Resiliency & Reliability Award

Award Eligibility

Basic Eligibility Criteria:

• The company must self-declare (see, attestation letter by an officer of the company) that its application for the Electricity Canada Reliability and Resiliency Award will not adversely impact the reputation or the credibility of the company and/or Electricity Canada in a real or perceived way.
• The company must not have any major convictions, charges, and/or other incidents in the past five years for violating any applicable federal/provincial/territorial laws and regulations (this applies to all laws and regulations that the company must adhere to). However, recognizing that not all convictions, charges, and incidents are of equal significance, hence would not necessarily jeopardize the credibility of Electricity Canada, the company may still apply (please follow the flowchart below for guidance).
  
  
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• The company must be in “good standing” on reporting reliability performance data to Electricity Canada on an annual basis.

Additional Requirements (for companies with convictions, charges or incidents):

In case of a conviction, charge or incident, a company may still apply if:

• All convictions, charges, and incidents are disclosed by the applicant;
• The rationale of how the conviction, charge or incident falls below the ‘reasonable threshold’ and will not tarnish the Association’s reputation is provided by the applicant;
• The rationale requires senior management to self-assess and put forward their conclusion as well as sufficient information for the Electricity Canada and the awards evaluation panel to reach an independent conclusion. The award panel reserves the right to reject the rationale.
• In case the conviction, charge, or incident applies to a separate legal entity, and that entity does not fall under the scope of Electricity Canada's mandate (electricity generation, transmission, distribution); or the conviction is associated with a sibling that is a separate company and is not covered by Electricity Canada's mandate, then the applicant company is exempt from this criterion and may apply for any award category.