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As an important part of our mandate, the OPA has procured a portfolio of various generation technologies and capacities for the province of Ontario.

Information displayed, including capacity data, is accurate to the end of December 31, 2012.

Q4 2012 Update

As of December 31, 2012, the OPA held contracts for 22,411 megawatts (MW) of electricity supply generation based on average contract capacity.

Total contract capacity for Q4 2012 - 22,411 MW

The total capacity under contract included:

  • 8,161 MW of renewable non-hydroelectric;
  • 2,382 MW of renewable hydroelectric;
  • 8,868 MW of natural gas and other fuel sources; and,
  • 3,000 MW of nuclear.

Of this total capacity, 15,090 MW were in commercial operation, 67 percent of the OPA’s total contracted capacity. The remaining 7,374 MW of the OPA’s contracted capacity were in various stages of developmental status. See the chart below for details.

Within the total renewable generation capacity, about 1,402 MW were contracted with Aboriginal participation and 228 MW were contracted with community and municipal participation. This represented about 7.3 percent of the OPA’s total procured generation capacity.

We are committed to encouraging additional Aboriginal community participation in our renewable energy programs through the Aboriginal Energy Partnerships Program (AEPP). Efforts to improve community and municipal engagement in renewable energy development programs continue.

On this website, information on individual contracted facilities, both in commercial operation and in development, are grouped by technology type or fuel source, and can be found in the menu below the table or in the menu on the left side of this page.
 

Breakdown of Total Contract Capacity as of December 31, 2012
  Total Under
Development		 Commercial
Operation
Renewables   
Bio-energy 374 312 63  
Solar PV 1,996 1,350 645  
Wind 5,791 3,772 2,019  
Non-Hydroelectric - Sub-total (MW) 8,161 5,434 2,727  
Hydroelectric 2,382 725 1,710  
Renewables - Sub-total (MW) 10,543 6,159 4,437  
Natural Gas and Other Fuel Sources   
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) 420 6 414  
Simple Cycle and Combined Cycle (SC/CC) 8,428 1,189 7,239  
Energy from Waste (EFW) 20 20 -    
Natural Gas and Other - Sub-total (MW) 8,868 1,215 7,653  
Nuclear   
Bruce A 3,000 -  3,000  
Nuclear Sub-total (MW) 3,000 -  3,000  
Total Contract Capacity (MW) 22,411 7,374 15,090 

 

Find more information on our contracted electricity supply projects:

Bio-energy Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
Wind Hydroelectric
Simple/Combined Cycle (SC/CC) Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
Energy-from-Waste (EFW) Nuclear

 

More Information
Information on Contract Management (CM) quarterly reports, forms, and procedures manual can be obtained by following the links below.

Quarterly Progress Report CM Standard Forms CM Procedures Manual