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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-03-09, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, March 9, 2016 The Lucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com �p] POSTMEDIA so CURTIS ARMSTRONG Group Director of Media Sales - Grey, Bruce and Huron County carmstrong@postmedia.com P: 519-376-2250 x514301 JOHN BAUMAN Group Manager, Media Sales john.bauman@sunmedia.ca JOY JURJENS Office Administrator lucknow.sentinel@sun media.ca LINDSAY THEODULE Media Sales Consultant lindsay.theodule@sun media.ca Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO SENTINEL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at: GODERICH LIBRARY, (from 1875) 52 Montreal Street Goderich ON N7A 1 M3 Goderichlibrary@huroncounty.ca KINCARDINE LIBRARY, (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) 727 Queen Street Kincardine ON N2Z 1Z9 The Lucknow Sentinel is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent ethical organization established to deal with editorial concerns. For more information or to file a complaint go to www.mediacouncil.ca or call toll free 1-844-877-1163. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Return to U.K. in Hawthorne's future Rob Gowan Sun Times Outgoing Bruce Power CEO and President Duncan Haw- thorne is going home. After announcing to employees on Feb. 1 that he would retire from his job at the helm of the company he has been with since it was formed in 2001, new details about Hawthorne's future plans were unveiled on Tuesday. And those plans involve working with Hori- zon Nuclear in the U.K. to realize that company's goal to build six advanced boiling water reactors. "For someone like me I have bought plants, I have operated plants, I have moved in different parts of the world, but what I haven't done is put myself in a position to manage a new build project;' Haw- thorne said in a conference call Tuesday. "This would be, if you like, the last day opportunity to do the Hawthorne has been with Bruce Power since it formed in 2001. He has roughly 30 years in the power generation business, holding senior positions in power companies in the U.K., U.S. and Canada. Before joining Bruce Power, he was a long- time executive at British Energy. Hawthorne said he left the U.K. in 1997 when it became obvious that the government of the day was not going to progress British Energy's request to build new reactors. Hawthorne said on Tuesday that he was feeling like he has some unfinished business to see to in the U.K. "I think it was a mistake in 93, 94 when the government chose not to proceed with new builds," said Hawthorne. "I think they are regretting it today and now it is a chance to do something about it:' Hawthorne, who has been a member of the board of directors of Horizon — owned by Hitachi — for a couple of years now, declined to give more details about his role with the company in advance of an announcement expected to come out of the U.K. later this week. He said he also wanted to be respectful of his current job and the people of Bruce Power by addressing his retirement from the company first, before details of his future plans are released. On Tuesday, Bruce Power announced that Chief Financial Officer Kevin Kelly will serve as acting president while the com- pany recruits a new CEO. That process is already underway. Kelly has been with Bruce Power since the company was formed in 2001. Previously he had worked with British Energy and served on the due diligence and transition team focusing on the deal that saw a long-term lease signed between Bruce Power and Ontario Power Generation for the company to operate the nuclear power plant in Bruce County. He has also worked at BDO's Toronto office. Hawthorne said Tuesday he will continue to serve in an advisory role with Bruce Power, following his offi- cial retirement on April 30. "I have agreed to act in an advi- sory role for a few years at Bruce Power," said Hawthorne. "That would obviously help ease the transition process." Hawthorne said he intends to assist Kelly while he is in the interim role, assist the new CEO by providing his detailed knowl- edge of the business to that person and also provide advice to the investors and owners. Hawthorne said he is confident in the team that has been formed at Bruce Power and he said he is leav- ing eaving a very strong organization. "I have been so impressed by peoples' commitment so I know that passion will continue," he said. When Hawthorne announced his plans on Feb. 1 to retire this year, he pinpointed the return of the site to its eight -unit output and the sign- ing of a deal with the provincial gov- ernment that will see Bruce Power refurbish six of its eight reactors beginning in 2020. Hawthorne went into further detail about those achievements in an open letter that was provided to employees and released to the public on Tuesday. In his letter Hawthorne described his job as Bruce Power's CEO as "working to assemble a jigsaw" The first part of that puzzle was to stabilize the performance of the Bruce B units, which at the time were the only ones in operation at the site. At the same time, an assessment of the shuttered Bruce A units was conducted. It was determined Units 3 and 4 could be restarted "without major com- ponent replacement and in a rea- sonable timescale," and that work program started. "This decision had a massive impact on the staff and the com- munity because it signalled a resur- rection of this site and sent a strong message that the 'new guys' were in for the long term," Hawthorne wrote. "The decision to work on the Bruce A units also allowed us to retain all staff and actually start hir- ing new employees and quickly reverse our aging demographic" In late 2005 Bruce Power then signed a new long-term agreement with the province that would allow for the investment needed to restart Units 1 and 2 at Bruce A. While the project was dogged by delays and cost overruns, that work was completed and in late 2012, Bruce Power again had eight units operational for the first time since the mid 1990s. "At this stage, a lot of people assumed I would step down since we had successfully brought the site backto its former glory, Hawthorne wrote. "However, for me, there was still a missing piece of the puzzle and itwould not be completed until we had secured the long-term future of all of our units, and this was successfully achieved on Dec. 3, 2015, when we announced the new transaction that secured our future for decades to come." Hawthorne said Tuesday that it is difficult to say goodbye to Bruce Power because of his strong emo- tional ties to the company and to the employees. "I have stood in front of the employees and told them my intention to retire and have been overwhelmed by the e-mails and messages I have received from people and every one of them kind of touches your heart," said Hawthorne. "It is tough to go, but I also know it is the right thing to do for Bruce Power and for me personally it is the right time." Hawthorne, 60, said when he came to North America, he thought it would be for a couple of years to try to create a business here, but he ended up staying much longer, made his home here, married his wife Lesley, became a Canadian citizen and "helped create the Bruce Power you see today." He said it will be hard leaving the community, though he intends to keep his home in Kincardine with plans to continue to visit the area While the project was dogged by delays and cost overruns, that work was completed and in late 2012, Bruce Power again had eight units operational for the first time since the mid 1990s. "At this stage, a lot of people assumed I would step down since we had successfully brought the site back to its former glory," Haw- thorne wrote. 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