Final Report by the Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities: section 11

Annex B: Coal fired electricity generating units in Canada

Alberta
Generating station	Owner	Number of active coal-fired generating units	Commissioning year^{Footnote 40}
H.R. Milner	Maxim Power	1	1972
Battle River	ATCO Power	3	1969, 1975, 1981
Sundance	TransAlta Corporation	4^{Footnote 41}	1976, 1977, 1978, 1980
Keephills	TransAlta Corporation (Capital Power Co-owner of Unit 3)	3	1983, 1984, 2011
Genesee	Capital Power/ TransAlta (TransAlta Co-owner of Unit 3)	3	1989, 1994, 2005
Sheerness	ATCO/TransAlta	2	1986, 1990

Saskatchewan
Generating station	Owner	Number of active coal-fired generating units	Commissioning year
Boundary Dam CCS	SaskPower	1^{Footnote 42}	1969
Boundary Dam	SaskPower	3	1970, 1973, 1978
Poplar River	SaskPower	2	1981, 1983
Shand	SaskPower	1	1992

Nova Scotia
Generating station	Owner	Number of active coal-fired generating units	Commissioning year
Lingan	NSPI	4	1979, 1980, 1983, 1984
Point Aconi	NSPI	1	1995
Pont Tupper	NSPI	1	1973
Trenton	NSPI	2	1969, 1991

New Brunswick
Generating station	Owner	Number of active coal-fired generating units	Commissioning year
Coleson Cove	NB Power	1^{Footnote 43}	1977
Belledune	NB Power	1	1993

Manitoba
Generating station	Owner	Number of active coal-fired generating units	Commissioning year
Brandon	MB Hydro	1	1969

Footnote 40

Unit end of life (EOL) dates—according to the amended coal electricity regulations, the final version to be published by end 2018—will vary. In the case of a unit whose commissioning date is before 1975, the EOL is the earlier of (a) December 31 of the calendar year that is 50 years after the commissioning date, and (b) December 31, 2019; and, in the case of a unit whose commissioning date is after 1974, the earlier of (a) December 31 of the calendar year that is 50 years after the commissioning date, and (b) December 31, 2029. The commissioning dates quoted are from publicly available information.

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Footnote 41

One of the six units at Sundance was retired in 2018 and another one in 2017.

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Footnote 42

Retrofitted with carbon capture and storage in 2014 and meets CO2 emissions guidelines under the regulations.

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Footnote 43

Of the three units at Coleson Cove, two burn heavy oil and the third co-fires petroleum coke, which is included under the Government of Canada’s coal-fired electricity regulations.

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Annex B: Coal fired electricity generating units in Canada

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