Our mission, vision & values

As Ontario’s largest clean electricity generator, see how our focus is on generating safe, efficient, and reliable energy.

About

Our partnerships & subsidiaries
Our subsidiaries & partnerships are helping us improve electricity generation, storage, and distribution technology to electrify life in one generation.
Who we are
Powering Ontario
Ontario’s need for power never takes a rest and neither does OPG — we’re on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week, powering Ontario.
What we do
Public safety
We maintain a long-term commitment to the health, safety and energy needs of Ontarians, and it shows in everything we do.
Our commitment in action
Code of Business Conduct
We operate according to a Code of Business Conduct that ensures safety, integrity and efficiency for Ontario.
Governance & regulation

Our role in the system

Our role is to help build a stronger Ontario by investing in clean, affordable power and energy solutions that help grow Ontario's economy.

Power generation

Nuclear power
Nuclear power plays an important role in Ontario and OPG’s energy mix, and its critical to helping us achieving our net-zero goals.
Our power
Educational resources
We support students and educators by providing learning resources developed specifically for teachers, young people and schools.
Our role in the system
Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
We build safety into every step of our energy production and about our comprehensive emergency preparedness plans for Ontarians.
Our commitment to safety
- Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
- Water safety

Darlington refurbishment project

Once complete, this project will enable production of clean, safe, low-cost, and emission-free electricity from Darlington for 30 more years.

Projects & services

Darlington SMR
The Darlington site is the only location in Canada licenced for new nuclear with a completed and accepted Environmental Assessment.
Our projects
Clean energy credits
With an extensive portfolio of clean energy generation across North America, OPG can offer environmental credits in both Canada and the US.
Our services
- Electrification services
- Clean energy credits

Territorial acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that our facilities are located within the traditional and treaty territory of Indigenous Nations and communities.

Communities

Territorial Acknowledgement
- Territorial Acknowledgement
  OPG respectfully acknowledges that the lands on which its generating stations and other assets are located are within the traditional and treaty territory of many Indigenous communities. Click to read more.
Central Ontario
- Central Ontario
  Central Ontario is home to 20 of our hydroelectric facilities, some of which, like our Sills Island Generating Station, have been part of their community for more than one hundred years.
Eastern Ontario
- Eastern Ontario
  Eastern Ontario is host to one gas-fired generating station and 15 of our hydroelectric generating stations on the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Madawaska Rivers.
Northeastern Ontario
- Northeastern Ontario
  Northeastern Ontario contains 14 of our hydroelectric stations, including several we built or redeveloped through key partnerships with local Indigenous communities.
Northwestern Ontario
- Northwestern Ontario
  Northwestern Ontario hosts 11 of our hydroelectric stations as well as a former coal generating station that we converted to use biomass as fuel.
Southern Ontario - Durham Region
- Southern Ontario - Durham Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our Darlington and Pickering nuclear stations in Clarington and Pickering.
Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
- Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our iconic Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric stations in Niagara Falls.
Southwestern Ontario
- Southwestern Ontario
  Southwestern Ontario is host to our NSS - Western Waste Management Facility in Bruce County, our Eugenia hydroelectric station near Meaford, and our Nanticoke Solar Facility on the site of the former Nanticoke coal station.

Water system data portal

Find water level and flow information from gauges on rivers where OPG operates hydroelectric stations in Ontario.

News & resources

Net-Zero News
A quarterly round-up of stories, news and profiles that highlight our best. See how we’re electrifying life in one generation.
Newsroom
Visitor centres
At our visitor centres, the public is welcomed to see how their power is made and learn about Ontario's low-carbon electricity system.
Educational resources
Water safety
Our commitment to public safety includes making sure people know about the dangers around our hydro stations and dams.
Water system data portal

Careers
Investors
Reports
OPG Websites

About us

Accent: bj7z0tg1krnh

Powering Ontario's future

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is proud to be one of the largest, most diverse power producers in North America.

We invest millions in local economies and employ thousands of people to maintain a modern, sophisticated energy fleet. And we partner with local, environmental, and Indigenous groups to improve the well-being of our site communities.

Explore our beginnings and the work we are doing now to secure a clean energy future.

Accent: i7btslhc2xd6

Our generation portfolio in Ontario

0
hydroelectric stations

2
nuclear stations

1
solar facility

1
biomass station

1
dual-fuelled oil and gas station

0
Atura Power combined-cycle gas turbine stations

OPG also owns a number of additional facilities in Ontario and the United States:

Our US hydroelectric operations — OPG wholly or jointly owns and operates 85 hydroelectric generating stations and holds minority interests in 14 hydroelectric and two solar facilities in the United States through our US-based wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy.
Our gas-fired combined-cycle generating stations — Our subsidiary, Atura Power, is the operator of four combined-cycle gas turbine generating stations located in Ontario.
Bruce nuclear stations — We also own two other nuclear generating stations in Ontario that are leased to Bruce Power L.P.

Accent: 1lozwy0ajprb

An aerial view of Sills Island hydroelectric station.

2022 annual report

Read about our 2022 financial and operating performance.

Fast-motion public transit vehicle speeding down street core with beautiful color streaks. Train transportation.

Who we are

The people of OPG are innovators, change makers, and leaders in clean energy who are electrifying life in one generation.

An aerial view of Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

What we do

OPG supplies Ontario with clean, safe, and reliable electricity so that you can build a business, raise a family, and pursue your dreams.

President & CEO Ken Hartwick speaks with employees.

Our commitment in action

OPG generates clean power and positive change by championing equity, diversity, and inclusion and by lifting up the communities we serve.

Group of business persons in business meeting. Group of entrepreneurs on meeting in board room. Corporate business team on meeting in the office.

Governance & regulation

Governance and strong regulatory oversight ensure that OPG is delivering clean, safe, and reliable power to homes and businesses across Ontario.

Accent: liwdkfgx3eay

Generating power with purpose

See how we are helping build a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow.

Home
About us

Territorial Acknowledgement

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

Southern Ontario - Durham Region

Southern Ontario - Niagara Region

Southwestern Ontario

Search Results: