Slide 1: To Our Virtual Live Discussion: Chatham to Lakeshore Line Project
TO OUR VIRTUAL LIVE DISCUSSION CHATHAM TO LAKESHORE LINE PROJECT
Slide 2: Tonight's Agenda
TONIGHT’S AGENDA • Project overview • Update on Class Environmental Assessment process • Route alternative refinements • Key milestones and next steps • Live Q&A session 2
Slide 3: How to Participate Tonight
HOW TO PARTICIPATE TONIGHT Press 3 on your telephone at any time to ask a question Type a question in the submission box on the right hand side 3
Slide 4: Project Overview
PROJECT OVERVIEW A safe and reliable power supply is essential to ensure southwestern Ontario can continue to grow now and into the future. In June 2019, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) requested Hydro One build a new double-circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line from the Chatham
Slide 5: How the New Line Will Support the Region
HOW THE NEW LINE WILL SUPPORT THE REGION As businesses and industry continue to expand in the region, so does the need for more electricity. The new high voltage transmission line will support the region by: Ensuring critical infrastructure Improving reliability for homes and is in place to keep bus
Slide 6: Class Environmental Assessment
CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Minor Transmission Facilities sets out a planning and decision-making process for projects with predictable environmental effects that can be mitigated. 6
Slide 7: Initial Route Alternatives
INITIAL ROUTE ALTERNATIVES To view our interactive map, please visit: www.arcg.is/ 1PKL1n 7
Slide 8: Engagement & Feedback Heard
ENGAGEMENT & FEEDBACK HEARD Hydro One is committed to ongoing engagement and consultation. To date we’ve: • Held 2 virtual information sessions with community KEY FEEDBACK members reaching more than 4,000 households. WE’VE HEARD: • Held 2 virtual information sessions with First Nations communities r
Slide 9: Technical Work & Discoveries
TECHNICAL WORK & DISCOVERIES Our team has performed background research and conducted field surveys on each of the route alternatives. WHAT WE’VE To date we’ve: • Collected natural heritage information. LEARNED: • Better understanding of the natural and • Reviewed municipal official plans. socio-eco
Slide 10: How Has This Shaped the Process?
HOW HAS THIS SHAPED THE PROCESS? The feedback received and the information captured have informed the Class Environmental Assessment process by: • Expanding our overall knowledge and understanding of the local areas. • Identifying a need to make four refinements to the route alternatives we are stud
Slide 11: Refined Route Alternatives We Are Evaluating
REFINED ROUTE ALTERNATIVES WE ARE EVALUATING To view our interactive map, please visit: www.arcg.is/1PKL1n 11
Slide 12: Route Refinement 1
Route Refinement 1 - / ] Route Refinement 1 | HYDRO ONE INC. (CHATHAM to LAKESHORE (CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESOMENT Legend [B_ Switching Station = Route Alternative 1 HE Route Alternative 2 Route Alternative 3 Refined Alignment Route Alternative 3 Refined Alignment Route Alternative 3 Previous Alignm
Slide 13: Route Refinement 2
Route Refinement 2 HYDRO ONE ING. (CHATHAM to LAKESHORE. CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Legend — Route Altemative 1 — Route Variation 1C/1D ~ Refined Alignment — — Route Variation 1C/1D — = Previous Alignment Route Variation 1C/1D Local Study [Refined Alignment S loess a "| Existing Electrical = fat
Slide 14: Route Refinement 3
_Route Refinement 3 owe Reiarent9} a oe 1A portion of Route Alternative 1, Variations C and D; and Route Alternative 2, Variation C, have been refined and shifted further north from Highway 401 and away from the interchange ramp at Bloomfield Road to accommodate certain setback distances from the Hi
Slide 15: Route Refinement 4
2 NO Route Refinement 4 HYDRO ONE ING. (CHATHAM to LAKESHORE. | CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT = Legend Schatten Switching Station Switching Route Refinement 4 fa The Chatham SS yard will need to be expanded to the east on existing Hydro One property to accommodate additional equipment needed to con
Slide 16: Evaluation of Route Alternatives
EVALUATION OF ROUTE ALTERNATIVES CATEGORIES Using the feedback that we have received to date, as well as the detailed environmental and technical assessments we have conducted, Hydro One has developed the list of criteria under four categories that will be used to evaluate each of the route alternat
Slide 17: Route Evaluation Criteria
ROUTE EVALUATION CRITERIA • Land use designations • Fish and aquatic habitat • Line length • Future land use • Vegetation • Line angles designations • Terrestrial and wildlife • Crossings • Agricultural operations habitat • Parallel and adjacent to • Petroleum operations • Species at risk & species
Slide 18: Project Milestones
PROJECT MILESTONES ait) | EARLY 2020 Fy}! Notice of First virtual Virtual open Community Release of Draft Submission Proposed Proposed Commencement ‘community house and live Information Environmental of Section 92 2 construction start line in-service information virtual discussion Centre and ‘Study
Slide 19: Live Question Period
LIVE QUESTION PERIOD Panelists Daniel Levitan Sanjiv (Sonny) Karunakaran Vice President of Stakeholder Relations Director, Project Delivery John Chadwick Sara Jane Souliere Manager, Environmental Services Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations Andrew Luis Senior Real Estate Coordinator If we didn’t ge