Corporate Responsibility Report 2013

Plant Availability

Operational excellence

We continue to demonstrate operational excellence with high plant availability averaging 93% in 2013. Since 2009, Capital Power’s maintenance standards have resulted in high plant availability averaging over 90%. Our power generation fleet is well maintained, modern, and focused on three main energy sources: natural gas, coal, and wind.

Operating performance – Plant availability represents the percentage of time in the period that the plant was available to generate power, regardless of whether or not it was running. Plant availability by plant category was:

The Genesee Generating Station provides 1,266 MW of base load power to the Alberta electricity grid, which is enough energy to supply approximately 1.1 million homes (based on average household energy use).

Plant Availability

Year ended December 31
2011 2012 2013

1Includes New England plants, which were sold in November 2013.
Alberta commercial plants 87% 92% 95%
Alberta contracted plants 97% 94% 91%
Ontario and British Columbia contracted plants 98% 98% 99%
Northeast U.S. commercial plants1 88% 85% 87%
North Carolina U.S. contracted plants 100% 93% 95%

More detailed plant availability by facility can be found in our 2013 Annual Report.

The Genesee Generating Station provides 1,266 MW of base load power to the Alberta electricity grid, which is enough energy to supply approximately 1.1 million homes (based on average household energy use).

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