Elexicon Energy

• Completed: Jones Substation emergency feeder rebuild due to pole fire.
• Completed: Switch replacement due to aging equipment and switch consolidation.
• Completed: Asset renewal project: Fifteen (15) pole replacements throughout the City

• On October 25th, the Ontario Energy Board published the 2020 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year. Elexicon Energy (Elexicon) delivered strong results across all performance categories. The company has made significant progress in creating merger synergies, including integrating its financial and customer experience systems.
• In early November, Elexicon President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, joined a panel of energy industry thought leaders to take a closer look at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector. The panel unpacked key lessons learned from the broad social and cultural shifts which occurred throughout the past year, as well as what can be expected in the future for Ontario and Canada's energy sectors.
• The holiday season is a prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. In response to increased fraudulent activity across Ontario, Elexicon Energy joined Alectra Utilities, Hydro Ottawa and Toronto Hydro to increase awareness about ongoing sophisticated scams targeting utility customers. The group’s outreach included this news release and posts on social media.
• The winter issue of Elexicon’s customer newsletter, the illuminator, started mailing to customers in late November. The issue provided an opportunity for President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, to introduce herself. The newsletter also encouraged customers to switch to paperless billing, highlighted Ontario’s system-wide electricity supply mix and provided information on stray voltage.
• The winter issue of the Electricity Distributor Association’s industry magazine, The Distributor, included a spotlight feature on Indrani Butany-DeSouza.

• On November 10th, Elexicon Energy was proud to join forces with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Minister of Energy, Todd Smith to announce the funding of two innovation projects that will benefit residents in its services territory:

  - Co-ordinating Provincial and Local Electricity Networks. This project will provide a platform that brings together real-time energy supply and consumption information at the local level – giving local hydro companies a more detailed view of local energy sources within their systems, and identifying where local suppliers can provide energy to meet local demand. Elexicon has partnered with Survalent, London Hydro, Waterloo North Hydro and Oakville Hydro. The IESO is providing $500,000 to the project with additional investments of $500,000 from project partners.

  - Creating Local Energy Markets. This simulation project will model how local distribution companies can operate dynamic local electricity markets, similar to the IESO wholesale market operating at the provincial-level. Here, local energy resources will compete to provide supply to meet local demand on an ongoing basis. Elexicon has partnered with Powerconsumer Inc., Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution and NODES-tech. The IESO is providing $480,000 to the project with additional investments of $1.1 million from project partners.

  
  
• On November 12th, Indy Butany-DeSouza and Elexicon’s Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Falguni Shah, attended the official ribbon-cutting of Altona Towns in Pickering. This important event celebrated the great work of our team that partnered with Opus One Solutions and Marshall Homes to build Canada’s first pre-planned nested residential community microgrid. The project was funded by the Ministry of Energy and IESO. Ontario’s Minister of Finance and MPP for Pickering, the Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, was also in attendance to provide remarks.
• Indy Butany-DeSouza met with Todd Smith, Minister of Energy on November 17th, to introduce the newly appointed Minister to the organization’s current priorities and the efforts underway to ensure a reliable, sustainable and innovative electricity system. Being the provincial representative for one of our shareholder communities (the City of Belleville), the Minister was particularly interested in learning more about our projects in Belleville and discussing the electrification of the grid.

• On November 16th, the Minister of Energy issued a letter requiring the OEB to examine, report back and provide advice to the Ministry on the design(s) of an optional enhanced Time-of-Use rate to further incent demand-shifting away from peak periods to lower-demand periods. It is expected that the OEB will report back and provide its advice to the Ministry no later than April 1st, 2022.
• Ontario is bringing electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers directly to the province’s busiest highways with the deployment of Ivy Charging Network chargers at all ONroute locations. Chargers at 17 ONroute locations will open next summer, with another three ONroute locations opening before the end of 2022. The deployment of charging infrastructure will see ONroute locations along highways 401 and 400 equipped with at least two EV chargers at each site, with busier sites equipped with more. The EV chargers will be available to all drivers on a pay per use basis and will serve all vehicle types.
• The OEB made a number of changes to their website to align with the modernization mandate and digital first strategy aimed at providing modern digital services to the public. The enhancements also reflect feedback they received from industry users who asked for greater transparency into their work and who rely on OEB.ca to carry out their regulatory responsibilities.
• The OEB released a report on the frequency of Regulated Price Plan (RPP) customers switching between Time-of-Use and Tiered price plans. The document reports the proportion of customer meters that have switched between price plans and the number of customer meters that are reported to have switched price plans more than once within the first 12 months since the introduction of Customer Choice.
• The OEB is launching a comprehensive review of reliability and power quality in the Ontario electricity sector. The Reliability and Power Quality Review is aligned with the OEB's Strategic Plan goals to protect the public and drive energy sector performance.
• The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released their Annual Planning Outlook (APO) on December 10th. The outlook forecasts Ontario’s electricity demand yearly for the next 20 years. This year’s APO forecasted a significant demand increase largely from electric vehicles and the electrification of the industrial sector. The report forecasts an average 20 per cent increase of transportation electrification per year. The report also highlights a looming supply gap stemming from the retirement/refurbishment of nuclear facilities, contracts nearing completion and increased demand. In the near-term, the IESO will be relying on natural-gas generation and a capacity auction to meet the needs. In the long-term, there is forecasted to be a reduction in provincial GHG emissions thanks to electrification. The APO is explained in these seven graphs.

CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM UPDATE:

• 2021 Budget: $37,215
• Amount spent to date: $37,215

RECENT CORPORATE GIVING RECIPIENTS:

• Belleville Firefighters Toy Drive
• Belleville General Hospital Foundation
• Belleville Police – Adopt a Child
• Christmas Sharing Program Belleville Inc.
• Gleaners Food Bank
• United Way Hastings, Prince Edward County

• Completed: 44kV line removal on Liberty Street- Removed due to rotten poles with no need of replacement. Street.
• Completed: Cable replacement on Deerpark Crescent.
• Completed: Asset renewal, three pole replacements throughout the Municipality to replace aging infrastructure and increase reliability Municipality -
• Completed: Supporting growth and development in our community with a pole line relocation from Given Road to King Street
• Completed: Load Interrupter Switch replaced at 136 Wellington Street to maintain system reliability.

• On October 25th, the Ontario Energy Board published the 2020 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year. Elexicon Energy delivered strong results across all performance categories. The company has made significant progress in creating merger synergies, including integrating its financial and customer experience systems.
• In early November, Elexicon President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, joined a panel of energy industry thought leaders to take a closer look at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector. The panel unpacked key lessons learned from the broad social and cultural shifts which occurred throughout the past year, as well as what can be expected in the future for Ontario and Canada's energy sectors.
• The holiday season is a prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. In response to increased fraudulent activity across Ontario, Elexicon Energy joined Alectra Utilities, Hydro Ottawa and Toronto Hydro to increase awareness about ongoing sophisticated scams targeting utility customers. The group’s outreach included this news release and posts on social media.
• The winter issue of Elexicon Energy’s customer newsletter, the illuminator, was published in late November. The issue was the first opportunity for President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, to speak with customers and share some of the key goals for Elexicon Energy in the New Year. The newsletter also encouraged customers to switch to paperless billing, highlighted Ontario’s system-wide electricity supply mix and provided electrical safety information about stray voltage.
• The winter issue of the Electricity Distributor Association’s industry magazine, The Distributor, included a spotlight feature on Elexicon Energy President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza.

• On November 10th, Elexicon Energy was proud to join forces with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Minister of Energy, Todd Smith to announce the funding of two innovation projects that will benefit residents in its services territory:

  - Co-ordinating Provincial and Local Electricity Networks. This project will provide a platform that brings together real-time energy supply and consumption information at the local level – giving local hydro companies a more detailed view of local energy sources within their systems, and identifying where local suppliers can provide energy to meet local demand. Elexicon has partnered with Survalent, London Hydro, Waterloo North Hydro and Oakville Hydro. The IESO is providing $500,000 to the project with additional investments of $500,000 from project partners.

  - Creating Local Energy Markets. This simulation project will model how local distribution companies can operate dynamic local electricity markets, similar to the IESO wholesale market operating at the provincial-level. Here, local energy resources will compete to provide supply to meet local demand on an ongoing basis. Elexicon has partnered with Powerconsumer Inc., Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution and NODES-tech. The IESO is providing $480,000 to the project with additional investments of $1.1 million from project partners.

  
  
• On November 12th, Indy Butany-DeSouza and Elexicon’s Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Falguni Shah, attended the official ribbon-cutting of Altona Towns in Pickering. This important event celebrated the great work of our team that partnered with Opus One Solutions and Marshall Homes to build Canada’s first pre-planned nested residential community microgrid. The project was funded by the Ministry of Energy and IESO. Ontario’s Minister of Finance and MPP for Pickering, the Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, was also in attendance to provide remarks.

• On November 16th, the Minister of Energy issued a letter requiring the OEB to examine, report back and provide advice to the Ministry on the design(s) of an optional enhanced Time-of-Use rate to further incent demand-shifting away from peak periods to lower-demand periods. It is expected that the OEB will report back and provide its advice to the Ministry no later than April 1st, 2022.
• Ontario is bringing electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers directly to the province’s busiest highways with the deployment of Ivy Charging Network chargers at all ONroute locations. Chargers at 17 ONroute locations will open next summer, with another three ONroute locations opening before the end of 2022. The deployment of charging infrastructure will see ONroute locations along highways 401 and 400 equipped with at least two EV chargers at each site, with busier sites equipped with more. The EV chargers will be available to all drivers on a pay per use basis and will serve all vehicle types.
• The OEB made a number of changes to their website to align with the modernization mandate and digital first strategy aimed at providing modern digital services to the public. The enhancements also reflect feedback they received from industry users who asked for greater transparency into their work and who rely on OEB.ca to carry out their regulatory responsibilities.
• The OEB released a report on the frequency of Regulated Price Plan (RPP) customers switching between Time-of-Use and Tiered price plans. The document reports the proportion of customer meters that have switched between price plans and the number of customer meters that are reported to have switched price plans more than once within the first 12 months since the introduction of Customer Choice.
• The OEB is launching a comprehensive review of reliability and power quality in the Ontario electricity sector. The Reliability and Power Quality Review is aligned with the OEB's Strategic Plan goals to protect the public and drive energy sector performance.
• The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released their Annual Planning Outlook (APO) on December 10th. The outlook forecasts Ontario’s electricity demand yearly for the next 20 years. This year’s APO forecasted a significant demand increase largely from electric vehicles and the electrification of the industrial sector. The report forecasts an average 20 per cent increase of transportation electrification per year. The report also highlights a looming supply gap stemming from the retirement/refurbishment of nuclear facilities, contracts nearing completion and increased demand. In the near-term, the IESO will be relying on natural-gas generation and a capacity auction to meet the needs. In the long-term, there is forecasted to be a reduction in provincial GHG emissions thanks to electrification. The APO is explained in these seven graphs.

CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM UPDATE:

• 2021 Budget: $32,968
• Amount spent to date: $32,968

RECENT CORPORATE GIVING RECIPIENTS:

• Clarington Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Community Innovation Lab (iLab)
• Feed the Need Durham
• Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation
• Ontario Tech University (STEM)
• Shine Through the Rain Foundation

• Completed: Pole line relocation on Whites Road to accommodate Pine Ridge Tower Ltd. Development.
• Completed: Asset Renewal of two overhead railway crossings on Altona Road and Rosebank Road.
• Completed: KABAR (switching unit) removed from the intersection of Finch Avenue and Whiskey Gate as the unit was no longer required.

• On October 25th, the Ontario Energy Board published the 2020 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year. Elexicon Energy delivered strong results across all performance categories. The company has made significant progress in creating merger synergies, including integrating its financial and customer experience systems.
• In early November, Elexicon President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, joined a panel of energy industry thought leaders to take a closer look at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector. The panel unpacked key lessons learned from the broad social and cultural shifts which occurred throughout the past year, as well as what can be expected in the future for Ontario and Canada's energy sectors.
• Work has started on the Seaton Municipal Transformer Station in North Pickering. This major project is several years in the making and will be the first time Elexicon Energy will own a municipal transformer station. Ownership will decrease our reliance on Hydro One and provide connection capacity for renewable energy resources to a community of over 20,000 new homes. The station is expected to be operational by late 2022.
• The holiday season is a prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. In response to increased fraudulent activity across Ontario, Elexicon Energy joined Alectra Utilities, Hydro Ottawa and Toronto Hydro to increase awareness about ongoing sophisticated scams targeting utility customers. The group’s outreach included this news release and posts on social media.
• The winter issue of Elexicon Energy’s customer newsletter, the illuminator, was published in late November. The issue was the first opportunity for President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, to speak with customers and share some of the key goals for Elexicon Energy in the New Year. The newsletter also encouraged customers to switch to paperless billing, highlighted Ontario’s system-wide electricity supply mix and provided electrical safety information about stray voltage.
• The winter issue of the Electricity Distributor Association’s industry magazine, The Distributor, included a spotlight feature on Elexicon Energy President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza.

• On November 10th, Elexicon Energy was proud to join forces with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Minister of Energy, Todd Smith to announce the funding of two innovation projects that will benefit residents in its services territory:

  - Co-ordinating Provincial and Local Electricity Networks. This project will provide a platform that brings together real-time energy supply and consumption information at the local level – giving local hydro companies a more detailed view of local energy sources within their systems, and identifying where local suppliers can provide energy to meet local demand. Elexicon has partnered with Survalent, London Hydro, Waterloo North Hydro and Oakville Hydro. The IESO is providing $500,000 to the project with additional investments of $500,000 from project partners.

  - Creating Local Energy Markets. This simulation project will model how local distribution companies can operate dynamic local electricity markets, similar to the IESO wholesale market operating at the provincial-level. Here, local energy resources will compete to provide supply to meet local demand on an ongoing basis. Elexicon has partnered with Powerconsumer Inc., Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution and NODES-tech. The IESO is providing $480,000 to the project with additional investments of $1.1 million from project partners.

  
  
• On November 12th, Indy Butany-DeSouza and Elexicon’s Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Falguni Shah, attended the official ribbon-cutting of Altona Towns in Pickering. This important event celebrated the great work of our team that partnered with Opus One Solutions and Marshall Homes to build Canada’s first pre-planned nested residential community microgrid. The project was funded by the Ministry of Energy and IESO. Ontario’s Minister of Finance and MPP for Pickering, the Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, was also in attendance to provide remarks.

• On October 22nd, the OEB announced that electricity rates for households and small businesses would not change as of November 1st under the Regulated Price Plan. The winter Time-of-Use hours and the change in the Tier threshold for residential customers on Tiered pricing took effect on November 1st.
• The OEB’s Winter Disconnection Ban came into effect on November 15th. Electricity and natural gas distributors are not allowed to disconnect for non-payment from November 15th to April 30th.
• On November 16th, the Minister of Energy issued a letter requiring the OEB to examine, report back and provide advice to the Ministry on the design(s) of an optional enhanced Time-of-Use rate to further incent demand-shifting away from peak periods to lower-demand periods. It is expected that the OEB will report back and provide its advice to the Ministry no later than April 1st, 2022.
• Ontario is bringing electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers directly to the province’s busiest highways with the deployment of Ivy Charging Network chargers at all ONroute locations. Chargers at 17 ONroute locations will open next summer, with another three ONroute locations opening before the end of 2022. The deployment of charging infrastructure will see ONroute locations along highways 401 and 400 equipped with at least two EV chargers at each site, with busier sites equipped with more. The EV chargers will be available to all drivers on a pay per use basis and will serve all vehicle types.
• The OEB made a number of changes to their website to align with the modernization mandate and digital first strategy aimed at providing modern digital services to the public. The enhancements also reflect feedback they received from industry users who asked for greater transparency into their work and who rely on OEB.ca to carry out their regulatory responsibilities.
• The OEB released a report on the frequency of Regulated Price Plan (RPP) customers switching between Time-of-Use and Tiered price plans. The document reports the proportion of customer meters that have switched between price plans and the number of customer meters that are reported to have switched price plans more than once within the first 12 months since the introduction of Customer Choice.
• The OEB is launching a comprehensive review of reliability and power quality in the Ontario electricity sector. The Reliability and Power Quality Review is aligned with the OEB's Strategic Plan goals to protect the public and drive energy sector performance.
• The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released their Annual Planning Outlook (APO) on December 10th. The outlook forecasts Ontario’s electricity demand yearly for the next 20 years. This year’s APO forecasted a significant demand increase largely from electric vehicles and the electrification of the industrial sector. The report forecasts an average 20 per cent increase of transportation electrification per year. The report also highlights a looming supply gap stemming from the retirement/refurbishment of nuclear facilities, contracts nearing completion and increased demand. In the near-term, the IESO will be relying on natural-gas generation and a capacity auction to meet the needs. In the long-term, there is forecasted to be a reduction in provincial GHG emissions thanks to electrification. The APO is explained in these seven graphs.

CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM UPDATE:

• 2021 Budget: $68,982
• Amount spent to date: $68,982

RECENT CORPORATE GIVING RECIPIENTS:

• Abilities Centre
• Feed the Need in Durham
• Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity
• Ontario Philharmonic
• Ontario Shores for Mental Health
• Ontario Tech University (STEM)
• Pickering Mayor’s Gala
• Pickering Township Historical Society
• Pickering Winter Lights Festival
• Shine Through the Rain Foundation
• WindReach Farm

• Completed: W. Lawler substation rebuild to increase system reliability and accommodate future community growth in Brooklin.
• Completed: Underground cable replacement on Nichole Avenue and Pringle Creek to maintain system reliability and renew aging assets.
• Completed: Smart network installation on Broadleaf Avenue to improve system reliability.
• Completed: Underground cable testing between St. Lawrence Street and Garden Street, south of Burns Street East.

• On October 25th, the Ontario Energy Board published the 2020 Scorecards of Electricity Distributors. The scorecard measures how well Ontario’s electricity distributors are performing each year. Elexicon Energy delivered strong results across all performance categories. The company has made significant progress in creating merger synergies, including integrating its financial and customer experience systems.
• In early November, Elexicon President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, joined a panel of energy industry thought leaders to take a closer look at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector. The panel unpacked key lessons learned from the broad social and cultural shifts which occurred throughout the past year, as well as what can be expected in the future for Ontario and Canada's energy sectors.
• The holiday season is a prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. In response to increased fraudulent activity across Ontario, Elexicon Energy joined Alectra Utilities, Hydro Ottawa and Toronto Hydro to increase awareness about ongoing sophisticated scams targeting utility customers. The group’s outreach included this news release and posts on social media.
• The winter issue of Elexicon Energy’s customer newsletter, the illuminator, was published in late November. The issue was the first opportunity for President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza, to speak with customers and share some of the key goals for Elexicon Energy in the New Year. The newsletter also encouraged customers to switch to paperless billing, highlighted Ontario’s system-wide electricity supply mix and provided electrical safety information about stray voltage.
• The winter issue of the Electricity Distributor Association’s industry magazine, The Distributor, included a spotlight feature on Elexicon Energy President and CEO, Indrani Butany-DeSouza.

• On November 10th, Elexicon Energy was proud to join forces with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Minister of Energy, Todd Smith to announce the funding of two innovation projects that will benefit residents in its services territory:

  - Co-ordinating Provincial and Local Electricity Networks. This project will provide a platform that brings together real-time energy supply and consumption information at the local level – giving local hydro companies a more detailed view of local energy sources within their systems, and identifying where local suppliers can provide energy to meet local demand. Elexicon has partnered with Survalent, London Hydro, Waterloo North Hydro and Oakville Hydro. The IESO is providing $500,000 to the project with additional investments of $500,000 from project partners.

  - Creating Local Energy Markets. This simulation project will model how local distribution companies can operate dynamic local electricity markets, similar to the IESO wholesale market operating at the provincial-level. Here, local energy resources will compete to provide supply to meet local demand on an ongoing basis. Elexicon has partnered with Powerconsumer Inc., Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution and NODES-tech. The IESO is providing $480,000 to the project with additional investments of $1.1 million from project partners.

  
  
• On November 12th, Indy Butany-DeSouza and Elexicon’s Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Falguni Shah, attended the official ribbon-cutting of Altona Towns in Pickering. This important event celebrated the great work of our team that partnered with Opus One Solutions and Marshall Homes to build Canada’s first pre-planned nested residential community microgrid. The project was funded by the Ministry of Energy and IESO. Ontario’s Minister of Finance and MPP for Pickering, the Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, was also in attendance to provide remarks.

• On October 22nd, the OEB announced that electricity rates for households and small businesses would not change as of November 1st under the Regulated Price Plan. The winter Time-of-Use hours and the change in the Tier threshold for residential customers on Tiered pricing took effect on November 1st.
• The OEB’s Winter Disconnection Ban came into effect on November 15th. Electricity and natural gas distributors are not allowed to disconnect for non-payment from November 15th to April 30th.
• On November 16th, the Minister of Energy issued a letter requiring the OEB to examine, report back and provide advice to the Ministry on the design(s) of an optional enhanced Time-of-Use rate to further incent demand-shifting away from peak periods to lower-demand periods. It is expected that the OEB will report back and provide its advice to the Ministry no later than April 1st, 2022.
• Ontario is bringing electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers directly to the province’s busiest highways with the deployment of Ivy Charging Network chargers at all ONroute locations. Chargers at 17 ONroute locations will open next summer, with another three ONroute locations opening before the end of 2022. The deployment of charging infrastructure will see ONroute locations along highways 401 and 400 equipped with at least two EV chargers at each site, with busier sites equipped with more. The EV chargers will be available to all drivers on a pay per use basis and will serve all vehicle types.
• The OEB made a number of changes to their website to align with the modernization mandate and digital first strategy aimed at providing modern digital services to the public. The enhancements also reflect feedback they received from industry users who asked for greater transparency into their work and who rely on OEB.ca to carry out their regulatory responsibilities.
• The OEB released a report on the frequency of Regulated Price Plan (RPP) customers switching between Time-of-Use and Tiered price plans. The document reports the proportion of customer meters that have switched between price plans and the number of customer meters that are reported to have switched price plans more than once within the first 12 months since the introduction of Customer Choice.
• The OEB is launching a comprehensive review of reliability and power quality in the Ontario electricity sector. The Reliability and Power Quality Review is aligned with the OEB's Strategic Plan goals to protect the public and drive energy sector performance.
• The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released their Annual Planning Outlook (APO) on December 10th. The outlook forecasts Ontario’s electricity demand yearly for the next 20 years. This year’s APO forecasted a significant demand increase largely from electric vehicles and the electrification of the industrial sector. The report forecasts an average 20 per cent increase of transportation electrification per year. The report also highlights a looming supply gap stemming from the retirement/refurbishment of nuclear facilities, contracts nearing completion and increased demand. In the near-term, the IESO will be relying on natural-gas generation and a capacity auction to meet the needs. In the long-term, there is forecasted to be a reduction in provincial GHG emissions thanks to electrification. The APO is explained in these seven graphs.

CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM UPDATE:

• 2021 Budget: $91,503
• Amount spent to date: $91,503

RECENT CORPORATE GIVING RECIPIENTS:

• Abilities Centre
• Feed the Need in Durham
• Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity
• Ontario Philharmonic
• Ontario Shores for Mental Health
• Ontario Tech University (STEM)
• Shine Through the Rain Foundation
• Whitby Lights the Night & Youth Events
• WindReach Farm