6th Annual ABORIGINAL ENERGY FORUM

December 6, 2012

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcoming Remarks from Insight Information

Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks

Michael Fox
President
Fox High Impact Consulting

Sandra A. Gogal
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

Implications of Amendments to the Environmental Assessment Legislation for Aboriginal Energy Projects

Margaret Buist
Director General
Lands and Environmental Management
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

The presentation will review the most recent developments in regulatory reform for energy project approvals on Reserve Land.

Paul Manning
Certified Specialist in Environmental Law
Manning Environmental Law

What changes did the federal budget make to federal environmental regulation:

• Does this assist proponents?
• What are opponents' concerns?
• What are the new regulations?
• What is the impact on protection of Aboriginal rights and the duty to consult?

Networking Coffee Break

Working Under the New FIT 2.0

Hillary Thatcher
Director
First Nations & Métis Relations Legal, Aboriginal and Regulatory Affairs
Ontario Power Authority

• Building on the successes of FIT 1.0 – existing projects
• New opportunities for Aboriginal communities under FIT 2.0
  • prioritization points - Aboriginal community participation; Aboriginal community support resolution
  • contract capacity set-asides
  • FIT rice adder

Aaron Atcheson
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

• Challenges in developing projects under the new rules and FIT contract
• Impediments to financing under FIT 2.0
• Effects of the new restrictions on transfer of applications
• Working with the force majeure provisions in the new FIT contract

Norman R. Jaehrling
Managing Director
Gitchi Animki Energy Corp.
Gitchi Animki Energy Limited Partnership
Pic Mobert First Nation

Having a FIT - how one First Nation is building on the FIT Program to create and realize its vision for economic and energy independence.

Ayesha Sabouba
Manager - Generation Connections
Hydro One Networks Inc.

• Connection process at Hydro One:
  • how a proponent can apply for connection of a FIT generator to the distribution system at Hydro One Inc
  • where this occurs in the FIT connection process and whether it has changed with FIT 2.0
• Allocation of capacity:
  • how the capacity allocation process works at Hydro One where Hydro One publishes the capacity allocation so as to be fair and transparent
  • tools and services that Hydro One provides for FIT generation proponents so they can check where they are connecting and whether there is capacity

Networking Luncheon

Energy Demands in the Ring of Fire – The Need for a Comprehensive Plan

Networking Refreshment Break will be announced

Dr. Christine Kaszycki
Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ring of Fire Secretariat
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

• The Ring of Fire initiative scope, opportunity, energy supply and demand to date
• Building capacity in support of aboriginal community and economic development
• Moving forward key considerations

Professor Dean Millar
MIRARCO Research Chair for
Energy in Mining
Professor in the Engineering Department
Laurentian University

This presentation will examine the electricity transmission and distribution systems in the Far North of Ontario to highlight potential strengthening and upgrading options that may be necessary to support existing and new mining activity - as well as northern communities. For off-grid solutions, possible on-site electricity supply options will be set out. In particular, those that integrate conventional technologies, such as diesel or gas engines, with those generating using renewable energy, such as wind energy or solar photovoltaics, will be discussed. Running both types of energy system together delivers supply reliability from the conventional component, and lower cost, from the renewables. The cost of transporting diesel or propane fuels to the North is such that any local supply of heating fuel or fuel for tractive power may look financially attractive - even at the relatively small scales that may be involved initially. However, solutions offering triple bottom line benefits are the most desirable. These are the ones that benefit the northern environment and societies as well as development project economics.

Steven Lindley
Vice President, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs
SNC-Lavalin Inc.

• Challenges and options for electrification of remote communities and resource projects in the north
• Opportunities for First Nations ownership and control of power infrastructure in the remote north
• Alternative financing and administration of remote electricity infrastructure

Rob Sinclair
Planner
Ontario Power Authority

Status update on planning challenges and options for meeting electricity needs in the north of Dryden area:

• Challenges with the current north of Dryden transmission system
• Overall needs in the area (including remote First Nations communities, overall NW mining developments and Ring of Fire requirements)
• Uncertainty that must be managed in Planning the Power System (load forecast and timing of major mining developments)
• Options for providing planning flexibility while minimizing cost and future system constraint risks
• The process for determining the preferred plan for the area

Dr. Peter G. Telford
President and Chief Executive Officer
Peat Resources Limited

The presentation will review the energy supply challenges facing the Ring of Fire and the remote, mostly First Nation communities of northern Ontario.

It'll focus on peat – a sustainable bioenergy resource which is abundant and accessible across much of northern Ontario and in many other regions of Canada and can be developed and managed by a community for the benefit of the community, reducing energy and infrastructure costs, and creating permanent jobs in areas needing them the most.

Conference Adjourns for the Day