Ontario Power Generation

Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the R.H. Saunders Generating Station Station Open House Saturday June 28, 2008 10am - 3pm R. H. Saunders Generation Station 2500 Second Street West Cornwall, Ontario Come for a tour of our station, enjoy the spectacular view from the 6th floor, visit with old friends, see historic videos, photographs and artifacts, and see how far we’ve come since 1958. There will be activities for kids, refreshments will be available and a commemorative plaque will be unveiled at 11:30am. For more information contact: Linda Halliday - 613.932.3072 ext.3304

Station Facts In Service Date 1958 Number of Units 16 Installed Capacity 1,045 Megawatts MORE INFO

Robert H. Saunders Robert Saunders was appointed Chairman of the Hydroelectric Power Commission of Ontario in 1948. A lawyer and politician who had been elected mayor of Toronto four times, Saunders joined Hydro just as the company was embarking on a huge electricity expansion program to support Ontario’s growing post-war economy. Under his tenure, a total of 16 new generation projects were launched – including the great Sir Adam Beck II hydroelectric station near Niagara Falls and the St Lawrence Power Project, completed in 1959.

Saunders Generating Station The Robert H. Saunders Generating Station is one of two large generating stations in the kilometre-long power dam that stretches across the St. Lawrence River to New York State. R.H. Saunders shares the structure with the St. Lawrence- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Project, a generating station operated by the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The Canadian side of the station has a generating capacity of over 1,000 megawatts and produces about 4% of the electricity in Ontario. The station, which went into service in 1958 is the second largest hydroelectric station in Ontario and can generate enough electricity to meet the needs of the entire City of Ottawa.