Environmental innovation in power and water infrastructure

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Environmental innovation in power and water
infrastructure

• Kelly S. Lail
• 26 February 2008

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• Investments in Canada and the United States
• Total assets 6.5 B (consolidated as of Sept. 30,
  2007)
• Revenues 3.4 B (last 12 months ending Sept. 30,
  2007)
• 30.6 per cent ownership of EPCOR Power L.P. --
  Canadas largest power Partnership
• Canadian Top 100 Employer for eight consecutive
  years

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Custom power, water and environment products

• EPCOR offers customized products and services to
  large commercial, industrial and government
  customers across our target markets, and manage
  wholesale power and gas positions.
• EPCOR operates three 24-hour real-time trading
  desks for optimized load management of
  Ontario/U.S. Northeast, Alberta, and the Pacific
  Northwest.
• Among EPCORs products are EnVest Green Tags,
  through which customers can acquire the
  environmental benefits associated with generating
  electricity from a low-impact renewable resource.
• The EnVest Energy Efficiency Program, which helps
  large customers reduce energy consumption, save
  money, and make a positive impact on the
  environment.

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British Columbia

• EPCOR operates water and/or wastewater treatment
  systems in five British Columbia communities,
  including a facility that removes heavy metal
  pollution from water at the historic Britannia
  Mine.
• EPCOR also owns and operates two hydroelectric
  stations in the province, and operates three
  EPCOR Power L.P. facilities.
• EPCOR operates more Independent Power Projects
  (IPPs) in BC than any other company.

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Britannia Mine

• EPCOR designed, financed, built, and has a
  20-year contract to operate the new Britannia
  Mine water treatment plant.
• The result of a unique partnership with the
  Government of B.C., the facility captures acid
  rock drainage from the abandoned Britannia Mine.
• In its first year, the facility treated 4 billion
  litres of water and removed 255,000 kilograms of
  copper the equivalent of 30 million pennies.
• Other contaminants such as iron aluminum,
  cadmium, manganese and zinc also removed acidity
  of water neutralized.
• A micro-turbine powered by the outflowing mine
  water is used to help power the treatment plant.
• Britannia Beach is situated on the Sea-to-Sky
  Highway on Howe Sound. Significant development is
  planned in the area 500,000 visitors a year are
  expected at the B.C. Museum of Mining in the
  run-up to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and
  Paralympic Winter Games.

Recognition EPCOR and the B.C. Government
received a Gold Award (infrastructure category)
from the Canadian Council of Public Private
Partnerships in 2006 for the construction of the
Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant. The
facility ended a century of heavy metal pollution
in B.C.s Howe Sound, and stands as a model for
public private partnerships.
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Williams Lake

• Williams Lake Power Plant is a wood waste fueled
  electric generating plant.
• Each year the 65 MW plant uses 600,000 tons of
  wood waste from local sawmills that would
  otherwise be burned or landfilled.
• The state-of-the-art facility is one of the
  largest biomass power plants in North America.
• Continuing operations provide 28 full time jobs
  for area residents with operations support
  creating approximately 20 to 30 secondary jobs,
  such as truckers and maintenance contractors.
• Located in the Cariboo region, the town of
  Williams Lake, population 11,150, is the largest
  urban center between Kamloops and Prince George.
• The Williams Lake Power Plant is the largest
  single contributor to the communitys property
  tax base.

Williams Lake is one of North Americas largest
biomass power plants.
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Mamquam

• EPCOR Power L.P.s Mamquam Hydroelectric Power
  Plant is situated on the lower Mamquam River,
  approximately 50 kilometres north of Vancouver.
• The 50 MW, run-of-river facility is located near
  Squamish at the north end of Howe Sound.
• Additional generation from water that would
  otherwise have been spilled.
• Temporary increase in water license from 23.45
  cms to 30 cms
• 6 MW additional output, 18,000 MWh
• No changes to physical works
• No environmental, fish or socio-economic issues
• Permanent application in process

Mamquam Hydroelectric Plant
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Queen Charlotte

• Queen Charlotte Power Plant is located about 50
  kilometres southwest of the community of Sandspit
  on Moresby Island on Haida Gwaii.
• The 6 MW, reservoir-based facility is a critical
  component of the electricity supply
  infrastructure of the islands Sandspit grid,
  providing approximately 80 of the areas
  electricity.
• Planning additional clean and renewable resources
  to phase out the current diesel generation
• Hydro
• wind

Queen Charlotte Island Hydroelectric Plant
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Summary

• Key drivers supporting energy and environmental
  innovation
• Market demand and educated consumers
• Clarity in government policy (regulation, market
  rules, taxation)
• Equitable risk allocation needs to recognize the
  state of development of the market
• Wood waste vs gas market
• Business and government working together delivers
  results
• Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant
• Williams Lake Bioenergy Plant