW)
• Wind energy (4,000 MW)
•  100 MW of wind power will be added for every
  1,000 MW of new hydroelectricity. 

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Developing Our Potential

• Québec
• Export surpluses
• Projects under study
• Eastmain-1-A / Rupert Diversion (768 MW)
• La Romaine (1500 MW)

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Developing Our Potential

• British Columbia 90 hydropower
• Upgrade existing facilities
• Buy from IPPs
• Develop new capacity
• Site C on Peace River (900 MW)

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Potential Projects

• Manitoba 90 hydropower
• New generation from hydropower and wind energy
• Projects under study
• Conawapa (1380 MW)
• Keeyask (600 MW)
• Notigi (100 MW)

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Developing Our Potential

• Newfoundland and Labrador 90 hydropower
• Plans to develop Lower Churchill River for export
  (2825 MW)
• Wind power (looking at 2000MW)
• Efficiency and conservation

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Challenges

• Aboriginal Relations
• Transmission requirements
• Regulatory obstacles

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Government Outreach

• Federal Government (DFO, EC, NRCan, IC, PMO)
• Briefs
• Council of F/P/T Energy Ministers
• National Energy Consultations
• Annual Forum on Hydropower

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Government Outreach

• Forum on Hydropower 2006
• Three ministers attending (two federal and one
  provincial)
• Members of staff and policy advisors (DFO, EC,
  NRCan, IC, PMO)

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Using additional hydropower capacity could make
a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse
gases and air pollution both in the United States
and here at home. However, action on regulatory
efficiency is essential to ensure the continued
development of hydropower and other renewables.
Honourable Gary Lunn Minister of Natural
Resources Gatineau, October 26, 2006
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THE CLEAN AIR ACT

• Tabled in Parliament 19 October
• Amendments to existing legislations
• Notice of Intent regulations
• Difficult political environment
• Ministerial technical consultations
• 1st phase to Spring 2007

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The Canadian Hydropower Association
Leading the way for reliable, renewable, clean
energy