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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Common Voice Common Voice NorthwestNorthwest
Energy Task ForcePresentation to
Port Arthur Rotary Club
Energy Task ForceEnergy Task Force
• Today’s presentation• HISTORY• ENERGY TASK FORCE• QUESTIONS
HistoryHistory
• Ontario Forestry Coalition
• Forging the Future
• NOMA Energy Sub-Committee
• Common Voice Northwest• Series of Task Forces
• Energy – 2007
Energy Task ForceEnergy 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
Energy Task ForceEnergy 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
Energy Task ForceEnergy 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
Energy Task ForceEnergy 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
The ChallengesThe 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
Where the ETF StartedWhere the ETF Started
• Inadequate Transmission and Distribution across the Northwest
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N.W.O. ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM
RED – TransmissionGREEN - Distribution
DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES
Red Lake – Ear Falls
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•Instability, reliability and lack of capacity in the service to Red Lake
DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES
Pickle Lake
•Instability, reliability and lack of capacity in the service to Pickle Lake & Musselwhite Mine
DEFICIENCIES & OPPORTUNITIES
Greenstone Radial Line
Ring of Fire
N.W.O. ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM
OPPORTUNITIES
Entry Points for Remote Communities
DEMANDDEMAND
• MINING• FORESTRY• TRANS-CANADA PIPELINES• ANCILLARY GROWTH
DEMANDDEMAND
• EXISTING (2012)• 710 MW
• MINING• PROJECTED BY ETF• 780 MW by 2020
DEMANDDEMAND
• FORESTRY• PROJECTED BY ETF• 18 MW by 2020
DEMANDDEMAND
• REMOTE COMMUNITIES• PROJECTED BY ETF• 42 MW by 2020
DEMANDDEMAND
• TCPL• PROJECTED BY ETF• 110 MW by 2020• Engineering research may adjust this up or down
DEMANDDEMAND
• TOTAL ETF PROJECTION• 1660 MW by 2020
DEMANDDEMAND
• OPA PROJECTED GROWTH (by 2020)• January 2013
•70 MW growth• May 2013
•690 MW (1000% increase)
DEMANDDEMAND
• Difference between ETF & OPA• January – 990 MW• May – 260 MW
• ETF has done its job to educate the OPA and Government on the Demand
DEMANDDEMAND
• OPA agrees that Demand should be met by supply
• Question is HOW
SUPPLYSUPPLY
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
SUPPLYSUPPLY
OPA Solutions DO NOT include:• Converting Thunder Bay Generating
Station to Natural Gas• Too expensive• Not needed for power demand
SUPPLYSUPPLY
• 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
SUPPLYSUPPLY
OPA Solutions include:Renegotiating existing demand response
contracts with Pulp and Paper industry• 50 MW of reduction• Minimal opportunity to increase
SUPPLYSUPPLY
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
SUPPLYSUPPLY
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
SUPPLYSUPPLY
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
SUPPLYSUPPLYThunder 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)
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
Long Term Energy PlanLong 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
Our Ask to GovernmentOur 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
THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?