- Highly-skilled crews assisted Manitoba Power
after severe snow storm -
TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2020 /CNW/ - Today, the Edison Electric
Institute (EEI) presented Hydro One with an Emergency Assistance
Award for its response efforts following a severe snow storm that
hit Manitoba in October causing
significant damage to its grid and resulting in outages affecting
hundreds of thousands of customers. Hydro One deployed 25 employees
to join the restoration efforts alongside crews from Manitoba Power
and several other utilities.
"Our highly-skilled storm responders have a long history of
safely restoring power in challenging conditions and we are always
proud to help our neighbours during their time of need," said
Lyla Garzouzi, Vice President of
Distribution, Hydro One. "We would like to thank the Edison
Electric Institute for recognizing Hydro One for our dedication,
commitment and skill during a crisis."
This is the 10th award Hydro One has received from
the EEI for demonstrating its industry-leading expertise in storm
restoration.
"We're pleased Hydro One has been recognized by the Edison
Electric Institute for their efforts helping us restore our
customers after this unprecedented storm," said Jay Grewal, President and CEO of Manitoba Hydro.
"This was the largest restoration in our company's history. It
required the replacement over 4,000 wood poles and stringing of
about 950 kilometres of new overhead power lines. I'm very proud of
our employees and thank our partners like Hydro One for the work
they did under such challenging conditions to get our customers
back on."
"I applaud Hydro One for responding to the request for mutual
assistance and lending its expertise to aid in efficiently
restoring service to customers across Manitoba impacted by this severe storm," said
EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Mutual
assistance is a hallmark of the electric power industry, and it is
critical to helping restore power to customers following
significant events."
The Emergency Assistance Award is presented to EEI member
companies for outstanding emergency response efforts and assistance
provided to other electric companies following severe weather or
other natural events. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges
following an international nomination process.
Hydro One has reciprocal agreements in place with North American
utilities to provide assistance during significant power
outages.
About Edison Electric Institute:
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned
electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than
220 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. As a whole,
the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in
communities across the United
States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than
65 international electric companies, with operations in more than
90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry
suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.
About Hydro One:
Hydro One Inc. is a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro One Limited,
Ontario's largest electricity
transmission and distribution provider with almost 1.4 million
valued customers, over $25.6 billion
in assets and 2018 annual revenues of over $6.1 billion. Our team of approximately 8,600
skilled and dedicated employees proudly build and maintain a safe
and reliable electricity system which is essential to supporting
strong and successful communities. In 2018, Hydro One invested
almost $1.6 billion in its 30,000
circuit kilometres of high-voltage transmission and 123,000 circuit
kilometres of primary distribution networks and injected
approximately $1.3 billion into the
economy by buying goods and services in Ontario. We are committed to the communities
where we live and work through community investment, sustainability
and diversity initiatives. We are designated as a Sustainable
Electricity Company by the Canadian Electricity Association. Hydro
One Limited's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (TSX: H).
SOURCE Hydro One Inc.