SNC-Lavalin fined $75,000 for generating electricity without a licence
TORONTO — SNC-Lavalin has been fined $75,000 for operating a gas-fired electrical generating plant at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport without a licence for the past 10 years.
The Ontario Energy Board says it inspected SNC-Lavalin’s operations and maintenance facilities at the Toronto airport “after it became known” the company was generating electricity without a licence.
The provincial agency has not said how it finally learned the company was operating an electricity generation facility for a decade.
“It is every energy facility owner’s and operator’s obligation to apply to the OEB for a licence to operate,” said Board spokesperson Karen Evans in an email. “SNC, who are providing ancillary services to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, believed they did not require a licence as the operator of the facility.”