Our mission, vision & values

As Ontario’s largest clean electricity generator, see how our focus is on generating safe, efficient, and reliable energy.

About

Our partnerships & subsidiaries
Our subsidiaries & partnerships are helping us improve electricity generation, storage, and distribution technology to electrify life in one generation.
Who we are
Powering Ontario
Ontario’s need for power never takes a rest and neither does OPG — we’re on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week, powering Ontario.
What we do
Public safety
We maintain a long-term commitment to the health, safety and energy needs of Ontarians, and it shows in everything we do.
Our commitments in action
Code of Business Conduct
We operate according to a Code of Business Conduct that ensures safety, integrity and efficiency for Ontario.
Governance & regulation

Workers in hard hats look out from the top of an open stairway before a huge Canadian flag in a nuclear plant.

Our role in the system

Our role is to help build a stronger Ontario by investing in clean, affordable power and energy solutions that help grow Ontario's economy.

Power generation

Nuclear power
Nuclear power plays an important role in Ontario and OPG’s energy mix, and its critical to helping us achieving our net-zero goals.
Our power
Educational resources
We support students and educators by providing learning resources developed specifically for teachers, young people and schools.
Our role in the system
Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
We build safety into every step of our energy production and about our comprehensive emergency preparedness plans for Ontarians.
Our commitment to safety
- Nuclear safety and emergency preparedness
- Water safety

The pristine turbine hall at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.

Darlington refurbishment project

Once complete, this project will enable production of clean, safe, low-cost, and emission-free electricity from Darlington for 30 more years.

Projects & services

Darlington SMR
The Darlington site is the only location in Canada licenced for new nuclear with a completed and accepted Environmental Assessment.
Our projects
Clean energy credits
With an extensive portfolio of clean energy generation across North America, OPG can offer environmental credits in both Canada and the US.
Our services
- Electrification services
- Clean energy credits

Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Territorial acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that our facilities are located within the traditional and treaty territory of Indigenous Nations and communities.

Community investment

The Power for Change Project was designed to give back to Ontario and to the communities where we operate, to help build a cleaner, more sustainable future for generations to come.

Communities

Territorial Acknowledgement
- Territorial Acknowledgement
  OPG respectfully acknowledges that the lands on which its generating stations and other assets are located are within the traditional and treaty territory of many Indigenous communities. Click to read more.
Central Ontario
- Central Ontario
  Central Ontario is home to 20 of our hydroelectric facilities, some of which, like our Sills Island Generating Station, have been part of their community for more than one hundred years.
Eastern Ontario
- Eastern Ontario
  Eastern Ontario is host to one gas-fired generating station and 15 of our hydroelectric generating stations on the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Madawaska Rivers.
Northeastern Ontario
- Northeastern Ontario
  Northeastern Ontario contains 14 of our hydroelectric stations, including several we built or redeveloped through key partnerships with local Indigenous communities.
Northwestern Ontario
- Northwestern Ontario
  Northwestern Ontario hosts 11 of our hydroelectric stations as well as a former coal generating station that we converted to use biomass as fuel.
Southern Ontario - Durham Region
- Southern Ontario - Durham Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our Darlington and Pickering nuclear stations in Clarington and Pickering.
Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
- Southern Ontario - Niagara Region
  The golden horseshoe of Southern Ontario is home to key operations including our iconic Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric stations in Niagara Falls.
Southwestern Ontario
- Southwestern Ontario
  Southwestern Ontario is host to our NSS - Western Waste Management Facility in Bruce County, our Eugenia hydroelectric station near Meaford, and our Nanticoke Solar Facility on the site of the former Nanticoke coal station.

Low water conditions at the tailrace of Lower Sturgeon hydroelectric generating station.

Hydroelectric Data Portal (water.opg.com)

Find water level and flow information from gauges on rivers where OPG operates hydroelectric stations in Ontario.

News & resources

Net-Zero News
A quarterly round-up of stories, news and profiles that highlight our best. See how we’re electrifying life in one generation.
Newsroom
Visitor centres
At our visitor centres, the public is welcomed to see how their power is made and learn about Ontario's low-carbon electricity system.
Educational resources
Hydroelectric Water Portal (water.opg.com)

Careers
Investors
Reports
OPG Websites

Board committees & policies

Leading with oversight

Our Board has committees that focus oversight on areas that are important to Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG's) future and success, each aligning with our strong corporate governance.

Explore our many diverse Board Committees to see how we’re committed to safety and efficiency in all of our operations.

A close-up of a valve in a hydroelectric power station.

Audit and Risk Committee

This committee is responsible for the integrity, quality, and transparency of OPG’s financial information, financial reporting process, internal controls, and OPG’s principles, policies, and procedures established by management.

A male worker in coveralls and hard hat on a turbine floor at a power station.

Human Resources & Governance Committee

This committee oversees HR and compensation policies, CEO objectives and compensation, leadership talent reviews, succession planning, labour negotiations, and the Board’s corporate governance programs, aligning them with governance best practices.

Generation Oversight Committee

This committee oversees the safe, secure, and efficient operations of our generating facilities. They ensure that our generating facilities comply with nuclear, health and safety, and environmental laws and regulations.

Workers in hard hats train for their work on a full-scale nuclear reactor mock-up.

Major Projects Committee

This committee assists the Board of Directors in its responsibility for oversight of matters relating to the planning and execution of major projects including the Darlington Refurbishment project.

Board policies

Our Board sets overarching policies which govern the breadth of critical aspects of OPG's business.

Our detailed procedures and practices help us implement these policies with integrity. Explore the Board’s Policies to learn more about OPG’s commitment to being a dynamic, global energy leader.

Three workers in hard hats talk while walking through a turbine hall.

OPG Board Diversity and Inclusion Policy (PDF)

Diversity is a vital part of our business and essential to attract qualified directors, and maintain a highly effective board.

Code of Business Conduct Policy (PDF)

Our Code of Business Conduct promotes ethical values of safety, integrity, excellence, and people and citizenship.

A close-up of the high pressure turbine blade rows, through which steam flows to rotate the turbine.

Conflict of Interest Policy (PDF)

Establishes standards and accountability our Board's committment to always carry out their duties in the best interests of OPG.

A female nuclear security officer sitting at a computer workstation.

Cyber Security Policy (PDF)

Shows our commitment to operate our IT and Industrial Control Systems in a secure, vigilant and resilient way.

A control panel from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station

Delegation and Exercise of Authority (PDF)

Ensures that authorities are clearly defined and that the right people make decisions and take actions consistent with our approved strategic and business plans...

A panel answers questions at a public hearing for OPG's Deep Geologic Repository project.

Disclosure Policy (PDF)

Ensuring that we communicate with the public in a timely, accurate and informative way, in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

A long row of orange hard hats hanging on a wall.

Employee health and safety policy (PDF)

We believe that the physical, mental and social well-being of our employees and working safely in an injury-free and healthy workplace is good business.

Water safety booms stretched cross a river.

Enterprise Risk Management Policy (PDF)

Shows our commitment to managing risks and pursuing opportunities to achieve our strategic imperatives and business plan objectives.

Water rushing down a forest-lined riverbed.

Environmental Policy (PDF)

We are committed to continually improving our environmental performance through several guiding principles.

A group of workers gather on a bridge celebrating the successful construction of Peter Sutherland Sr. hydroelectric station.

Indigenous Relations Policy (PDF)

We're committed to building long term, mutually beneficial working relationships with Indigenous communities near our present and future operations.

Nuclear Safety Policy (PDF)

We're committed to operating nuclear stations safely and reliably, while prioritizing the health and safety of workers, the public and the environment.

An aerial view of Darlington Nuclear Generating Station from afar.

Safe Operations Policy (PDF)

We're committed to operating our facilities in a safe, secure and reliable manner that minimizes risks to the public, our employees and our assets.