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 commitments 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

Workers in hard hats look out from the top of an open stairway before a huge Canadian flag in a nuclear plant.

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

The pristine turbine hall at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

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

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Territorial acknowledgement

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

Community investment

The Power for Change Project was designed to give back to Ontario and to the communities where we operate, to help build a cleaner, more sustainable future for generations to come.

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.

Rough waters in the tailrace from Barrett Chute hydroelectric 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

A mission and vision for an electric future

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Powered by our people, ideas, and electricity

At Ontario Power Generation (OPG), we are always improving, adding new voices, and finding newer, better ways of generating clean power that move us closer to realizing our vision for an electrified Ontario, and world.

Our mission

To build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people.

Our vision

To electrify life in one generation.

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Our journey to a world powered by clean, reliable electricity

From transportation to home heating to heavy industry, the next 20 years are going to be transformative for Ontario as the province switches to cleaner energy sources. As Ontario's largest generator of clean power, OPG is going to be centre-stage. And we are ready. We want to be the catalyst for economy-wide decarbonization by 2050. To do this, we have committed to making OPG a net-zero company by 2040.

We are already well on our way. OPG is reinvesting in hydropower, securing the future of nuclear energy by becoming a world leader on small modular reactors (SMRs), expanding our reach beyond Ontario to create value throughout the energy supply chain, and entering innovative partnerships to create real benefits for Indigenous communities and other partners.

Electrifying life in one generation won't be easy. But nothing worth doing ever is. At OPG, we never shy away from a challenge.

Values that power our people

Safety

It’s our business

Safety is, and always will be, our number one priority. We are responsible for keeping ourselves, each other, the public, and the environment safe at all times.
We foster a culture that embraces physical and psychological health and safety and incorporate this into day-to-day decision making to promote healthy and safe work environments.

Integrity

Always leading with integrity

We believe openness, honesty, and transparency make us stronger, more effective partners, Indigenous allies, and committed environmental stewards.
We commit to integrity and hold ourselves and others to the highest standard of ethical conduct.

Excellence

Never satisfied with good enough

We believe progress is a journey and strive for excellence in everything we do.
We deliver results in a reliable, efficient, and cost-effective manner to support ongoing operations, development projects, and to maintain OPG’s leadership position as a generator of choice.

Inclusion

Working together for powerful outcomes

We prioritize equity, diversity, and inclusion, and work to foster a culture where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We build trust and support the social and cultural fabric of the communities where we live, work, and serve.

Innovation

Creativity accelerates possibility

We embrace challenges as opportunities for innovation to solve the energy sector’s biggest challenges.
We demonstrate change leadership through curiosity and ingenuity.

The energy sector is facing a once-in-a-century transition, on a scale never seen before. With our mission, vision, and values, OPG is poised to help transform Ontario into a clean-energy powerhouse.

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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 commitments in action

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

A view of the G1 turbine at OPG's Cameron Falls Generating Station.

Our power generation

OPG is Ontario’s leader in generating clean, affordable power by operating a diverse mix of generating assets.

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Our projects

From SMRs to hydrogen, storage, and electrification, OPG's projects are about being innovative and accelerating towards a low-carbon future.

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