Bruce Power is producing more. The company has announced a new site peak output of 6,400 megawatts when all eight units are operating.
That's an additional 100 megawatts of energy, which is enough to power a city the size of Sudbury.
The additional output comes as a result of efficiencies gained on the non-nuclear side of the station and does not impact reactor power levels. It will continue to help Ontario through periods of high demand.
The President and CEO of Bruce Power Mike Rencheck also announced that Bruce Power reached a milestone Wednesday. The company is 300 days into the multi-year agreement with the province to extend the life of the units and keep them operating through 2064.
"An extra 100 megawatts from the Bruce Power site during peaks provides enough clean, reliable, low-cost electricity to safely power, on average, 100,000 homes, which is equivalent to powering every home in cities such as Niagara Falls, Kingston or Sudbury," says Rencheck. "The peak will be reached during the winter months, when demand is high and Ontario often exports to Quebec to help with its tight supply during that time of year."
Since 2003, Bruce Power has doubled its number of operating units from four to eight and, in doing so, has provided 70% of the power Ontario needed to shut down its coal-fired electricity stations, which was completed in 2014.
Over the next 20 years, Bruce Power will invest in these publicly owned assets and continue enhancing system performance, as well as replace major components through refurbishment, extending the operating life of six more of its units.
This program will create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and inject about $1-billion into the province’s economy annually.
