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

Media Releases

September 2, 2020

3 min read

Stay clear, stay safe this Labour Day long weekend

Evaluate water conditions and always be prepared

Toronto –Ontario Power Generation (OPG) wants to remind you to take extreme caution and exercise sound judgement when around water, especially around our hydroelectric stations and dams.

“Your safety is of the utmost importance to us at OPG. Enjoy the last long weekend of the summer, but make sure to keep yourselves and your families safe by paying attention to water levels, changing flows, warning signs, fences and booms,” said Nicolle Butcher, Senior Vice-President of Renewable Generation & Power Marketing for OPG. “Whether you’re boating, swimming or fishing, conditions can change quickly and without warning.”

Despite continued warnings, some people disregard our signs and barriers, putting themselves at risk. OPG works with the Ontario Provincial Police to enforce these warning and could lay trespass charges where appropriate.

Remember to obey all warning signs, fencing and safety booms when approaching hydroelectric facilities.

“Your safety is of the utmost importance to us at OPG. Enjoy the last long weekend of the summer, but make sure to keep yourselves and your families safe by paying attention to water levels, changing flows, warning signs, fences and booms."

Nicolle Butcher, Senior Vice-President of Renewable Generation & Power Marketing

Activities on the water can be lots of fun when done safely. Enjoy the Labour Day long weekend and remember to stay clear and stay safe.

For more information about water safety, please visit: www.opg.com/watersafety

OPG is the largest electricity generator in the province, providing almost half the power Ontarians rely on every day. It is also one of the most diverse generators in North America with nuclear, hydro, biomass, solar and gas assets.

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Ontario Power Generation
416-592-4008 or 1-877-592-4008
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Communiqué de presse

May 6, 2024

3 min read

Restez en sécurité pendant la fête du travail

Évaluez les conditions de l’eau et soyez toujours prêts à parer à toute éventualité

Toronto – Ontario Power Generation (OPG) souhaite vous rappeler d’être extrêmement prudents et de faire preuve de bon sens lorsque vous vous trouvez aux abords de l’eau, et plus particulièrement aux abords de nos centrales hydroélectriques et de nos barrages.

« À OPG, votre sécurité est au cœur de nos priorités. Profitez de la dernière longue fin de semaine de l’été, mais assurez votre sécurité et celle de votre famille en portant attention aux niveaux d’eau, aux variations des débits, aux panneaux d’avertissement, aux clôtures et aux barrages flottants, a déclaré Nicolle Butcher, vice-présidente principale, Production d’énergie renouvelable et marketing d’énergie à OPG. Que vous partiez naviguer, nager ou pêcher, les conditions peuvent changer brusquement, sans signes annonciateurs. »

Malgré nos avertissements constants, certaines personnes ne tiennent pas compte des panneaux et des barrières d’OPG, se mettant ainsi en danger. OPG travaille de concert avec la Police provinciale de l’Ontario pour faire respecter ces avertissements et pourrait porter des accusations d’entrée sans autorisation, le cas échéant.

Rappelez-vous de respecter les panneaux d’avertissement, les clôtures et les barrières de sécurité lorsque vous approchez des installations hydroélectriques.

Les activités sur l’eau peuvent être très amusantes lorsqu’elles sont réalisées de manière sécuritaire. Profitez de la longue fin de semaine de la fête du Travail, mais n’oubliez pas de rester plus loin, c’est plus sûr.

Pour obtenir plus de renseignements sur la sécurité et l’eau, veuillez consulter le site www.opg.com/watersafety.

OPG est le producteur d’électricité le plus important de la province; il produit près de la moitié de l’électricité pour satisfaire les besoins quotidiens des Ontariens. C’est également l’un des producteurs d’électricité les plus diversifiés en Amérique du Nord, spécialisé en énergie nucléaire, hydroélectrique et solaire, ainsi qu’en bioénergie et en gaz.

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Ontario Power Generation
416 592-4008 ou 1 877 592-4008
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