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APPrO 2008 20/20 Vision - Building tomorrow’s power system today The 20th Anniversary Canadian Power Conference and Networking Centre November 18 and 19, 2008 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, Toronto, Ontario
A view into the future, turning 20-plus years of experience in the power industry into workable options for what lies ahead: The APPrO conference this November will exemplify the crucial, direction-setting point in its history the power industry has reached in 2008. Ten years after Bill 35, which introduced fundamental change in the electricity sector to Ontario, and twenty years after the first APPrO power conference, this event will be an unmatched opportunity to learn what will make the next several decades different from the last - and to find solutions that will make sure development continues to move forward in an efficient and effective direction. As the pace of innovation accelerates, knowing how to distinguish the blips from the truly transformative will become a key part of successful development.
The APPrO 2008 event will address the top issues of the day including: How new technology will affect the course of sector development Building major transmission under Ontario’s new rules What needs to be built into the next IPSP? Nuclear development – current regulatory issues and success factors Fine-tuning the OPA’s procurement programs Practical mechanisms for meeting GHG emission limits Building a workforce that’s ready for the coming challenges What smart grid applications are likely to take hold in the next few years?
Program overview:
Day 1: Historic changes Opening Roundtable The Regulator’s role in history Project finance and climate change Market Development Breakouts on smart grid, Standard Offer, DG, etc. Banquet with keynote by Minister Smitherman
Day 2: Transmission development Aboriginal Power Gas fired power generation OPA Procurement Workforce development Nuclear regulation and development issues Breakouts on Standard Offer, power shaping, technology innovation, and more.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008:
All sessions take place in Hall G unless otherwise noted.
8:00 a.m. Daybreak Coffee Hosted by Northland Power 8:25 a.m Opening Remarks by Conference Chair Stephen Somerville, Competitive Power Ventures Inc.
8:35 am What history says about the future Keynote: Sean Conway, Queens University, and Public Policy Advisor, Gowlings What are the politics of electricity likely to be like in the next 20 years? Are we on a pendulum with respect to Central Planning?
9:00 am Experts’ Roundtable: How the future is likely to differ from the past Judging by the experience of the last 5 years since the hybrid market was introduced, the last 10 years since Bill 35 was passed, and the last 20 years since APPrO held its first conference, panellists will explore what has changed and why that will make the future different from the past. What were the central decisions industry players had to make ten, twenty or even a hundred years ago, and what are the key differences from what are we looking at today? How have the drivers changed? What does that tell us about how to prepare the ground for new development? What innovations should the industry pay close attention to? What changes are needed to Ontario's market structure to enhance market performance?
Featuring: Moderator: Linda Bertoldi, Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP Dave Butters, President of APPrO Pierre Guimond, President and CEO of the Canadian Electricity Association Julie Girvan, Consumers Council of Canada Keith Stewart, World Wildlife Fund Julie Dill, President, Union Gas Limited Dan McGillivray, Managing Director, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Energy
Location: Hall G
10:00 am Coffee Break Hosted by TransCanada
10:45 am The Regulator’s role in shaping history
Moderator: Dave Butters, APPrO
Where is energy regulation going? Observations based on Ontario’s history and current circumstances George Vegh, McCarthy Tetrault
Keynote: Pamela Nowina, Vice Chair, Ontario Energy Board
Keynote: Colin Andersen, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Authority
11:30 am Where is integrated power planning going?
Dave Goulding, Chair, Northeast Power Coordinating Council
11:45 am Questions and discussion, focusing on “What needs to be in the next IPSP? Moderators: Todd Williams, Navigant Consulting, and George Vegh, McCarthy Tetrault
Location: Hall G
12 noon Lunch in the Networking Centre Hosted by APPrO 2008 sponsors, to be announced.
1:00 pm The Convergence of capital markets and carbon markets
Moderator: Ken Pearce, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Recent changes in the capital markets - Strategies to increase your likelihood of success Rob Nicholson, RBC Capital Markets
Financing power in the near future in the current credit environment Chris Ball, Corpfinance International Ltd.
Carbon pricing policy design for Canada: Impacts and Issues for the Electricity Sector David McLaughlin, President & CEO, National Round Table on Environment and Economy (NRTEE)
Ontario-specific issues respect to financing and environmental attributes Paul Bradley, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. Contract design options for management of environmental attributes in future OPA contracts Alternative renewable energy procurement strategies
Expediting carbon-conscious capital decisions Skip Willis, Carbon Capital Management
Which aspects of WCI are particularly positive and particularly problematic from a Canadian perspective? Lisa DeMarco, Macleod Dixon Ownership of environmental attributes Treatment of existing generation WCI as a test case for the interaction of carbon and energy markets
Location: Hall G 2:15 pm Questions and discussion
Location: Hall G
3:00 pm Coffee Break Hosted by: Navigant Consulting
Simultaneous programming in the Power Networking Centre:
2:00 pm Update on Ontario’s Clean Energy Standard Offer Program Context within the IPSP – How CESOP supports the overall power system procurement targets Key issues in program design – simplified deemed dispatch mechanism, by-product project parameters Customer response to date – overcoming challenges in end-use customer education Next steps toward promotion – communications support with industry partners Jim MacDougall, Ontario Power Authority Moderator: Mike Richmond, McMillan LLP
3:15 pm Progress Report on Ontario’s Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program Results to date – comparison of original RESOP and revised RESOP Impact of recent changes on developer’s behaviour and market response The revised and focused vision for RESOP Ongoing and evolving issues – Distribution system queue rules, municipal approvals, environmental approvals, LDC Connection Impact Assessments and IESO System Impact Assessments Next steps and progress of the 2 year program review Jim MacDougall, Ontario Power Authority Moderator: Mike Richmond, McMillan LLP
3:45 pm Keynote address by Paul Murphy, CEO of the IESO Co-ordination and cohesion: Is there a need to re-establish direction, focus or drivers in the power industry? What are the new drivers in the industry? What direction are they pushing us in? How should markets respond?
Moderator: Andrew Johnson, Energy Market Consultant Consumer perspective: Adam White, AMPCO, Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario Generator perspective: Paul McMillan, EPCOR Retailer perspective: Adele Malo, Direct Energy
Location: Hall G
5:00 pm Reception in the Networking Centre Hosted by Stikeman Elliott
6:00 pm Banquet dinner Hosted by Borden Ladner Gervais
Location: Room 701 (One floor Up)
Tribute to Stephen Probyn
7:00 pm Keynote speech: Hon. George Smitherman, Deputy Premier of Ontario, and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
Hedley Palmer Award
8:30 pm Power Mixer at the Steam Whistle Brewery Hosted by Blakes Location: Steam Whistle Brewery, 255 Bremner Blvd.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008:
8:00 a.m. Daybreak Coffee Hosted by AIM PowerGEN The role of the grid in integrating supply - current and future 9:00 am Geoff Ogram, Hydro One Networks Implications for the transmission and distribution networks Enabling renewables and DG Hydro One's actions and plans
9:15 am Transmission system readiness: Long term stability and short term change The OEB’s Connection Cost Responsibility Review has put key issues on the table: Who should pay for grid reinforcement? What considerations should guide any decision about the initial proponent, owner and builder? How should the costs be collected? Even as these questions approach resolution, other key questions will follow: Is the incentive adequate to bring forward sufficient players to take lead responsibility? Is the OPA ready to identify transmission needs on the timeline and with the level of specificity that generators are seeking? What adjustments are needed in the system of approvals and permitting? Given the separation of powers in Ontario’s system, what resources is the regulator likely to require, to resolve questions of the need for new lines, their sizing and timing, while respecting the market’s expectations for predictability and contestability, to say nothing of reliability requirements?
Moderator: Aiman El-Ramly, ZE Power Group / ZE Power Engineering
Glenn Zacher, Stikeman Elliott Streamlining Transmission Approvals: Inefficiencies in current approvals processes Impetuses for change How to improve current processes
Rob Silver, Dynamic Policy Consultants Who is going to build it? How will it be procured in the absence of the IPSP? How will regulatory risk be managed?
Jeff Rosenthal, Brookfield Asset Management Getting the transmission system ready for the future
Ed Chilton, Five Nations Energy Inc.
Location: Hall G
10:00 am Coffee break Hosted by Pristine Power
10:30 am First Nations and Metis Power Generation Panel Experts share their experience on building working relationships between First Nation and Metis communities and project developers. What makes for a successful partnership, whether the community is hosting development on its traditional lands, exploring new forms of collaboration, or an active proponent itself? How should developers approach entering into relationships with First Nation and Metis communities?
Moderator: Cherie Brant, Gardiner Roberts (Counsel to First Nations Energy Alliance) Merv McLeod, McLeod-Wood Associates Bob Waldon, Metis Nation of Ontario Richard King, Ogilvy Renault Byron LeClair, Pic River First Nation Location: Room 803
10:45 am Gas-fired power generation: Challenges and solutions for 2009 Ontario's energy system will be coping with a huge increase in gas volumes for power generation in the coming year. How are distributors planning to adapt to that, while recognizing the unfamiliar economic circumstances all players will be facing? What new services will be offered, and how do they affect the options available to generators? - New service requirements (transmission, distribution and balancing) - Operations process changes to deal with the need for real time dispatch requirements - How 4-5,000 MW of new generation in Ontario might affect security of supply for the rest of Ontario: Understanding the real impact on other existing gas markets and the potential for scarcities and/or higher prices. - What’s been achieved in the last year - Unique fuel procurement challenges for generators under 100 MW
Moderator: John Wolnik, GSA Energy Company Inc. Tim Stringer, TransCanada Warren Reinisch, Union Gas Edith Chin, Enbridge Gas Distribution Other speakers to be announced
Location: Room 801B
12 noon Lunch in the Networking Centre Hosted by APPrO 2008 event sponsors, to be announced
1:00 pm Workforce Development: How to ensure the staff will be ready when needed Is there a need for a joint initiative between industry, the educational sector, the parents, and government economic development functions? What are the appropriate and necessary strategies for addressing skills shortages? Moderator: Mark Smith, KPMG Catherine Cottingham, Electricity Sector Council John Sprackett, Power Workers Union Richard Marceau, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Shayne Smith, Wardrop Engineering
Location: Room 801B
2:00 pm Coffee break Hosted by Brookfield Renewable Power
2:20 pm Current issues in the nuclear industry
Moderator: David McFadden, Gowlings
Keynote address: Michael Binder, President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission The evolving role of the regulator in Canada The efficiency and effectiveness of the licensing process in Canada International benchmarking Cooperating and collaborating with foreign regulators
3:00 pm Learning from global industry and lessons from the past The overheated project environment is a global phenomenon. Understanding how this current project market will affect projects in Ontario will be important for their success. Lessons from past and current projects will be valuable as Ontario begins to consider nuclear power projects again. Michael McFadden, Independent Project Analysis Inc.
3:15 pm Nuclear in Ontario: Operating today, Planning for tomorrow Tom Mitchell, Chief Nuclear Officer, Ontario Power Generation
3:30 pm Wrap-up
Location: Room 801B
Simultaneous program:
1:00 pm OPA procurement – What lies ahead? Usually the OPA talks, and developers listen. This time, the OPA will update the industry on its ambitious set of procurement programs, and then listen as the industry shares its concerns about the structure and process of Ontario’s procurement program. Update on live procurements Draft schedule and timing of future procurements
Moderator: Mike Crawley, AIM Powergen Jason Chee-Aloy, Ontario Power Authority
Audience participation will be encouraged.
Location: Room 803
2:15 pm Coffee break Hosted by Brookfield Renewable Power
Simultaneous programming in the Power Networking Centre: Ontario Centres of Excellence Innovation Café
Tuesday, November 18 2008:
10 am Smart Grid - opportunities and perspectives Ravi Seethapathy, Hydro One Oliver Romaniuk, University of Waterloo Rhonda Wright-Hilbig, IESO, Independent Electricity System Operator Mark Kerbel, REGEN Energy Moderator: Sarah Thorne, Decision Partners
11 am Solar Electricity Ian Sinclair, Mondial Energy Inc. Rafael Kleiman, McMaster University Scott Leslie, Menova Energy Carole Champion, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Energy Moderator: Tom Harris, Queen’s University
1 pm Distributed Generation Case Studies Mike Savel, DDACE Power Systems Paul Grod, Rodan Energy & Metering Solutions Inc. Gene Hunt, Beacon Power Moderator: Ron Cocking, Toromont Energy Ltd.
2:00 pm Clean Energy Standard Offer Briefing Jim MacDougall, OPA Click on this link to see more details about this session in the main conference program.
3:15 pm Renewable Energy Standard Offer Briefing Jim MacDougall, OPA Click on this link to see more details about this session in the main conference program.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008:
10 am Transportation – electricity convergence Matthew Stevens, CrossChasm Technologies Bernard Fleet, Fleet Technology Partners Jacquie McInnes, Ontario Power Generation Moderator: Michael Angemeer, Veridian
11 am Electrical storage and power shaping Jim Fonger, H2Green Lynda O’Malley, York University Robert McGillivray, Hydrogenics Moderator: Bob Stasko, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Energy
2 pm Standard Offer – Open Discussion Moderator: Jim MacDougall, Ontario Power Authority Jose Etcheverry, York University Tim Short, Enbridge Jose Menendez, Pristine Power Views on the objectives of the SO programs What difficulties have been experienced developing customer-driven SO projects? What technologies are likely to advance most quickly in the next 5 years?
4:30 pm APPrO Annual General Meeting (Members only)
Location: Room 803
Thanks to all the following sponsors:
AIM Powergen Blakes Borden Ladner Gervais Brookfield Renewable Power Bruce Power CanWEA Electricity Today Enbridge Gas Distribution Gowlings KPMG LLP London Economics Macleod Dixon Navigant Consulting Northland Power Ogilvy Renault Ontario Centres of Excellence for Energy OPGI - Ontario Power Generation Inc. Pristine Power Stikeman Elliott Suncor Energy The Probyn Group Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. Toronto Power Solutions TransAlta TransCanada ZE Power Group
Program details subject to change without notice.
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