CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

How does the Ontario power market grow and evolve from its current form with many assets under contract for much of their projected useful lives? Platts 3rd Annual Ontario Power Forum is for the power developer and investor, providing opportunities to question high-level panels of power/gas, regulatory, and legal experts as they debate the future course of investing in Ontario power supply:

• IPSP — What is the significance of any delays? What contingency plans are needed?
• procurement options; updates on Discussion Paper #8 stakeholder comments
• Market design — Progression toward a day-ahead market; potential LMP impacts; role of retail markets in migration to a competitive market
• Generation mix/supply planning — Will Standard Offer be expanded to cover small cogeneration? How much wind can Ontario cost-effectively integrate?
• Coal retirements — Reliability concerns vs. Kyoto targets
• Who will bear the risks of new and refurbished nuclear?
• Conservation — Demand management; smart meters
• Developer views — Pure play vs. diversification for power portfolios
• Power investment —Key risk factors; spark spreads, credit ratings, consolidation trends, fuel price risk, Kyoto Protocol restrictions, and technology/construction/transmission risk
• Plant finance — Structuring transactions and public/private capital trends
• Prince Wind Project
• Newly contracted projects — Hurdles faced and overcome
• Portlands Energy Centre
• Perspectives on stream-lined permitting and construction — Commodity prices’ affect on plant project timing. Are there enough turbines for wind projects; order fulfillment

Interact with More Than 25 Ontario Power Leaders:

• Rick Jennings, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy
• Derek Cowbourne, COO, IESO
• Keith Wettlaufer, CFO and Executive Vice President, Bruce Power
• Brian Kubeck, Senior Vice President, Sithe Global
• Jacques Gauthier, COO, Kruger Energy Inc.
• Kevin Smith, Senior Vice President, Invenergy LLC
• Jim Burpee, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, OPG
• Guy Raffaele, Director, Generation Development, OPA
• Harry Goldgut, Co-Chair and CEO, Brookfield Power
• Eric Norberg, Vice President, Minnesota Power & Light
• Andrew M. Kuske, Director, Pipelines and Power, UBS SA
• John Watt, Portfolio Manager, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• Sandy O’Connor, Director, Regulatory and Legal Affairs, TransAlta
• Dave Charleson, Director, Energy Policy, Enbridge Gas Distribution
• Tim Martin, Vice President, National Grid
• Harvie Campbell, Executive Vice President, Pristine Power
• Duncan McEachern, Vice President, Competitive Power Ventures
• Bruce Campbell, Vice President, IESO
• Mike Calimano, Vice President, Operations, New York ISO
• Richard Doying, Vice President, Markets, Midwest ISO
• Peter Ronson, Manager, Engineering & Operations, Toromont Energy Ltd.
• James W. Harbell, Partner, Stikeman Elliot LLP
• Glenn Zacher, Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
• Bryn O’Shaughnessy, Director, Asset Origination, BP Canada
• Anadi Jauhari, Head of Project Finance, Natexis Banques Populaires
• Gary Nevison, Managing Director, TD Securities
• Brad Crilly, Vice President, Fortis Capital Corp.

For more information and speaking opportunities, contact:

James Gillies
Tel: 781-430-2110
james_gillies@platts.com

Sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Lorne Grout
Tel: 781-430-2112
lorne_grout@platts.com

For media inquiries, contact:

Christine Benners
Tel: 781-430-2104
christine_benners@platts.com