Ontario Power Generation was able to give an update to Kincardine Council.
Brent Fisher, Senior Manager of Corporate Relations and Projects with Ontario Power Generation says that the company was happy that they were able to meet all of their goals in 2022, and that helps give them a clear vision for this year.
He says that they are hoping to focus on their Reconciliation Action Plan.
“It’s very important for us to have meaningful engagement with local Indigenous communities, including the SON – the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, who are the rights holders here in our region, and with other nations and communities that express interest in our ongoing operations.”
Fisher says that OPG is also working on its commitment to waste management and the three R’s — reducing, reusing, and recycling.
“One way to make that happen was increasing our sorting capacity through innovation,” he says about their team-up with McMaster University in Hamilton. “In early 2022, OPG initiated the construction of the 42,000 square foot Western Clean Energy Sorting and Recycling Facility (WCSR), located at the Bruce Energy Centre in Kincardine.”
Fisher also filled the council in on updates to their Darlington New Nuclear Project, and their refurbishment of Nuclear Generating Station Units 5-8 in Pickering.
OPG is Ontario’s largest clean-energy producer, generating 50% of Ontario’s electricity, with 60% coming from nuclear energy.
