Over 200 participants took part in a supplier summit in Kincardine Wednesday, hosted by Bruce Power.
Bruce Power and the Independent Electricity System Operator entered into an amended, long-term agreement last December to secure 6,300 megawatts of electricity from the Bruce Power site, through a multi-year investment program.
The amended agreement will allow Bruce Power to immediately invest in life-extension activities for Units 3-8 to support a long-term refurbishment program. The program will secure thousands of jobs directly and indirectly from operations, and thousands more throughout the annual investment program.
The summit Wednesday focused on the importance of working together to extend the life of the nuclear units, as Bruce Power prepares for the first refurbishment.
Both current and prospective suppliers heard from Bruce Power's acting president, chief nuclear officer and the vice presidents of outage and maintenance services, major projects, project management and construction, facilities, commercial services and supply chain, among others.
"It's important to mobilize all of our Ontario-based suppliers to discuss the future of Bruce Power, our ongoing planned maintenance outage programs, site facility and infrastructure upgrades and the life-extension activities that will all lead up to the first major component replacement in Unit 6, starting in 2020," says Richard Horrobin, vice president, commercial services, finance. "Bruce Power relies on our suppliers and contractors to be successful, so the opportunity to share expectations and ideas was welcome."