Wednesday, August 22, 2007

OPG's Gregory Smith Suddenly Retires

The sleepy media hasn't got hold of this yet, but this is BIG news! Internally, he was known as "The Gregory". He was our Napoleon and General Patton. I was terrified of him, but I thought he was the only one that could lead for the new nuclear plant. He certainly was a darling of the press!

So, welcome to the club, Gregory Smith. With you gone, there is nothing standing in the way of the political technocrats wanting to appear to do something, and spending the big bucks, without actually taking the risk of building something. No new nuclear plants in my lifetime, I'm afraid.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You got that right....any hope of OPG building a new nuclear plant has just been dashed with the loss of Gregory Smith to retirement. Too bad the OPG Board of Directors didn't see this coming. Now we're left with visionless lack of leadership no talents who are "The Gregory" wannabes and we can't afford to replace this lost talent due to the political interventions of Queen's Park.

Harold Asmis said...

I looked hard, and never did see the equivalent talent that I knew when we were building plants. The new Soviet policy of 'all gov't managers are equal' will make it difficult to hire fresh talent. I know some long-term managers (not being paid that much) who they could put in the position, and I shudder....

Of course, they could hire me! Then I would have to shut up (I really would clamp for lots of money!!)

Anonymous said...

Gregory smith has been an outstanding leader at OPG. He provided an excellent leadership in managing Darlington nuclear generating station, he has ability to convince the regulator CNSC, and he gained trusted and respect in a nuclear world.

Even though, OPG executive VP announced the retirement of Mr. Smith from OPG. However Mr. Smith accepted the next day a new position as CNO and executive VP in a USA nuclear. It is unfortunate to loss a talented gentlemen.

The people of Ontario and media considerably exaggerating his annual income, I would say he was earning less than what he deserved. This will be a great lesson for us, because greediness will cost us in the near future, example the current phase of PNGSA. I hope that will explain it all.

Harold Asmis said...

They are interviewing now for the replacement. I don't think Smith was paid enough for what he was doing, and now they want to pay a fraction of that!