This spring, we celebrated our first 1,000 days as a publicly-traded company, and we’re sharing our story.

Watch the first video in our four-part video series:

“This spring we marked Capital Power’s first 1,000 days as a publicly-traded company. Looking back at our accomplishments, I can say with confidence that our focus on strategy, the expertise of our people, and our commitment to community have come together to create a strong foundation for success and a clear path to our future as one of North America’s most respected, reliable, and competitive power generators.”
- President & CEO, Brian Vaasjo
 

We are a team of people driven by a passion for our business. We work safely, and strive for zero safety incidents. We take pride in keeping our modern facilities well maintained and running efficiently. We are passionate about making our communities even better places to live. We share common values around acting with integrity.

Transcript from video: 
(Brian Vaasjo, President & CEO): Our vision is to become one of the most respected, reliable and competitive power generation companies in North America.

Over the last thousand days, if you look back to what we originally envisioned, we’ve made tremendous progress. We’ve exceeded our targets, our growth profile has been terrific, access to capital has been very good, the progress we’ve made with people in the organization and the kind of culture that we want to have here at Capital Power have all moved along very very well.

(Bryan DeNeve, Senior VP, Commercial Services): The growth that we are pursuing and the projects we’re developing really require tremendous teamwork across all the functional areas and you can see the teamwork over the first 1,000 days has grown, and what I look forward to over the next thousand days is that getting stronger and better.

(Brian Vaasjo): When I look back at the last 1,000 days, what I am really proud of is just how this company has come together.

We’ve been successful in bringing together tremendous assets, wonderful people, terrific strategy, developing a tremendous culture that just sets the platform for the next 1,000 days, which will take us much, much further than we could all imagine. 

Disciplined growth and excellence in operations, backed by financial strength and an investment-grade credit rating. That’s our strategy. And we’re delivering right on target.

Acquisitions and Commissioning

Bridgeport facility (natural gas) Bridgeport, CT		Rumford facility (natural gas) Rumford, ME		Tiverton facility (natural gas) Tiverton, RI		Island Generation facility (natural gas) Campbell River, BC
Roxboro facility (mixed fuel) Roxboro, NC		Southport facility (mixed fuel) Southport, NC		Keephills 3 facility (coal) near Wabamun, AB

Capital Power owns 16 power generation facilities in the United States and Canada. We also have offices in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Boston, Chicago, and San Diego.

Safety
Several Capital Power facilities celebrated safety milestones during the first 1,000 days:

	Tiverton facility - president's safety award In early 2012, our Tiverton facility in Rhode Island celebrated 10 years with zero safety incidents. It is also a Voluntary Protection Program ‘Star,’ the Rhode Island Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s highest designation.
	Island Generation - 10-year safe record In 2011, Our Island Generation plant in Campbell River, B.C. achieved 10 years, or 3,651 days, without a single recordable incident.
	Keephills 3 - safe construction  The Keephills 3 facility, co-owned with TransAlta, began operations in September 2011. Built by Capital Power, with one of  the best safety records in the industry, construction was completed with zero lost-time incidents in the last 3.2 million hours worked.
	Rumford facility – facility of the year award In the spring of 2012, our Rumford facility in Maine was recognized by the Oxford County Local Emergency Planning Committee as Facility of the Year for its hazardous materials plans.
	Clover Bar Energy Centre - 4-year safety milestone On January 28, 2012, Clover Bar Energy Centre in Alberta passed the four-year mark with zero safety incidents.
	Clover Bar Landfill Gas - safety milestone On January 1, 2012, Clover Bar Landfill Gas in Alberta passed 16 years without a recordable safety incident.
	Capital Power - national safety award In October 2011, Capital Power received the 2010 Canadian Electrical Association (CEA) President’s Award of Excellence for Employee Safety (bronze level) for our Canadian Operations.

Culture of support & development
In its first 1,000 days, Capital Power launched the Capital Power School of Business to support a strong learning and development culture.

Core programs and courses such as leadership development and professional business skills were launched to promote personal and professional success, whicn in turn support business success.

Our Strong Start on-boarding program was rolled out to provide employees with a streamlined, structured orientation.

A custom leadership development program, iLead, was also introduced to to support leaders at various stages of their Capital Power career.