Mississauga, ON – Alectra Inc. released its fifth Annual Sustainability Report to highlight the company’s social, environmental, and economic growth. The 2021 report, entitled “Discovering the Possibilities”, demonstrates Alectra’s significant impact as a sustainable company and Ontario’s leading energy provider. In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alectra operated primarily within a…

Barrie, ON – Alectra Inc., together with the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) Foundation, have established the ‘Alectra Fund for Health and Social Innovation’ to improve the health outcomes for people who are facing barriers across our community. Through the ‘Alectra Fund for Health & Social Innovation’, Alectra is providing $500,000 – over five years – to sponsor several studies…

Approximately 24,000 customers remain without power, York and Peel Regions sustain extensive damageMississauga, ON – Alectra Utilities has deployed dozens of powerline maintainers and forestry crews to restore service to approximately 119,000 customers who were without power at the height of the storm. Powerlines, transformers, and poles across the Alectra service territory were damaged due to…

Mississauga, ON – Alectra Utilities deployed dozens of powerline maintainers and forestry workers to restore service to approximately 100,000 homes and businesses who experienced power disruptions due to high winds. Most damage to Alectra’s grid occurred across York Region, Peel Region, Guelph and Hamilton. Crews will be restoring power through the night but unfortunately, some customers will be…

Mississauga, ON – Alectra Inc. and York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) announce the establishment of the ‘Alectra Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Undergraduate Awards’ to provide scholarship opportunities for Black and Indigenous students accepted into an EUC undergraduate program. “We are proud to have Alectra as one of our partners and are very…

St. Catharines, ON – Reducing pollution from the transportation sector is critical to Canada achieving its climate targets. That’s why the Government of Canada is making it easier for Canadians to purchase, charge and drive electric vehicles (EVs) in Ontario and across the country.Today, Chris Bittle, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Member of Parliament for St.…

Guelph, ON – The theme for World Health Day this year is “our planet, our health”, and Alectra is supporting Guelph General Hospital by purchasing a new sterilization container system designed to reduce the amount of medical waste generated from operating room surgeries. World Health Day, founded by the World Health Organization (WHO), is celebrated annually to spread awareness on a specific…

Toronto, ON – With spring in the air, five of Ontario’s largest utilities have joined forces to encourage customers to contact Ontario One Call (OntarioOneCall.ca or 1-800-400-2255) to have their underground utilities located before digging, planting or starting any outdoor project this season. To avoid potentially deadly…

Toronto, ON – March is National Fraud Prevention Month and five of Ontario’s largest utilities have joined forces to raise awareness about ongoing sophisticated scams targeting utility customers. Some common tactics fraudsters use to target Ontarians include impersonation of the local utility or its employees; sending threatening phone calls, texts and emails; or showing up in- person at a…

New electricity price plan could reduce electricity bills, benefit shift workers and support electric vehicle adoption Mississauga, ON – Ontario’s Energy Minister Todd Smith has asked the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to provide him with options to implement a new ultra-low overnight Time-of-Use electricity price plan as the province continues to provide Ontario families with more ways to save…