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Hydro One — Ontario Power Authority — Corporate Update (March 2008)
11 slides from Hydro One's corporate update, March 2008
Slide 1: Windsor-Essex Electrical Service Needs and Solutions
March 2008 Windsor-Essex Electrical Service Needs and Solutions
Slide 2: OPA's Four Main Functions
OPA’s Four Main Functions 1. Conservation • Execute conservation and demand management initiatives • Build conservation capabilities across all sectors • Advance a sustained conservation culture 2. Planning • Develop and deliver a comprehensive long-term plan that addresses CDM, generation and trans
Slide 3: Evolving Industry Structure: 1906 - present
Evolving Industry Structure: 1906 - present Market Participants Market Participants (Generators, Distributors, (Generators, Distributors, Retailers, Wholesalers, etc.) Retailers, Wholesalers, etc.) 1906 - 1973 1973 - 1998 1998 - 2005 2005 + VERTICAL INTEGRATION COMPETITION HYBRID 3 Windsor-Essex Are
Slide 4: Ontario's Integrated Power System Plan
Ontario’s Integrated Power System Plan • IPSP is the abbreviation • Foundation in the Electricity Act and its Regulations • Shaped by three government policy priorities: – Creation of a “conservation culture” – Preference for renewable sources of energy – Replacement of coal-fired generation • 20-ye
Slide 5: Local Area Reliability
Local Area Reliability • As part of the IPSP, the OPA looks at regional needs and identifies an integrated solution • Windsor-Essex is one such area TransAlta CRAWFORD ESSEX LAUZON TILBURY BELLE RIVER KEITH West Windsor East Brighton Windsor Beach West Essex East Essex KINGSVILLE Great Northern 5 Wi
Slide 6: Needs in Windsor-Essex
Needs in Windsor-Essex • Inadequate supply capacity in East Essex • Reduced security of supply for the whole of the W-E Area should a contingency affect one of the area’s 230 kV lines – It may not be possible to restore supply to a large number of customers until the failed line is returned to servi
Slide 7: Proposed Solution
Proposed Solution Integrated solution consisting of: • Targeted conservation – for reducing the demand in the area • Transmission reinforcements – Two options as described by Hydro One • Factoring in local generation if and when it occurs resulting from the various OPA resource procurement programs
Slide 8: Conservation Solution in East Essex
Conservation Solution in East Essex 300 280 260 240 East Essex Load Target of 15 MW of 220 conservation by 2010 200 Load net of – “calculated” based upon 180 Conservation provincial target 160 – also have a target for 140 West Essex 120 100 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2008 2009 2010 2011
Slide 9: Local Generation Opportunities
Local Generation Opportunities • There are or will be a number of provincial-wide procurement initiatives for system resources that could be of interest to this area: – Renewable Energy Supply (RES) – Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP) – Clean Energy Standard Offer Program (CESOP) – Com
Slide 10: Implementation
Implementation Transmission Conservation & Distribution Generation Programs & Work completed by Procurements procurements Hydro One run by Electricity funded by OPA Resources group at OPA 10 Windsor-Essex Area
Slide 11: Next Steps
Next Steps • In the IPSP indicated the 230/115 kV autotransformer station near Woodslee was the preferred solution because: – preliminary estimates indicated it cost less – it requires less land, which should result in less disruption to adjacent property owners • However, because discussions with s
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