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There’s a power outage in your neighbourhood. What do you do? From the ever-changing weather in our city to animals interfering with hydro…

“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having that voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.” - Liz Fosslien For…

Most of us have spent the last few years connected to the grid. We’ve been working and learning from home, doing dishes more often, and…

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, electric vehicles were invented nearly 200 years ago. Around 1832 the first electric vehicle…

The derecho that damaged our city’s electricity system in May was absolutely devastating to our community. That being said, we have been…

With winds up to 190 km/h, the powerful derecho storm that devastated Ottawa on Saturday, May 21, left a trail of destruction like nothing…

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”  ~Warren Buffet, American business magnate,…

Storage, by definition, is the act of preserving something for future use. Charge now, use later. Justin Rangooni recently joined us on the…

Ottawa’s largest machine is our city’s electricity grid. Spread over more than 1,100 square kilometres, this system kept power humming for…

Canada’s oldest hydroelectric generating station that’s still in operation today was commissioned right here in the nation’s capital in…