Ontario Energy Commission de l’Énergie Board de l’Ontario P.O. Box 2319 C.P. 2319 27th. Floor 27e étage 2300 Yonge Street 2300, rue Yonge Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Toronto ON M4P 1E4 Telephone: 416- 481-1967 Téléphone; 416- 481-1967 Facsimile: 416- 440-7656 Télécopieur: 416- 440-7656 Toll free: 1-888-632-6273 Numéro sans frais: 1-888-632-6273

BY E-MAIL

March 25, 2008

Ms. Miriam Heinz Regulatory Coordinator Ontario Power Authority 120 Adelaide St. W. Toronto ON M5H 1T1

Letter of Direction

Dear Ms. Heinz,

Re: Ontario Power Authority Application for Approval of the IPSP and Procurement Processes Board File Number EB-2007-0707

The Ontario Energy Board has issued its second Notice of Application and Hearing relating to your application.

You are directed:

1) To arrange for the enclosed English version of the notice, headed with the Ontario government logo and the words “Ontario Energy Board”, to be published as soon as practical in one issue of the weekly periodicals and two issues of the daily periodicals in the list attached as Appendix A;

2) To arrange for the enclosed French version of the notice headed with the Ontario Government logo and the words “Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario”, to be published as soon as practical in one issue of the weekly periodicals and two issues of the daily periodicals in the list attached as Appendix A;

Note: (Please make it clear that invoices regarding publication are not to be sent to the Board.)

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3) To serve a copy of the second notice, any amendments to the evidence originally served, and the Board’s Issues Decision on the Band office of all of the First Nations in .

4) To file with the Board an affidavit proving publication and service immediately thereafter;

5) To make a copy of the second notice, any amendments to the evidence originally supplied, and the Board’s Issues Decision available for public review at the Ontario Power Authority’s office, on its website, and at the offices of County, Regional and District Municipal offices.

6) To provide a copy of the application and evidence, and any amendments thereto, to any intervenor who requests a copy.

Board staff contact

Please direct any questions relating to this application to David Richmond, Project Advisor, at 416-440-7654 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Yours truly,

Original signed by

Kirsten Walli Board Secretary cc: George Vegh - McCarthy Tetrault LLP Glenn Zacher - Stikeman Elliot

Appendix A – List of Publications

English Dailies 33 1 Barrie Examiner 34 Toronto Star 2 Belleville Intelligencer 35 Welland-Port Colborne Tribune 3 Brantford Expositor 36 4 Brockville Recorder 37 Woodstock Sentinel Review 5 Chatham Daily News 6 Cobourg Daily Star English Weeklies 7 Cornwall Standard Freeholder 1 Atikokan Progress 8 Fort Frances Daily Bulletin 2 Chapleau Express 9 Globe & Mail (Ontario Edition) 3 Cochrane Times-Post 10 Guelph Mercury 4 Dryden Observer 11 Hamilton Spectator 5 Fort Frances Times 12 Kenora Daily Miner 6 Geraldton Times Star 13 Kingston-Whig Standard 7 Hornepayne Jackfish Journal 14 Kitchener/Waterloo Record 8 Ignace Driftwood 15 Lindsay Daily Post 9 Iroquois Falls Enterprise 16 London Free Press 10 James Bay Voice 17 Niagara Falls Review 11 Kapuskasing Le/The Weekender 18 12 Kenora Lake of the Woods Enterprise 19 Orillia Packet & Times 13 Manitouwadge Echo 20 14 Marathon Mercury 21 Ottawa Le Droit (FRENCH) 15 New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker 22 Owen Sound Sun Times 16 Nipigon Superior Sentinel 23 Pembroke Observer 17 Rainy River West End Weekly 24 Peterborough Examiner 18 Red Lake Northern Sun News 25 19 Sioux Lookout Bulletin 26 Sault Ste Marie Star 20 Terrace Bay/Schreiber News 27 21 Thunder Bay's Source 28 St. Catharines Standard 22 Timmins Times 29 St. Thomas Times Journal 23 Wawa Algoma News Review 30 Stratford Beacon Herald 24 Tekawennake (First Nation) 31 Sudbury Star 25 Turtle Island News (First Nation) 32 Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal 10 Kapuskasing L'Horizon French Weeklies 11 London/Hamilton Le Regional 1 Chapleau Express - French 12 London/Sarnia L'Action 2 Cochrane Ours Noir 13 Manitouwadge Echo - French 3 Cornwall Le Journal 14 Mississauga Le Metropolitain 4 Geraldton Times Star - French 15 Sudbury Le Voyageur 5 Hamilton L'information 16 Terrace Bay/Schreiber News - French 6 Hearst Le Nord 17 Timmins Les Nouvelles 7 Hornepayne Jackfish Journal - French 18 Toronto L'Express (French) 8 Ignace Driftwood - French 19 Windsor Le Rempart 9 Iroquois Falls Enterprise - French