Community investment
As a key component of Capital Power's commitment to citizenship through community investment, we work to engage stakeholders, promote sustainability, and address the needs of our communities. Through a cohesive, integrated and focused program of community involvement, Capital Power will contribute to fostering healthy communities.

Capital Power is developing a community investment program that will engage stakeholders, promote sustainability, and address the needs of our communities. Through a cohesive, integrated and focused program of community involvement, CPC wants to contribute to fostering healthy communities. Please visit our website in early 2010 to learn more details about our Community Investment program and initiatives.

Corporate Responsibility Reporting
In the fall of 2009, Capital Power’s predecessor company, EPCOR Utilities Inc., plans to issue a Corporate Responsibility Report. It will be the first Corporate Responsibility Report the company has issued that follows the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines.

The report will cover the calendar year 2008 and include information on the impacts of Capital Power’s operations and the initiatives undertaken by its people. Once issued, highlights from the report that relate to Capital Power’s operations will be available on this website.

Environmentally responsible power generation
Capital Power is a leader in Canada in the development, construction, and operation of environmentally responsible power generation facilities, including supercritical coal technology, combined heat and power facilities, highly-efficient natural gas turbines used for both simple- and combined-cycle plants and recycled energy technology. In addition, the Company owns and/or manages a range of renewable energy facilities relying on fuels such as hydro, biomass, wind, waste heat and landfill gas. Examples of Capital Power’s environmental leadership include:

• Capital Power was among the first to introduce commercial-scale supercritical technology to Canada. Using this technology, in March 2005, the coal-fired Genesee 3 unit entered operation with GHG emissions 18% lower than competing conventional coal-fired facilities in Alberta and significantly lower nitrogen oxide (‘‘NOx’’) and sulphur dioxide (‘‘SO₂’’) emissions.
• Capital Power considers itself to be a leader in GHG emission offset project development and procurement, based on the volume of its purchase and retirement of offsets and diverse mix of offset projects. In 2007 and 2008, the first two years that emission reductions were mandated in Alberta, Capital Power applied 34% and 21%, respectively, of all GHG emission offset credits in the Province. Capital Power has a significant portfolio of GHG offsets developed or under contract from sources such as landfill gas, low tillage agriculture and acid gas injection.
• Capital Power actively participates in Canadian efforts to commercialize near-zero emission coal power technology. The Company is conducting front end engineering and design work on an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (‘‘IGCC’’) power plant as well as pursuing the design of an amine scrubbing process to remove carbon dioxide from exhaust gas produced at generation facilities.