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About Hydro One

As at December 31, 2007

Our Business
  • We are the largest electricity transmission and distribution company in Ontario, valued at $12.79 billion as measured by total assets.
  • We own and operate substantially all of Ontario's electricity transmission system, accounting for about 96% of Ontario's transmission capacity as measured by revenues.
  • Our distribution system is the largest in Ontario and spans approximately 75% of the province.
  • We distribute electricity though our 122,933 circuit km low-voltage distribution system, serving Ontario's rural areas and municipalities.
  • We transmit energy through a 28,915 circuit km high-voltage network. Transmission lines are overhead except for 275 circuit km of underground lines in urban areas.
  • We own and operate 26 facilities that interconnect to our transmission system which can accommodate imports of about 4,000 MW and exports of about 5,800 MW.
  • Our transmission system also includes 280 transmission stations.
  • Our distribution system also includes 1,022 distribution and regulating stations.
  • Cumulative Smart Meters deployed: see website
  • Our telecommunications business markets dark and lite fibre optic capacity to telecommunications carriers and commercial customers.
  • Number of vehicles/equipment in Fleet: 4,550.
Reportable Segments
  • Transmission Business
  • Distribution Business
  • Other Business (primarily represented by the operations of Hydro One Telecom Inc.)

Our Customers

  • Large Industrial Customers: 111
  • Remote Communities Served: 20
  • Rural and Urban Distribution Customers (homes, farms, seasonal, small business): approximately 1.3 million
  • Local Distribution Companies/Municipal Utilities: 83
  • Generators: 199

Our Employees and Pensioners

  • Full-time: 4,602 regular employees (in all subsidiaries)
  • Non-Regular: 1,605 employees (includes temporary, contract and part-time)
  • Pensioners: 7,542

Our Subsidiaries

  • Hydro One Networks Inc.
  • Hydro One Remote Communities Inc.
  • Hydro One Telecom Inc.
  • Hydro One Brampton Inc.

Our Electricity

  • Total electricity transmitted in 2007: 152.2 TWh*
  • All-time System Peak: 27,005 MW** (August 1, 2006)
  • 2007 System Peak: 25,737 MW**
  • 2006 System Peak: 27,005 MW**
  • 2005 System Peak: 26,160 MW**
*152,200,000,000 kilowatt-hours. A 100-watt light bulb burning for 10 hours would use one kilowatt-hour of energy.
**A megawatt is a measure of instantaneous demand for electricity and generation needed to meet this demand. One megawatt equals 1,000 kilowatts

 

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