ISSUE #2 • August 2025
Writing the next chapter
of our electric future
In this issue of OPG's Watt's New, find out how we're advancing North America's first commercial Small Modular Reactor and securing more clean power for Ontario's future.
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What millwrights do, we’re a fundamental part of our industry and Ontario’s economy. We maintain and install all sorts of machinery and overhaul entire generating units. And we put it all back together. We’re a jack of all trades—or, as I like to say, doctor of mechanics.
Ivy Ireland
A millwright apprentice who is painting a bright career path with OPG.
Millwright apprentice Ivy Ireland
In the community
Skills Ontario Competition
A student visitor to OPG's booth at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition tries on a protective radiation suit for nuclear operations.
Skills Ontario Competition
An OPG employee bumps fists with a Boston Dynamics Spot robot. The green robot showed off various tricks to visitors at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition in May. The annual event saw more than 2,400 students from across the province put their skills to the test in 70 diverse contest areas, including robotics, electronics, carpentry, plumbing, photography, culinary arts.
Skills Ontario Competition
A student tests out a virtual reality training experience at OPG's booth at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition.
Skills Ontario Competition
High school students get their gears in motion as they compete in the robotics contest at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition. The annual event is Canada’s largest skilled trades competition, bringing together the province’s top elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students to prove they are the best in their field.
Skills Ontario Competition
Students make some last-minute adjustments to their robot at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition.
Skills Ontario Competition
An OPG employee answers questions while Spot stands by at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition in Toronto.
Featured social posts
🇨🇦🇵🇱Honoured to sign the latest agreement with OSGE to support Poland’s small modular reactor program. OPG’s expertise will help advance clean, reliable nuclear energy—strengthening international partnerships and energy security, while benefiting Ontario’s supply chain. 🌍⚡ https://t.co/hmHpGxYhHa
— Ontario Power Gen (@opg) July 21, 2025
Today, we mark International Women in Engineering Day with Nawal Chishty, an engineer helping write nuclear's next chapter with the Darlington New Nuclear Project. "The future is whatever we want it to be," she says. Learn more: https://t.co/1mE3GF35Ez #INWED25 pic.twitter.com/NN2cIVTY8w
— Ontario Power Gen (@opg) June 23, 2025
On the Ottawa River, the hydro station affectionately known as "Da Swisha" celebrates a major milestone this summer - 75 years of service for Ontario. From post-war boom to today's electrification, our Des Joachims station continues to work its magic. https://t.co/rVoCvMAb1d pic.twitter.com/uaVrMoW6ut
— Ontario Power Gen (@opg) July 8, 2025
An electrifying new route for public transit
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