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Hydro One — Corporate Update (May 2025)
17 slides from Hydro One's corporate update, May 2025
Slide 1: Our Virtual Community Information Session: Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line Project
hydro~ one TO OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION CHATHAM TO LAKESHORE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
Slide 2: Polling Question: Most Important Criteria
Polling Question: Which criteria do you feel is most important to take into consideration as a part of this project? If it is protection of vegetation, wildlife and/or water bodies, press 1 If it is archaeological assessments, press 2 If it is the protection of Indigenous cultural values and traditi
Slide 3: Today's Agenda
TODAY’S AGENDA • Project overview • Class Environmental Assessment process • First Nations Consultation • Proposed route alternatives and route selection process • Key milestones and next steps • Live Q&A session 2
Slide 4: Key Organizations
KEY ORGANIZATIONS Building infrastructure to meet the energy needs of today and tomorrow involves a number of partners, including: Builds, owns, operates and maintains electricity transmission and distribution facilities across Ontario. Oversees planning to ensure electricity needs are met both now
Slide 5: How the System Works
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Slide 6: Project Overview
PROJECT OVERVIEW A safe and reliable electricity supply is essential to supporting economic growth, and as businesses and industry in southwestern Ontario continue to grow, so does the need for more electricity. To help meet this growth, Hydro One needs to build a new double circuit 230 kilovolt tra
Slide 7: What Is a Class Environmental Assessment?
WHAT IS A 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. KEY COMPONENTS • Consultation with Indigenous communiti
Slide 8: First Nations Consultation
FIRST NATIONS CONSULTATION • Hydro One received delegation of the procedural aspects of consultation from the Ministry of Energy Northern Development and Mines (MENDM). • Throughout the project development process Hydro One will consult with all First Nations communities identified by the MENDM. 7
Slide 9: First Nations Participation
FIRST NATIONS PARTICIPATION 1. Early engagement with sharing information on the proposed project, and early dialogue to identify First Nations’ issues and concerns. 2. Offering capacity funding to all identified First Nations to support the participation in the project consultation work and this inc
Slide 10: How We Got Here
HOW WE GOT HERE A preliminary assessment was conducted to map feasible route alternatives for the new transmission line. This involved mapping out known environmental and technical features, and identifying opportunities to parallel existing linear infrastructure and utilize existing easements, wher
Slide 11: Routes We Are Studying
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Slide 12: Evaluation of Routes
EVALUATION OF ROUTES To evaluate the route alternatives, we will: • Meet with First Nations communities, community members, elected officials, and interest groups through Community Information Centres and engagement opportunities to gather feedback; • Conduct background research and detailed environ
Slide 13: Example Evaluation Criteria
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Slide 14: How to Get Involved
HOW TO GET INVOLVED Your feedback is important to us and we want to hear from you. You can provide us with your feedback by: Asking a question via our virtual community information session Submitting your comments to Indigenous.Relations@HydroOne.com or 1-647-241-0495 Attending future Community Info
Slide 15: Project Milestones
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Slide 16: Polling Question: Future Engagement Topics
What project information would like to learn more about in future engagement sessions within the community? Response: If it is project need, press 1 If it is the technical route selection process, press 2 If it is Indigenous business opportunities, press 3 If it is employment and training opportunit
Slide 17: Live Question Period
LIVE QUESTION PERIOD Panelists Daniel Charbonneau Sara Jane Souliere Senior Manager, Indigenous Relations Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations John Chadwick Manager, Environmental Services Andrew Luis Senior Real Estate Coordinator Sanjiv (Sonny) Karunakaran Director, Strategic Projects Please conta