For information on the production capacity, energy source, location, and ownership interests for Capital Power’s 16 facilities, please see the tables provided in Capital Power’s 2012 Annual Information Form, and the 2012 Annual Report.
Thermal efficiency from fossil-fuel facilities
| Genesee 1 & 2 (subcritical coal) |
34.3% |
| Genesee 3 (supercritical coal) |
39.3% |
| Bridgeport (combined cycle) |
47.7% |
| Tiverton (combined cycle) |
47.2% |
| Rumford (combined cycle) |
44.1% |
| Island Generation (combined cycle) |
47.2% |
| Clover Bar Energy Centre (simple cycle) |
34.6% |
Measuring the thermal efficiency of a power plant provides a way to benchmark against other power plants. It compares how much energy an operator gets out of a plant to how much energy is put in. The average thermal efficiency for our gas plants is 46% and 38% for coal-fired generation at our three solid fuel facilities: Genesee, Roxboro and Southport.
Market contraventions in 2012
Our energy-trading operations in Alberta are monitored by the Market Surveillance Administrator (MSA). We report on potential contraventions of market rules based on the date the MSA makes a determination and issues a fine.
Two specified penalties for contraventions of AESO ISO Rules were issued to Capital Power. The incidents occurred at Genesee 3 on June 17, 2012, and at the Clover Bar Energy Centre on November 13, 2012. The penalties for both incidents were $500, for total fines paid of $1,000. These incidents were primarily a result of human error, although operational issues contributed to the contravention.
The Corporate Ethics and Compliance team is active in working with our operations staff and other internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements. Incidents, non-compliance, or potential non-compliance, are taken very seriously. We continue to be diligent in adhering to the spirit, as well as the letter of the law.
Product responsibility
Our employees are required to be aware of and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements applicable to their jobs. In 2012, the company reports:
- Zero incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services;
- Zero incidents of non-compliance with labelling requirements;
- Zero customer satisfaction practices or survey results as we do not have a retail power business and, therefore, no retail customer accounts;
- Zero legal actions for anti-competitive or monopolistic behaviour;
- Zero complaints to a Human Rights Commission;
- Zero incidents of non-compliance marketing and advertising codes;
- Zero injuries or fatalities to members of the public due to incidents involving our facilities; and
- Zero substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy or losses of customer data.