Mississauga, ON – MediaCorp Canada Inc., announced today that Alectra, the largest municipally-owned electricity utility in Canada based on customer count, has been named a Top Employer for 2022 in the Greater Toronto Area. Each year, MediaCorp selects top employers who demonstrate exceptional workplaces and progressive human resource policies. Thousands of Canadian employers are evaluated based…

Mississauga, ON – The busy holiday season is prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims — especially leading into weekends. In response to increased fraudulent activity across Ontario, Alectra Utilities, Elexicon Energy,…

Mississauga, ON – Alectra celebrates Neetika Sathe, Vice President, Green Energy and Technology (GRE&T) Centre for being named as a Clean50 individual leader, and Sara Ganowski, Smart Cities Specialist, for being named as a Clean50 Emerging Leader by Canada’s Clean50. Canada’s Clean50 Awards are announced annually by Delta Management Group and recognize 50 Clean50 individuals, 20 Emerging…

Mississauga, ON – At its annual Energy Awards ceremony, the Ontario Energy Association (OEA) honoured Alectra with the prestigious ‘2021 OEA Innovation Award’. The annual Energy Awards recognize OEA members for their achievements in the Ontario energy sector. This year, Alectra received the Innovation Award, and was recognized for its breakthrough ideas, new technology, and creative adaptation…

Hamilton, ON – The DeGroote School of Business and Alectra are pleased to announce the ‘Alectra Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Scholarship’. The scholarship will offer more racialized individuals the opportunity to attain governance education and certification, by completing The Directors College Chartered Director (C.Dir.) Program, a DeGroote Executive Program. “At DeGroote, we…

Brampton, ON – On August 26, 2021 Alectra hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for its brand-new operations centre located at 200 Kennedy Rd. South in Brampton. The new facility will be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified to Gold Standard and will function as the consolidated operations centre for more than 400 Alectra employees serving Mississauga and Brampton. The…

Mississauga, ON – Alectra’s Green Energy & Technology Centre (GRE&T Centre) takes another pioneering step in enabling clean energy choices with the launch of a transactive energy platform, GridExchange. Funded by Natural Resources Canada and in partnership with Sunverge, Savage Data, and FLO, GridExchange is a blockchain-based software platform that enables customers with distributed…

Barrie, ON – Alectra crews were notified of scammers going door-to-door in tornado stricken neighbourhoods posing as an Alectra employee, asking for payment to inspect their home. This is not Alectra - residents are advised to be cautious and notify local law enforcement if they encounter these fraudsters. The individual had an Alectra ‘door hanger’ notice, typically left on customer doors, and…

Barrie, ON – Alectra crews continued working through the night to repair extensive damage caused by a tornado in Barrie yesterday. At the height of the outage, 9,000 homes and businesses were impacted. Restoration efforts were successful and Alectra had re-energized all but 450 customers by approximately 10:30 p.m. last night. An additional 52 customers were restored overnight as crews continued…

Barrie, ON – A significant weather event including wind gusts and a suspected tornado is impacting power to 2,700 homes and businesses in Barrie today.  These strong gusts caused substantial damage to overhead powerlines that supply electricity to parts of Southeast Barrie. Alectra Utilities crews are currently investigating and assessing the damage and will continue to work until all power…