Registration - Organization

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. / Andrea Johnston, Chief Financial Officer

Registration Information

Organization name: Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
Senior Officer Name: Andrea Johnston, Chief Financial Officer
Senior Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2020-08-18
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 8151-3465

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 3

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 7 (2020-08-18 to 2021-04-16)

Registration versions:

Version 1 of 7 (2020-08-18 to 2021-04-16)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Policy and program recommendations related to increased utilization of forest biomass, including opportunities to collect biomass from harvesting and rehab sites.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Education, Environment, Forestry, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Seeking continued funding of the Forest Enhancement Society of BC or similar program.	Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Education, Environment, Forestry
Seeking increased access to fire killed and other dead and damaged timber, including changes to salvage licenses to facilitate fire-kill harvesting; competitive offering of licenses; increasing access for communities and Indigenous groups.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Education, Environment, Forestry, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Advanced Education, Skills and Training
Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Forest Enhancement Society of BC
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness
Office of the Premier

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Rob McCurdy, Chief Executive Officer

Organization Contact Information

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.

Address:
350 - 3600 Lysander Lane
Richmond, BC V7B 1C3
Canada

Telephone number: 604-270-9613
Fax number: 604-270-9914

Description of Activities

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: PL) (“Pinnacle” or “the Company”) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of industrial wood pellets, which are used by large-scale thermal power generators as a greener alternative to produce reliable baseload renewable power. Pinnacle currently operates eight wood pellet production facilities throughout western Canada, and one production facility in Alabama, that process a wide range of wood fibre (primarily forest product residuals) sourced from forestry industry partners that harvest from sustainably certified forests. Pinnacle’s Canadian production facilities are all located on major rail lines allowing for efficient rail transport to one of two shipping terminals on the B.C. coast: Pinnacle’s wholly-owned Westview terminal in Prince Rupert, and the Fibreco Terminal at the Port of Vancouver. The Company’s Alabama production facility utilizes shipping facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Pinnacle takes pride in its industry leading health and safety practices.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority	$60,000.00	2021-02-01
Forest Enhancement Society of BC	$929,314.00
Government of Canada - Low Carbon Economy Fund	$3,900,000.00

View all requested government funding history

Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Forest Enhancement Society of BC	$524,432.33
Low Carbon Economy Fund	$1,066,125.00	2020-06-30 to 2022-03-30
Low Carbon Economy Fund	$1,066,125.00	2021-01-01 to 2022-03-30
Low Carbon Economy Fund	$1,653,873.00	2020-10-20 to 2022-03-30
Low Carbon Economy Fund	$1,653,875.00	2020-10-31 to 2022-03-31
Low Carbon Economy Fund	$3,061,883.00	2021-01-01 to 2024-03-31

View all received government funding history

Coalition Members Information

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Houston Pellet Inc.
- 3600 Lysander Lane
  350
  Richmond, BC V7B 1C3
  Canada
Lavington Pellet Inc.
- 3600 Lysander Lane
  350
  Richmond, BC V7B 1C3
  Canada
Smithers Pellet Inc.
- 3600 Lysander Lane
  350
  Richmond, BC V7B 1C3
  Canada

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Duncan Davies
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Jason Fisher
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: Yes

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Robert McCurdy
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Josh McQuillin
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Andrew Meyer
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Paul Pawlowski
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Michael Thomas
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: Not provided Sponsorship: Not provided Recall: Not provided
Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted	Political: No Sponsorship: No Recall: No

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.	2020-08-18	current

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.

Senior Officer History
Senior Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Andrea Johnston	2021-08-11	Current
Rob McCurdy	2020-08-18	2021-04-16

Andrea Johnston, Chief Financial Officer (Organization)

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Designated Filers are required to submit a Lobbying Activity Report for each lobbying activity with a senior public officer holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the designated filer) will appear on all in-house Lobbying Activity Reports, whether or not he/she participated in the activity.

Note: Lobbying Activity Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for lobbying activities that took place in the previous month.

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Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Katrine Conroy, Minister | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
Lobbying Activity date: 2022-06-06
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Ross McKenzie
Posted date: 2022-07-15
Lobbying Activity number: 3465-19437 View Lobbying Activity Report
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Bruce Ralston, Minister | Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-11-01
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Will Gardiner
Posted date: 2021-12-15
Lobbying Activity number: 3465-14396 View Lobbying Activity Report
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Katrine Conroy, Minister | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
- Ravi Kahlon, Minister | Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation
- Diane Nicholls, Chief Forester | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
- Rick Manwaring, Deputy Minister | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
- Ravi Parmar, Sr. Ministerial Advisor | Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation
- Selena Basi, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade & Industry Development Division | Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation
- Tim Renneberg, Sr. Ministerial Advisor | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
- Tristan Jones, Ministerial advisor | Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-09-08
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Andrea Johnston, Ross McKenzie, Will Gardiner
Posted date: 2021-09-22
Lobbying Activity number: 3465-12844 View Lobbying Activity Report

Date Modified:: 2024-01-29

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Registration - Organization

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. / Andrea Johnston, Chief Financial Officer

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Version 1 of 7 (2020-08-18 to 2021-04-16)

Version 1 of 7 (2020-08-18 to 2021-04-16)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Organization Contact Information

Description of Activities

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Received Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests