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17th Annual Power Conference & Trade Show  •  Nov. 21-22 Toronto

Conference Program Schedule

Monday, November 21
 

All sessions take place in Room 801,
unless otherwise noted.
Choosing Speaker’s Name will open Bio as available.
 

7:00 am

 

Daybreak Coffee Service, Hosted by Access Capital, and Northland Power
 

8:30 am




 

Conference Opening
and Introduction
Stephen Somerville,
Probyn and Company,
Conference Chair
 

Theme: The roles of the regulators
 

8:45 am


 

Opening Keynote:
Howard Wetston,
Chair of the Ontario Energy Board
 

9:15 am



 

Keynote:
Amir Shalaby, Vice President
of Power System Planning
Ontario Power Authority
 

Theme: The options for procurement
 

9:45 am






 

Generator Views on procurement and the supply mix
Linda Bertoldi, Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP, Moderator
Sandy O’Connor, TransAlta
Jeffry Myers, Pristine Power
Ted Baldwin, Calpine
 

10:15 am

Coffee Break, Hosted by Suncor

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APPrO 2005 Conference
Schedule Tuesday, Nov. 22

APPrO 2005
Conference Agenda

Overall themes:
   - The roles of the regulators
   - The options for procurement
   - The mechanics of accommodating
     new generation
   - Resolving regulatory barriers

Major issues:
   - Supply Mix
   - Procurement
   - Realistic options for replacing
     existing capacity
   - Transmission system upgrading
   - Valuing of emission reduction
   - Cost comparison and fuel mix
   - Getting to multiple buyers

Two questions for participants
to address throughout:
     1. Solutions that will
         create continuity
     2. How to stimulate
         the buy side
 

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APPrO 2005 Reduced Entrance Fee Program

11:00 am





 

Generator and financier views on procurement
Linda Bertoldi, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Moderator
Paul McMillan, EPCOR
Bruce Boland, Ontario Power Generation Inc.
David Santangeli, Energy Fundamentals Group
Stephen Probyn, Probyn and Company
John McNeil, Gestalt-LLC

Central question: What can be done to improve procurement in the near term?
Questions and discussion:
1. What advice should the industry give to the OPA on procurement?
2. What kind of procurement processes would attract you to this market or make it better,
   and what would be a show-stopper from a financing perspective?
3. How could the system be designed to better meet the objectives of cost minimization
   and environmental impact protection?
4. What features need to be built in to make today’s contracts transferable to
   a different context in the future?
5. How to keep the existing generators serving the Ontario market when the NUG contracts expire.
 

12 noon
 

Lunch in the Trade Show, Hosted by OPG, Ontario Power Generation Inc.
 

1:30 pm


 

Contract Design
Paul Bradley, VP of Generation Development, OPA
Introductions by
Mark Rodger, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
 

Theme: The mechanics of accomodating new generation
 

2:15 pm


 

Keynote:
Tom Parkinson, CEO, Hydro One
Introductions by
David Brown, Stikeman Elliott LLP
 

2:45 pm
 

Coffee Break, Hosted by Navigant
 

3:00 pm



 

Sector Leaders Forum: Where should we be taking Ontario?
Representatives from each of the key sectors put forward their views on the direction the power sector is taking and the desirable “end-state.”  What are the characteristics of a successful market, and in particular what is necessary to get to a situation of multiple buyers?

 

Ron Clark, Aird & Berlis, Moderator
Charlie Macaluso, President and CEO, Electricity Distributors Association
Adam White, Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario
David Butters, Association of Power Producers of Ontario
Julie Girvan, Consumers Council of Ontario
Judith Andrew, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
 

4:30 pm

 

APPrO A.G.M.
Location: Room 802B
 

5:00 pm

 

Reception in the Trade Show,
Hosted by AECL, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
 

6:00 pm

 

Banquet Dinner, Hosted by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Location: One floor up in Room 701
 

7:00 pm
 

Keynote: Hon. Donna Cansfield, Ontario Minister of Energy
 

 

Hedley Palmer Award
 

8:30 pm

 

Power Mixer at the Steam Whistle Brewery
Hosted by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
 

 

Conference Hours:
Nov. 21: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm
Nov. 22: 8.00 am - 4.00 pm
 

Exhibit Hours:
Nov. 21: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Nov. 22: 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
 

Delegate’s Registration desk
opens 7.00 am Mon. Nov. 21st,
and 7.30 am Tues. Nov. 22nd.
 

APPrO 2005’s program is dynamic and subject to change as we move closer
to the conference date. Please check back often for the latest information.
 

 

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