| 2018 | The initial lease on the Bruce plants expires with an option to extend for another 25 years. | |
| October 2005 | Cameco Announces Bruce Restructuring is Complete | |
| October 2005 | Cameco To Receive Cash from Bruce Restructuring | |
| April 2005 | Cameco Confirms One Bruce Reactor Taken Off-line | |
| March 2005 | Cameco Makes Progress on Adding Nuclear Capacity at Bruce Power | |
| January 2005 | Bruce A Reactor to Begin Planned Outage | |
| January 2004 | Bruce A Unit 3 reconnects to Ontario electricity grid | |
| February 2003 | Financial close of Bruce Power deal. The made-in-Canada Solution provides Bruce Power with the stable ownership it needs to serve in Canada's largest electricity market. | |
| December 2002 | Cameco signs agreement to increase its stake in Bruce Power to 31.6% | |
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May 2002
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The Ontario electricity market deregulated and opened up to full retail competition for all customers. At that time, Bruce Power began to sell its electricity to the spot market through the new Independent Market Operator and to wholesale electricity customers such as power traders, local distribution companies, new retailers and large industrial power users. | |
| May 2001 | Bruce Power deal closes. Bruce Power Limited Partnership
(Bruce Power) finalizes its long-term lease with Ontario
Power Generation to operate the Bruce nuclear power plants
and receives an operating licence from the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission. Cameco also finalizes the agreements related
to its 15% interest in Bruce Power and becomes the exclusive
supplier of fuel to the Bruce nuclear power plants. Cameco pleased Bruce deal closes See also: Cameco to Participate in Restart of Bruce Reactors (April 6, 2001) |
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| Oct. 2000 | Cameco and British Energy sign a memorandum of understanding
whereby Cameco will acquire a 15% interest in the partnership
which will lease and operate the Bruce nuclear power plants
from OPG. Cameco Pursues Nuclear Growth |
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| July 2000 | Bruce Power and OPG sign an agreement in principle to lease Bruce A and B nuclear facilities and related assets at the Bruce nuclear site. | |
| April 1999 | OPG is established as one of five successor companies to Ontario Hydro. In order to create a competitive market, the Ontario Energy Board requires OPG to control no more than 35% of the electrical generation capacity available to the province within 10 years of the electrical market opening to competition. |