Alectra Incorporated, through its subsidiary Alectra Utilities Corporation, is an electricity utility and

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that serves several municipalities in the

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region of

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. It is a

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with shares in varying amounts held by the municipalities which owned its predecessor companies. When it was founded, Alectra was described as the second largest municipally-owned electricity utility in North America after the

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. As of January 2019 it is the largest municipally-owned electricity utility in Canada, by number of customers served.

Formation and expansion

Alectra was formed on January 31, 2017 by the merger of the municipally-owned utilities

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(serving

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(serving

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and St. Catharines), and

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(serving portions of

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and

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). The initial formation of the company was completed with the acquisition of

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from the provincial government's

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on February 28, 2017.

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(serving

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and Rockwood) merged into Alectra on January 1, 2019. Following its formation, Alectra continued to hold the 50% ownership stake formerly held by PowerStream in Collus PowerStream (which services Collingwood and surrounding area) until 2017. Alectra announced on November 9, 2017 that it was selling its ownership stake in Collus PowerStream back to the Town of Collingwood, with the Town announcing that it was selling Collus PowerStream to

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Corporate organization

The company is governed by a 14-member board of directors representing the municipalities and other shareholders which owned its predecessor companies. Municipal representatives make up 13 of those directors, consisting of: 4 directors from

, 3 from

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, 1 from

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. Employees of Alectra's predecessor companies had previously been represented by the

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, the

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, and

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. Following a vote on June 28, 2017 the majority of unionized employees of Alectra and its subsidiaries agreed to be represented solely by the Power Workers' Union.

Service area

Single-tier municipalities

Niagara Region

* St. Catharines

Peel Region

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Simcoe County

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* Thornton *

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Wellington County

* Rockwood

York Region

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* Richmond Hill *

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Formation and expansion

Corporate organization

Service area

Single-tier municipalities

Niagara Region

Peel Region

Simcoe County

Wellington County

York Region

See also

Notes

References

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