Ontario Hydro
Ontario Hydro is one of the largest electric utilities in North America. Created in 1906, this financially self-sustaining provincial corporation in Ontario, Canada, now operates 81 electricity generating stations with a total installed dependable peak capacity of 31,472 MWe. Hydro delivers power over an extensive transmission and distribution system to 314 municipal utilities, more than 100 large industrial consumers, and over 900 thousand customers in rural and remote areas. The total number of customers served by the utility throughout the province exceeds 3.6 million. Ontario Hydro is also the largest nuclear utility in Canada, operating 18 nuclear power reactors with capacity totalling almost 13 thousand megawatts electric. Two more reactors are under construction and, when completed by 1993, will add over 1,700 MWe of net nuclear generating capacity. The company is separated into several branches as illustrated. The diagram has been simplified to show only the major branches and where nuclear operations fit in the organization. It should be noted that the current organization is effectively subdivided into two components. The planning, finance, and demand management branches report directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, whereas the design, construction, and operations branches report through the President and Chief Operating Officer.
- OSTI ID:
- 103336
- Journal Information:
- NUEXCO. Monthly Report to the Nuclear Industry, Journal Name: NUEXCO. Monthly Report to the Nuclear Industry Journal Issue: 282; ISSN 0742-4582; ISSN NUEXD3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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