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Common Voice Northwest

Common Voice Northwest. Energy Task Force Presentation to Port Arthur Rotary Club. Energy Task Force. Today’s presentation HISTORY ENERGY TASK FORCE QUESTIONS. History. Ontario Forestry Coalition Forging the Future NOMA Energy Sub-Committee Common Voice Northwest

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Common Voice Northwest

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  1. Common Voice Northwest • Energy Task Force • Presentation to • Port Arthur Rotary Club

  2. Energy Task Force • Today’s presentation • HISTORY • ENERGY TASK FORCE • QUESTIONS

  3. History • Ontario Forestry Coalition • Forging the Future • NOMA Energy Sub-Committee • Common Voice Northwest • Series of Task Forces • Energy – 2007

  4. Energy Task Force • Membership • Operator of Ontario Hydro for NWO • Operator of an Ontario Nuclear Station • 2 Hydro Utility managers/CEO’s • 1 Retired Hydro Utility manager/energy consultant • Electrical Technician • Economic Development Staff and Board Members • Municipal Elected Officials • NOMA • NOACC/Thunder Bay Chamber • NODN

  5. Energy Task Force • Supported by: • Ontario Mining Association Energy Committee • Society of Energy Professionals of Ontario • Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission • City of Thunder Bay • Town of Atikokan

  6. Energy Task Force • Role • Prime Energy Research Body in the Northwest • Inform on key energy issues: • NOMA • NOACC • City of Thunder Bay • Town of Atikokan • Advisor to Weiler, Maloney, Nelson (John Cyr) on behalf of the above organizations

  7. Energy Task Force • Active in: • Integrated Power System Plan – phase 1 and 2 • Ontario Energy Board • IPSP • East West Tie • Reliability Must Run Contract • Micro Embedded Generation initiative • Regional Planning • Atikokan GS Conversion • TB GS Conversion • Merging of Local Distribution Companies (LDC) • Long Term Energy Plan

  8. The Challenges • Inadequate Transmission and Distribution across the Northwest • Failure of Government Agencies to plan for the needs of the Region • Decisions by the Ontario Government • Changing of policy from ‘public good’ to ‘business case’ • Outlawing burning of coal to create electricity • December 31, 2014 • Suspending the conversion of the TBGS to natural gas • Lack of understanding of the economic future of the Northwest and the role that electricity plays

  9. Where the ETF Started • Inadequate Transmission and Distribution across the Northwest

  10. N.W.O. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RED – Transmission GREEN - Distribution 10

  11. Red Lake – Ear Falls DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES • Instability, reliability and lack of capacity in the service to Red Lake 11

  12. Pickle Lake DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES • Instability, reliability and lack of capacity in the service to Pickle Lake & Musselwhite Mine

  13. Ring of Fire Greenstone Radial Line DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES

  14. N.W.O. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OPPORTUNITIES

  15. Entry Points for Remote Communities

  16. DEMAND • MINING • FORESTRY • TRANS-CANADA PIPELINES • ANCILLARY GROWTH

  17. DEMAND • EXISTING (2012) • 710 MW • MINING • PROJECTED BY ETF • 780 MW by 2020

  18. DEMAND • FORESTRY • PROJECTED BY ETF • 18 MW by 2020

  19. DEMAND • REMOTE COMMUNITIES • PROJECTED BY ETF • 42 MW by 2020

  20. DEMAND • TCPL • PROJECTED BY ETF • 110 MW by 2020 • Engineering research may adjust this up or down

  21. DEMAND • TOTAL ETF PROJECTION • 1660 MW by 2020

  22. DEMAND • OPA PROJECTED GROWTH (by 2020) • January 2013 • 70 MW growth • May 2013 • 690 MW (1000% increase)

  23. DEMAND • Difference between ETF & OPA • January – 990 MW • May – 260 MW • ETF has done its job to educate the OPA and Government on the Demand

  24. DEMAND • OPA agrees that Demand should be met by supply • Question is HOW

  25. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Enhancing the existing East West Tie Line • Renegotiating existing demand response contracts with Pulp and Paper industry • Getting more power out of existing hydro dams • Importing power from the west • Conservation

  26. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions DO NOT include: • Converting Thunder Bay Generating Station to Natural Gas • Too expensive • Not needed for power demand

  27. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Enhancing the existing East West Tie Line • We need the supply from the East to meet energy demands • City of Thunder Bay, on behalf of ETF (and NOACC and NOMA) was before OEB in support of the concept. • OEB has selected ‘transmitter’ to plan for the line • A part of the solution for the Northwest’s needs

  28. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Renegotiating existing demand response contracts with Pulp and Paper industry • 50 MW of reduction • Minimal opportunity to increase

  29. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Getting more power out of existing hydro dams • Operators already maximize output • Minimal results based on realities of existing system • Large part of system run-of-the-river

  30. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Importing power from the west • No power available from Manitoba until 2025 (approx 150 MW) • Minnesota and Wisconsin buy power from Manitoba (therefore no power to sell) • OPA says they can get power from ‘spot market’ – translation – they can buy power from coal producing generators in USA

  31. SUPPLY • OPA Solutions include: • Conservation • By 2020 78% of the electrical load will be industrial • A large % of that industrial load will be new and will take advantage of the most advanced energy efficiency technology • = minimal savings from conservation

  32. SUPPLY • Thunder Bay Generating Station • Essential for the Northwest • Essential for Thunder Bay • Essential for the Pulp and Paper Industry (stability) and the mining industry (supply) • Asset paid for by the rate payers of Ontario • Jobs retained in Thunder Bay as opposed to located in western provinces or USA (and paying taxes to Ontario)

  33. RELIABILITY MUST RUN CONTRACT • OEB has approved a RMR Contract for the Thunder Bay GS for 2013 • OEB determined that one 150 MW unit was essential for system stability to meet the needs of Thunder Bay and region • OPG will have to apply for 2014 and beyond • Demand will only increase over time

  34. Long Term Energy Plan • Province has asked for input into the next Long Term Energy Plan • ETF has prepared a submission • Will be seeking endorsation by NOMA, NOACC and individual municipalities • Deadline is September 16 for comment

  35. Our Ask to Government • Resume conversion of the Thunder Bay Generating Station • Accelerate the planning and construction of transmission improvements to: • Ear Falls • Red Lake • Pickle Lake • Plan for Transmission Upgrades to Greenstone • Create a regional planning body for the Northwest

  36. THANK YOU QUESTIONS?

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