Posted: Apr 21, 2021 10:21 AM ET | Last Updated: April 21 Ontario Power Generation announced Wednesday it sold the former Thunder Bay Generating Station to Budget Demolition.(Matt Prokopchuk / CBC) Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has sold the Thunder Bay Generating Station. The utility said the former hydro plant, shuttered in 2018, was purchased by Budget Demolition. The plant was originally built in 1963, and was listed for sale in 2019 by a brokerage company. "I am confident with OPG's decision to develop a business relationship with Budget Demolition, and I look forward to what the future of our former site will bring to the community of Thunder Bay and northern Ontario," said John Hefford, Vice President of OPG's Western Region, in a statement.