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1 PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT for Generation Projects Construction in the Electrical Power Systems Sector made and entered into between THE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS Construction ASSOCIATION (hereinafter called " EPSCA ") and THE IBEW ELECTRICAL POWER COUNCIL OF ONTARIO representing the following affiliated Local Unions 105, 115, 120, 303, 353, 402, 530, 586, 773, 804, , 1687, (hereinafter called the "Union") May 1, 2015 - April 30, 2020 EPSCA / IBEW ELECTRICAL POWER COUNCIL OF ONTARIO Generation Projects COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT INDEX Title Page Section 1 Preamble 1 Section 2 Scope of Agreement 1 Section 3 Duration of Agreement 5 Section 4 Work Assignment 6 Section 5 Union Rights and Representatives 9 Section 6 Employee Designation 10 Section 7 Employment Practices/Hiring 12 Section 8 Hours of Work 15 Section 9 Wages and Pay Procedure 21 Section 10 Union and Benefit Funds 23 Section 11 Travel and Room and Board Allowance 24

2 Section 12 Tools and Clothing 30 Section 13 Grievances and Arbitrations 32 Section 14 Committees 36 Section 15 Lunchroom Facilities 38 Section 16 Association Fund 38 Section 17 Radiation Work 39 Section 18 Aboriginal Content Commitment 40 Tool List 42 Appendix A 7 Day Coverage 43 Appendix B 7 Day Coverage- Nuclear Sites 45 Appendix C Major Refurbishment/Outages 47 Letter # 1 Room and Board Allowance Understanding, 48 North of the French River Letter of Understanding #1- Employment Referrals 49 Letter of Understanding #2- Training 50 Letter of Understanding #3- Local Area Hiring Hall Practices 51 Letter of Understanding #4- Employment Practices/Hiring Hall Provisions 52 Letter of Understanding #5- Replacement of Travel Card Members 53 Letter of Understanding #6- Board Allowance on 4x10 Shift Schedule 54 Letter of Understanding #7- Travel Time within Locals 402 and 1687 55 Letter of Understanding #8- OPG

3 Projects within Locals 402 and 1687 56 Letter of Understanding #9- Apprentice Room and Board Provisions 57 Letter of Understanding #10- De Novo 58 EPSCA /IBEWEPCO Collective Agreement - Generation May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020 Page 1 SECTION 1 PREAMBLE 100 A. WHEREAS EPSCA is an Association formed to represent Witnesseth Employers engaged in Construction industry work in the electrical power systems sector in collective bargaining and on their behalf enter into collective agreements covering those of their employees in the bargaining unit as hereinafter defined.

4 And WHEREAS the Union, as defined in the covering page of this Collective Agreement, has in its membership competent, skilled and qualified journeymen and apprentices to perform work coming within the trade and craft jurisdiction; and WHEREAS EPSCA and the Union desire to mutually establish and stabilize wages, hours and working conditions for journeymen and apprentices employed by Employers within the electrical power systems sector of the Construction industry, and further, to encourage closer co-operation and understanding between EPSCA and the Union to the end that a satisfactory, continuous and harmonious relationship will exist between the parties to this Agreement.

5 NOW THEREFORE, EPSCA and the Union mutually agree that the working conditions as set out below shall be applicable throughout the Province of Ontario. SECTION 2 SCOPE OF AGREEMENT 200 A. (i) EPSCA recognizes the Union as the exclusive Recognition collective bargaining agency for a bargaining unit as defined in Section 200 A (ii) engaged in Construction industry work performed on Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPGI) and Bruce Power LP facilities. (ii) The bargaining unit shall comprise the classifications of electrician journeyman (including foreman and subforeman), electrician welder, electrician apprentice, communications electrician, Lineman and Apprentice Lineman.

6 If additional classifications are required, they will be negotiated as appropriate for EPSCA /IBEWEPCO Collective Agreement - Generation May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020 Page 2 work on Ontario Power Generations Inc. (OPGI) and Bruce Power LP property. (iii) Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPGI) and Bruce Power LP generating facilities shall mean generating stations, hydraulic works, heavy water facilities, microwave and repeater stations and Miscellaneous Hydraulic Projects located on Ontario Power Generation Inc.

7 (OPGI) and Bruce Power LP property but excludes the building of commercial-type office facilities at locations remote from operating facilities. B. The terms and conditions of this Agreement will apply when contracts are awarded by Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPGI) or Bruce Power LP to Employers in contractual relations with the IBEW, or otherwise required to apply the terms of this Agreement. C. The Union recognizes EPSCA as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agency for all of the Employers covered by this Agreement, and in all matters pertaining to the administration of this Collective Agreement.

8 D. The term "employee" shall include all employees of the Employers in the classifications as set out in Item A (ii) above. E. A subforeman is an individual who exercises supervisory responsibility and may use the tools of the trade. F. The term "Employers" shall include individual members of EPSCA and any company, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, contractor, subcontractor or any person that agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. G. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in this Subsection, this Agreement does not alter existing agreements and practices operative between individual Employers and the Union with respect to General Foremen.

9 H. The classifications referred to in Item A (ii) do not establish craft jurisdiction. Such jurisdiction is established in accordance with Section 4 of this Collective Agreement. EPSCA /IBEWEPCO Collective Agreement - Generation May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020 Page 3 I. EPSCA and the Union agree that the use of nomenclature is meant to refer to both genders. 201 A. This Agreement shall consist of a master portion of general Form of application to the Construction field forces represented by Agreement the Union together with the following Appendices and/or wage schedules of particular application to employees represented by the Union at Projects or in areas as noted in Subsection 202 below, and shall also be deemed to include any additional Appendix and/or wage schedule added.

10 As the said Appendices and/or wage schedules may be revised by EPSCA and the Union from time to time. 202 A. Local Geographic Jurisdiction project Geographic Jurisdiction Hamilton Brant, Norfolk,Wentworth Nanticoke (105) Counties and all that portion of Oxford County south of a straight east to west line connecting the Town Line Road and Newell Road in the Town of Tillsonburg, the townships of Seneca, Rainham, North Cayuga, South Cayuga, Onieda, and Walpole in Haldimand County, and that Portion of Halton County west of the Eighth Concession Line and south of Highway 401 in the Province of Ontario.