The following statement from Minister Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines was presented at the 2021 EDA Award Gala on May 20:
Statement by Minister Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Electricity Distributors Association Virtual Awards Event
On behalf of the Ontario government, I want to extend our congratulations to today’s award winners. Recognition of your service to Ontarians is well deserved. I’d like to thank the Electricity Distributors Association and its members for your commitment, dedication and remarkable flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This has been an extraordinary year for Ontario’s electricity sector. The EDA’s members have remained nimble, resilient and committed to managing this evolving and complex environment.
As the closest point of contact for Ontario’s electricity customers, your efforts helped to ensure that supply continued unin ...
In a year unlike any other, excellence abounded throughout the electricity distribution sector in Ontario, and our EDA Awards Gala was an annual celebration of the many noteworthy achievements of our LDC members.
The countdown to November 1, 2023 has begun and utilities across the province are busy planning their path to Green Button Certification and their Green Button Launch to give energy consumers more tools to lower their utility bills and meet the requirements of O. Reg 633/21: ENERGY DATA. Savage Data Systems’ Data Custodian is the first solution in Ontario to be tested by the Green Button Alliance and successfully complete the Certification process for Green Button Download My Data (DMD) and Connect My Data (CMD) supporting NAESB ESPI version 3.3 for electricity (including some optional Function Blocks), gas and water consumption data.
On May 20, over 200 members attended the EDA Awards Gala to celebrate LDC excellence in the sector. Thank you to EDA Board Chair Chris White, President and CEO of ERTH Corporation, for hosting the event, and to our corporate and event sponsors for their generous contributions.
Hat offs to our LDC members for all the amazing work you do in the communities you serve. That’s why, this year, every LDC member will be recognized as a winner of the Public Electrical Safety Excellence Award, sponsored by the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA).
Congratulations to this year’s award winners in the following categories for all your hard work and well-deserved recognition:
The LDC Performance Excellence Award recognizes outstanding performance in occupational health and safety, operations, finance, conservation, and contributions to the community. This year it was awarded to Entegrus Powerlines for accomplishments that included a comprehensive health and safety management system worthy of IHSA CORTM 2 ...