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A joint presentation of IPPSO and the Canadian Wind Energy Association:

The Power of Competition

The 10th Anniversary Canadian Independent Power Conference and Trade Show

November 17 and 18, 1998, Sheraton Parkway North Hotel, just north of Toronto, Ontario

A key forum for discussion of the implications of the new market, just as enabling legislation is passed in Ontario

An excellent place to promote your company - Be sure to attend the most important event of 1998 in the non-utility power business in Canada, featuring:

Confirmed speakers include:

• Jim Wilson, Ontario Minister of Energy
• Ron Osborne, President, Ontario Hydro
• Ron Daniels, Chair of the Ontario Market Design Committee
• Floyd Laughren, Chair, Ontario Energy Board
• Bob Lake, President, Municipal Electric Association
• Yvan Dupont, President, Axor Group Inc. (Quebec's largest construction company)
• Ann Scully, President, Alberta Transmission Adminstrator
• J. Mark Rodger, Barrister and Solicitor
• Jack Layton, Vice Chair, Toronto Hydro
• .... and dozens of other authorities!

Business needs to know what the rules will be in the new competitive electricity marketplace. This conference will focus on what the rules will be and how they will work.

Delegates will include top professionals, executives and policy-makers from industry, government, energy customers, and utilities across North America.

The Trade Show will feature the largest gathering of NUG industry players ever to assemble in Canada.

Last year, over 500 delegates attended. To register, contact IPPSO at 416-322-6549, or fax 416-481-5785

This conference will mark an important step in the move towards more open and competitive energy markets across Canada. Featuring senior executives from business, utilities and government, decision-makers and delegates will address the most current issues in the restructuring and privatization of electric power systems in Canada and around the world.

• Competition is coming quickly to Ontario's power sector. Business needs to know what the rules will be in the new marketplace. This conference will focus on what is known about how the rules will work, and what to do about the areas where rules have yet to be made.
• Delegates will include top professionals, executives and policy-makers from industry, government, energy customers, and utilities across North America. Over 50 knowledgeable speakers, in addition to the keynotes mentioned above, are confirmed.
• The associated Trade Show will feature the largest gathering of NUG industry players ever to assemble in Canada.
• Topics will include Implications of Bill 35, Terms of Access to the Market, The Government's Energy Directions, Power Trading, Rates for the Competitive Market, Successful Projects, Alberta's new open power market, Municipal Opportunities, Renewable Energy, and much more. (See program below)
• Last year, over 500 delegates attended. To register, contact IPPSO at 416-322-6549, or fax 416-481-5785 or e-mail to ippso@web.net
• Fees are $400 before October 10, $500 after October 10 for members, plus GST; $150 higher for non-members. Subsidies available for worthy applicants. Fees include full pass to all conference events and all meals for the two day period.
• The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) offers a 1 day seminar on November 16. For more information, call 1-800-9CanWEA or visit the CanWEA website

Detailed Program of Events:

Monday, November 16

7 pm IPPSO 10th conference anniversary celebration

CanWEA Reception

Hosted by Toronto Hydro Electric Commission

Tuesday, November 17

Common theme of all sessions: Designing new rules that attract investment to the Ontario power sector, in a situation of overhanging debt.

Daybreak Coffee

Hosted by Borden & Elliot

8:45 a.m. Introduction, Safouh Soufi, SMS Energy-Engineering,

Conference Chairman

9:00 a.m. Keynote: Jim Wilson, Ontario Minister of Energy

9:20 a.m. Keynote: Floyd Laughren, Chair, Ontario Energy Board

9:40 am The Context

Richard Tabors, Tabors Caramanis

Yvan Dupont, Axor Group Inc., Le Nordais project

Questions and discussion

10:00 am Coffee Break

Hosted by Siemens Canada Limited

10:50 am The Challenge

Al Barnstaple, IPPSO, moderator

Steve Dorey, ADM, Ministry of Finance

Ann Scully, President, ESBI Alberta Ltd. Transmission Administrator

Mark Rodger, Borden and Elliot, "The Challenge: Finding the Gold"

Questions and discussion

12 noon Buffet Lunch

Hosted by Ontario Hydro

1:45 pm Keynote

Jack Layton, Vice Chair, Toronto Hydro

2:15 pm The Solutions

Bruce Ander, Toromont Energy Ltd., moderator

Bob Lake, President, Municipal Electric Association

Lauri C. Gregg, Chairman, AMPCO

Bernie Jones, ONGA

Peter Dyne, Consumers' Association of Canada

Tom Brett, IPPSO

Jim Salmon, CanWEA

Questions

3:00 pm Coffee Break in the Trade Show

Hosted by TransCanada Energy

3:30 pm Keynote

Ron Osborne, President of Ontario Hydro

Questions

3:50 pm Financial Restructuring / Stranded Costs:

Quantification and effect on market rules

Rob McLeese, Access Capital, moderator

Chris Seiple, Resource Data International

Fred Baird, Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett Inc.

Bill Marcus, JBS Energy

4:45 pm IPPSO Annual General Meeting

4:45 pm CanWEA Annual General Meeting

5:15 pm Reception in the Trade Show

Hosted by CIBC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

6:00 pm Banquet Dinner

Keynote: Ron Daniels, Chair, Ontario Market Design Committee

Hosted by Miller Thomson and Toromont Energy Ltd.

Wednesday, November 18

8:30 am Daybreak Coffee

Hosted by Natural Resources Canada

Cogeneration Stream

Moderator: Paul Pinnington, ONGA President

8:45 - 8:55 am Introduction (Paul Pinnington)

8:55 - 9:20 am ONGA's Vision of Restructuring:

Issues for Power Generation

Peter Heffernan, Regional Director, Rolls Royce

9:20 - 9:50 am Natural Gas Supply Assurance

Frank Kelton, TransCanada Gas Services

9:50 - 10:20 am Coffee Break

Hosted by ONGA, the Ontario Natural Gas Association

10:20 - 11:50 "The Rubber Hits the Road:"

Cogeneration Projects in Action

St. Catharines Hospital, Chris Hobbs, Peninsula Engineering

Sarnia Cogen, Mike Ireland, Sarnia-Lambton Off. of Economic Dev't

Whitby Co-generation LP, Lawrence J. Powell, Rolls-Royce

11:50 - Noon Wrap-up

Renewables Stream (located in the Thornhill Room)

Jim Salmon, CanWEA, Moderator

8:45 am Possible CCA revisions and other economic instruments

Manfred Klein, Environment Canada

9:30 a.m. Case Studies in Renewable Power Marketing

Fred Gallagher, Vision Quest Windelectric

Jeff Brown, Enron Corporation

10:00 am Coffee Break

Hosted by ONGA, the Ontario Natural Gas Association

10:30 am Small Hydro Tax appeal

Brad Nixon, Poole Milligan

10:45 What do renewables need in the market rules?

"What are the realistic options for incorporating environmental objectives in market rules?"

Stephen Probyn, moderator

Mitchell Rothman, Hagler-Bailly

Philipp Andres, Vestas AWT

Peter Love, Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance

Questions and discussion

(Respondents to include panelists from previous sessions)

12 noon Buffet Lunch

Hosted by Sithe Energies Inc. and Enbridge Consumers Gas

1:30 pm Keynote: David R. Wooley, Counsel, Clean Air Task Force

2:00 The low-down on the legislation

Les Horswill, Ontario Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy, moderator

Ian Mondrow, Shepherd Mondrow

Andrew Roman, Miller Thomson, "How well will the new legislation work?"

Linda Bertoldi, Borden & Elliot, "Licensing and contracting"

Questions

Emission controls and trading systems

Tony Rockingham, Ontario Ministry of Environment

Questions from the floor

3:00 pm Coffee

Hosted by Probyn & Company Inc.

3:30 Transmission / Distribution Pricing and Market Power

Karl Wahl, Hydro Mississauga

Paul Murphy, Central Market Operations

Al Barnstaple, IPPSO

4:30 Conclusion

(Program subject to change without notice)

Conference Sponsors

IPPSO gratefully acknowledges the assistance of those companies sponsoring various parts of the conference: Borden & Elliot, CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc., Consumers Gas, Environment Canada, Kerrwil Publications, Miller Thomson, Natural Resources Canada, ONGA, the Ontario Natural Gas Association, Ontario Hydro, Probyn & Company, Inc., Siemens Canada Limited., Sithe Energies, Inc., Toronto Hydro, and TransCanada Energy Limited.

This conference will mark an important step in the development of Ontario's energy market. Featuring senior executives from business, utilities and government, decision-makers and delegates will address the most current issues i competition and restructuring of electric power systems in Canada Recent legislation has made competition a part of the electricity market. Up-to-date information is essential in such a rapidly changing environment. "The Power of Competition" will provide that information. A range of topics spanning financial, technical, environmental and regulatory issues will be covered by dozens of speakers, with a view toward building positive working relationships between developers, suppliers, lenders, utilities and regulators. Speakers include project developers, financiers, manufacturers, leading engineers, and executives from business, utilities, and government.

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