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35-535: It was decommissioned in 2013 as part of the Government of Ontario 's commitment to eliminate coal power . A 44 MW photovoltaic power station , the Nanticoke Solar Facility , was built on the site and entered service in 2019. Prior to the commencement of decommissioning, Nanticoke was one of Canada's top ten single sources of greenhouse gases . The Nanticoke Generating Station was built on

70-503: A 4,000 MW fossil-fuel generating station near Long Point, Ontario in 1967. Its current site was selected in Nanticoke, Ontario, because of the nearby harbour, the proximity of United States coal supplies, and proximity to much of Ontario's population. The construction of the plant cost CAN$ 800 million and operations started in 1972. Eight pulverized coal-fired steam generators were built in phases between 1973 and 1978. By 1981,

105-572: A part of the government themselves. BPS organizations are also subject to legislation and directives. Public servants who are paid $ 100,000 or more are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. This list is colloquially known as the sunshine list . Stelco Stelco Holdings Inc. (known as U.S. Steel Canada from 2007 to 2016) is a Canadian steel company based in Hamilton, Ontario . Stelco

140-751: The 2018 election ; the 26th since Confederation . The Government of Ontario employs 63,000+ public servants in its non-partisan workforce called the Ontario Public Service (OPS). The OPS helps the government design and deliver policies and programs. The head of the OPS is the Secretary of Cabinet and each ministry in the OPS has a Deputy Minister. The OPS public servants work in areas like administration, communications, data analytics, finance, information technology, law, policy, program development, service delivery, science and research. Over 80% of

175-673: The Darlington Nuclear Generating Station . Bruce Power , Canada's only private nuclear power company, also proposed building two reactors on former Stelco lands in Nanticoke. However, this was met with immediate opposition and dismissal from the government. "It's a speculative move on the part of a private company...It doesn't enjoy the support, encouragement [or] approval...of the Government of Ontario," stated George Smitherman , Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. Bruce Power did however move ahead with

210-582: The Deutsche Bank . Stelco exited Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act (CCAA) protection on March 31, 2006. Several non-core operations were divested, including Stelwire, Norambar (formerly Stelco McMaster Works) and Welland Pipe. The CCAA exit has seen the remaining operations restructured into nine separate operating businesses held by the corporate entity of Stelco. On August 27, 2007, U.S. Steel purchased Stelco for $ 1.9 billion – $ 1.1 billion in cash and assuming $ 800 million in debt. The company

245-704: The Government of Ontario , or more formally, His Majesty's Government of Ontario ( French : Gouvernement de l’Ontario de Sa Majesté ). King  Charles III , as monarch of Canada is also the King in Right of Ontario. As a Commonwealth realm, the Canadian monarch is shared with 14 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations . Within Canada, the monarch exercises power individually on behalf of

280-575: The Haldimand—Norfolk area. The Nanticoke station used to be one of Canada's largest greenhouse gas emitters and polluters. In 2001, it was the largest single source of greenhouse gases according to Environment Canada . Due to major reductions in output since 2009, it was eventually surpassed by facilities in Alberta . The Government of Ontario had originally targeted to phase out all of its coal plants by 2009, but abandoned this target in 2006 to

315-652: The federal government , and the 10 provinces. The powers of the Crown are vested in the monarch and are exercised by the lieutenant governor. The advice of the premier and Executive Council is typically binding; the Constitution Act, 1867 requires executive power to be exercised only "by and with the Advice of the Executive Council". The lieutenant governor is appointed by the governor general , on

350-623: The Hamilton Steel and Iron Company at the time of the consolidation, was appointed the first president of Stelco. He held the position until 1916, continuing on with the company as chairman of the board until his death in 1938. Several union drives at the plant were unsuccessful until the founding strike of Local 1005 of the United Steelworkers of America in 1946. In 2004, Stelco had financial difficulties and went under court-ordered protection from its creditors, including

385-764: The Hamilton plant and 1,400 in Nanticoke, Ontario at its greenfield facility Stelco Lake Erie Works . The Steel Company of Canada was established in 1910. It was founded after the merging of the Hamilton Steel and Iron Company (1900) with the Canada Screw Company (1866), Montreal Rolling Mills (1868), the Dominion Wire Manufacturing Company (1883) and the Canada Bolt and Nut Company. Charles S. Wilcox, president of

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420-846: The Hamilton plant when it shut down its blast furnace. Market conditions and declining customer orders prompted U.S. Steel to shut down the Hamilton Works on October 1, 2010. 100 jobs were restored when the German Max Aicher steel company bought two steel mills from US Steel and opened them as "Max Aicher North America." More jobs are expected to be created when the mills are in full production. The Hamilton steel-making and iron-making operations were permanently closed on December 31, 2013. On September 16, 2014, U.S. Steel Canada announced that it would apply for court protection from its creditors. US Steel then stated that it intended to sell all of its remaining operations in Hamilton in

455-567: The OPS workforce is unionized, which includes the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario . The Government of Ontario is not the same as Broader Public Sector ( BPS ) organizations. While both provide goods and services to Ontarians, BPS organizations receive funding from the Government of Ontario, but are not

490-678: The Stelco's archives are held at Library and Archives Canada , Brock University , and the Canadian Centre for Architecture . In January 2021 Stelco added pig iron production capability to its Lake Erie blast furnace. Stelco purchased a minority stake in the Hamilton Tiger-Cats professional football team in January 2022. In July 2024, it was publicly announced that Cleveland-Cliffs , an American steel manufacturer,

525-505: The activities of the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council . The day-to-day operation and activities of the Government of Ontario are performed by the provincial departments and agencies, staffed by the non-partisan Ontario Public Service and directed by the elected government. The premier of Ontario is the first minister of the Crown . The premier acts as the head of government for the province, chairs and selects

560-586: The administration of the Canadian province of Ontario . The term Government of Ontario refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the advice of the premier, and the non-partisan Ontario Public Service (whom the Executive Council directs), who staff ministries and agencies to deliver government policies, programs, and services—which corporately brands itself as

595-400: The advice of the prime minister of Canada . Thus, it is typically the lieutenant governor whom the premier and ministers advise, exercising much of the royal prerogative and granting royal assent . While the advice of the premier and Executive Council is typically binding on the lieutenant governor, there are occasions when the lieutenant governor has refused advice. This usually occurs if

630-408: The expectation is that the plant will be permanently decommissioned. Its two smokestacks were imploded using controlled demolition on February 28, 2018. The last sections were demolished on August 22, 2019. Government of Ontario Official Opposition [REDACTED] Canada portal The Government of Ontario ( French : Gouvernement de l'Ontario ) is the body responsible for

665-406: The ire of organizations representing nurses and physicians, community groups and environment groups. The province could not replace Nanticoke's energy output by the deadline, despite Units 3 and 4 at Bruce "A" being brought back online between 2003 and 2004. The province was examining replacing this output using nuclear power by refurbishing its existing fleet, and building two additional reactors at

700-537: The lieutenant governor after either a motion of no confidence or defeat in a general election . In Canada, the Cabinet (French: Conseil des ministres , lit.   'council of ministers') of provincial and territorial governments are known as an Executive Council ( French : Conseil exécutif ). The premier of Ontario is Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservatives since

735-627: The main Hilton Works in Hamilton, named after the late company president Hugh Hilton, and the Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke on Lake Erie . Until the 2006 restructuring, Stelco's operations also included Stelco McMaster Works in Contrecœur, Quebec and Stelwire (both acquired by ArcelorMittal in 2006 and now operates as ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada - Hamilton-East Complex and Mittal Canada Contrecoeur-Ouest Inc.). The Nanticoke plant

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770-525: The membership of the Cabinet , and advises the Crown on the exercise of executive power and much of the royal prerogative . As premiers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the elected Legislative Assembly , they typically sit as a MPP and lead the largest party or a coalition in the Assembly. Once sworn in, the premier holds office until their resignation or removal by

805-410: The next two months. U.S. Steel Canada was severed from U.S. Steel Corporation in 2015 after it entered Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act protection in 2014. In November 2016, a deal was struck to sell U.S. Steel Canada to Bedrock Industries. On December 2, 2016, the company took the "Stelco" name again. In 2017, an initial public offering raised CA$ 200 million for the company. Portions of

840-424: The plant houses eight generating units, four of those units were retired previously prior to the plant's overall closure. (Two were retired in 2010, and two were retired in 2011.) The remaining four units are not in operation. Previously, power generation at this plant was on a stand-by basis, only operating during peak levels of energy consumption, or when other generating facilities are unavailable. At other times

875-431: The plant was consuming 35,000 tonnes of coal per day. Over the years, another $ 900 million was invested in making the plant more energy efficient , robust, and improving its emissions. At full capacity (4000 MW) with all eight generating units functioning, the station's annual electricity production had been as high as 24 billion kilowatt-hours ( kWh ), enough electricity to run nearly 2.5 million households. Although

910-429: The plant was drawn from Lake Erie using two pipes that are 6.5 m in diameter , stretch 550 m offshore, and sit 10 m below the surface. The plant had two multi-flue smokestacks which were both 198 m (650 ft) tall. A dock on the shore of the site allows ships to deliver coal to an on-site stock pile, which can hold up to 4.5 megatonnes. At its peak, Nanticoke employed approximately 634 staff from

945-460: The plant would remain idle. When demand for electricity was high, the remaining four active generating units were put into service, with the maximum potential to produce approximately 5% of Ontario's total generating capacity. (1880 MW out of the 34,079 MW of existing power generation in the province as of January 2012.) The plant is connected to the power grid by numerous 230,000- and 500,000- volt transmission lines . Cooling water for

980-413: The premier does not clearly command the confidence of the elected Legislative Assembly. The executive power is vested in the Crown and exercised "in-Council", meaning on the advice of the Executive Council; conventionally, this is the Cabinet, which is chaired by the premier and comprises ministers of the Crown . The term Government of Ontario , or more formally, His Majesty's Government refers to

1015-492: The refurbishment of "A" Units 1 and 2 in 2005 and Ontario Power Generation commenced refurbishment of Darlington in 2016. Two units at Nanticoke were shut down in fall 2010. Another two were shut down in 2011. The final four were shut down on December 31, 2013. This was made possible, in part, by the reactivation of Units 1 and 2 at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station the previous year. In July 2015, Ontario Power Generation announced it will no longer "preserve and staff Nanticoke", and

1050-565: The site of the "Battle of Nanticoke", where in 1813 the Norfolk volunteer militia routed a band of American marauders who had been pillaging area farms and terrorizing the country, an exploit that inspired the British military forces and the people of Upper Canada during the War of 1812 . The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924. Ontario Hydro revealed plans to build

1085-524: Was acquiring Stelco for approximately US$ 2.5 billion. The purchase was completed four months later. Steelmaking in Canada has long been associated with pollution. For example, in 1989, Stelco and Dofasco were listed among the "dirty dozen" polluters in Ontario: "For many years Steeltown's two giants pumped liquid discharges that contained cyanide , phosphorus , ammonia , solvents and phenols straight into Hamilton Harbour . Stelco, in particular,

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1120-661: Was founded in 1910 by the amalgamation of several smaller firms. It continued on for almost 100 years until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and was bought by U.S. Steel . In 2016, the company was sold to Bedrock Industries of the United States, which took the company public. The company made its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Nov. 3, 2017. The Hamilton plant has not produced steel since 2011, but its coke ovens and cold rolling finishing works remain in operation. The company employs about 750 people in

1155-461: Was notable because it is of a relatively newer design, and uses far less water. Stelco Tower, now known as 100 King Street West and associated with Lloyd D. Jackson Square , is an office building in downtown Hamilton where the company's headquarters had been located since the 1970s, but has been completely vacated by Stelco. Stelco's current head office is co-located with their Hamilton Works location at 386 Wilcox Street in Hamilton. Presidents of

1190-496: Was renamed Hamilton Works – US Steel Canada. The deal closed on October 31, 2007. The company was renamed U.S. Steel Canada Inc., and its shares were delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange . In an effort to streamline operations, U.S. Steel announced on March 3, 2009, that it would be temporarily shutting down its Hamilton plant and most of its Lake Erie plant, putting more than 2,000 people out of work. This announcement came four months after U.S. Steel laid off 700 employees at

1225-414: Was still pumping more phenols and cyanide into the harbour than it was supposed to in early 1987. But both firms have been cleaning up to meet the terms of a pollution control order imposed on them by Queen's Park [and] the harbour is getting cleaner and supports 58 known species of fish." Since Stelco ceased steelmaking in 2011, it received less media attention regarding pollution. The company operates

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