Corporate Responsibility Report 2012

Environmental Indicators

Tracking our environmental indicators

Ozone-depleting substances

No ozone-depleting substances were released in 2012.

Hazardous waste

We did not transport hazardous waste in 2012.

Clean air alliance

We are participating with industry, government and non-government organizations in the five-year review of the Clean Air Strategic Alliance Alberta Electricity Framework.

Environmental compliance

We experienced 42 reportable environmental incidents in 2012. Eleven of the 42 incidents, four regulatory infractions-reporting, three public complaints and four regulatory infraction-permit infractions, had no environmental impact. Just over half of the environmental incidents are regulatory infractions-air releases. These numbers have increased due to improved internal reporting processes.

Our Southport facility received a $6,331 fine in 2012 for exceeding the 24-hour SO2 permit limit on three occasions in September 2011. A Notice of Violation (NOV) was issued to Bridgeport for exceeding permitted air limits and a NOV was issued in 2013 to Roxboro for SO2 equipment availability in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Southport, North Carolina

Reportable Environmental Incidents

  2010 2011 2012

1Incidents which are administrative in nature such as unauthorized late report submissions, lapsed certifications, or failures to report

2Regulatory Infractions - Air Releases are incidents which contravene a regulation or other applicable law, a site permit/licence or site operating approval specifically to air emissions(i.e. opacity, NOx, CO,SO2).

3Public Complaint incidents are those which are attributable to Capital Power operations.

4 Regulatory Infractions – Permit Infractions are incidents which contravene a regulation or other applicable law, a site permit/licence or site operating approval (i.e. exceed temperature Total Suspended Solids (TSS), pH limit, or failure to collect required samples)

Regulatory Infraction - Reporting1 3 2 4
Regulatory Infractions - Air Release 2 9 20 22
Fish and Wildlife Infractions 4 0 0
Public Complaints3 1 0 3
Regulatory Infractions – Permit Infraction 4 6 18 10
Spills to land or water 1 1 3
TOTAL 24 41 42

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