Hon. Glen ThibeaultDecember…

Hon. Glen ThibeaultDecember 7 2016

Minister of Energy

4th Floor, Hearst Block

900 Bay St.

Toronto, Ontario

M7A 2E1

Re; Submission of letter of support for Bruce Power

The role that Bruce Power plays in providing clean, low carbon, and reliable energy is important

to Ontario and is important to our energy mix in the province.  We need the base load energy as well as the load following energy from the Bruce A and B sites.

With this low-cost power, we, as a Province, can also utilize other forms of clean energy, such as hydro, wind and solar.  The upgrades and performance improvements at Bruce Power have also aided us in the removal of coal generation from our Province.  A commendable achievement.

With energy from Bruce Power at less than $.07/Kwhr we have a large, stable and inexpensive source of power.

At DB2 Consulting, my company started two years ago, my focus is 100% within the nuclear arena. Prior to this I was with Cameco, another Canadian nuclear company.

I rely on the nuclear sector for work, and I provide business development services to nuclear based companies in Ontario, who benefit from Bruce Power Procurement needs.

The Candu reactor is a well recognized, notable Canadian achievement. They provide safe, clean and reliable power.  They are among the best performing reactors in the world.  With the low cost of power and the jobs they bring to their localities it is important to my company that we must perform the MCRs at Bruce and maintain Bruce Power’s role of providing 30% of Ontario’s electricity at 30% less than the average residential price of power, supporting the life extension and refurbishment of Units 3-8 on the Bruce site, securing its future through 2064

With Best Regards

Doug Burton MBA P Eng

DB2 Consulting

Cc;

Andrea Pastori

Ministry of Energy

77 Grenville Street

Floor 6th

Toronto Ontario

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Phone: (416) 327-7276

Hon. Kathleen Wynne

Premier of Ontario

Legislative Building Room 281,

Queen's Park, Toronto, ON

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Hon. Brad Duguid

Minister of Economic Development & Growth

Hearst Block 8th Floor

900 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario

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Serge Imbrogno

Deputy Minister of Energy

4th Floor, Hearst Block

900 Bay St.

Toronto, Ontario

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Bruce Campbell

President & CEO

Independent Electricity System Operator

1600-120 Adelaide Street West

Toronto, Ontario

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Lou Rinaldi

Ministry of Municipal Affairs

Suite 2302, 23rd Floor

777 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E5

Ms Kim Rudd, MP,

House of Commons,

Ottawa

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