Jun 20, 2018 - ​On Monday, June 11, 2018, a powerful wind with gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour started up in the northern part of our service territory, which then continued throughout the following day. By Monday afternoon we had more than 3,000 cus [...]

Jun 18, 2018 - In September 2017, the Kenow wildfire decimated the land around Waterton, Alberta including 19,000 hectares of the park and 11 kilometres of FortisAlberta’s main line feeding the area. When FortisAlberta began the rebuild, we were not only [...]

Jun 4, 2018 - Starting on May 12, two large wildfires in Strathcona County and one in Lamont County near Bruderheim began raging across the area, burning approximately 300 hectares of land. More than 40 poles were downed and 80 primarily oilfield custome [...]

May 23, 2018 - FortisAlberta believes in supporting STARS Air Ambulance. Its work saves Albertans’ lives, including those of a few of our colleagues. One of these people is Jeremy, who was out mountain biking in 2015 with his friend Guy, and another of o [...]

May 1, 2018 - Following Mother Nature’s destructive path, where AltaLink transmission structures located in a wetland were damaged due to spring melt and heavy winds, FortisAlberta found creative ways to get the power back on for nearly 1,000 customers i [...]

Apr 27, 2018 - FortisAlberta negotiated - over an 18-month term - Electric Distribution System Operator Contract (EDSO) through the Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations. This agreement represents eight traditional rural electrificati [...]

Apr 27, 2018 - FortisAlberta is currently conducting pole testing throughout its service territory to ensure reliability for its customers. Maintaining electrical distribution poles and wires in a safe and reliable manner is one of the most important [...]

Apr 27, 2018 - On April 13 in Edmonton, the Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT) Board presented Daniel Kitt, Power Line Technician, Lac la Biche with the 2017 Top Apprentice Award for the power line trade. The Top Apprentice Awards honour the appr [...]

Mar 8, 2018 - The company is launching Save Energy Grants to support municipalities including schools and businesses within its service territory with energy efficiency initiatives. The total program budget for FortisAlberta’s Save Energy Grants is $50,0 [...]

Feb 28, 2018 - Did you know that in 2017, FortisAlberta recorded 7 contacts with air seeders and sprayers with overhead powerlines? There were also 15 contacts made by tractors and 11 with grain augers. This is a ‘growing’ concern given that the height of [...]

Feb 7, 2018 - He lived to tell the tale, literally. As an Alberta-proud company, with customers and colleagues who work and live in remote locations, FortisAlberta believes in supporting STARS Air Ambulance (STARS). Their work saves Albertans’ lives. [...]

Feb 2, 2018 - Alberta’s biggest single solar generation site was connected Nov. 28 just outside of Brooks. FortisAlberta played a valuable role in connecting the distributed generation project, which had been stalled for years without a Power Purchase [...]

Jan 12, 2018 - There have been reports from some customers who have received fraudulent phone calls or texts appearing to be from a FortisAlberta representative. This is a reminder that we do not collect credit card or bank account information over the t [...]

Nov 22, 2017 - On Nov. 16, FortisAlberta was pleased to be one of the 10 recipients of Novinium’s annual Environmental Stewardship Award. Each year, Novinium selects the utilities based on the amount of cable that is rejuvenated. Curtis Eck, Vice Presid [...]

Oct 18, 2017 - Yesterday, windstorms and multiple wildfires caused widespread outages in southern Alberta and pockets of outages throughout the province. At the peak of the outages yesterday, more than 11,000 customers were without power. FortisAlberta c [...]

Oct 5, 2017 - While working to restore power following Monday’s snow and wind storm, one of FortisAlberta’s Power Line Technicians (PLTs) noticed a distressed calf that had fallen into a semi-frozen dugout nearby. Having grown up on the farm, many of [...]

Oct 2, 2017 - FortisAlberta is experiencing outages in the Eastern part of our service area primarily in the southeast, as a result of wet and heavy snow and galloping lines. Severe weather with high winds has resulted in trees on lines and wires down an [...]

Sep 27, 2017 - On Sept. 14, 2017, customers were evacuated from their homes in parts of our service area including Cardston County, Waterton Park and the MD of Pincher Creek. Our system sustained significant damage as a result of the fire, but we are plea [...]

Sep 14, 2017 - The wildfires burning in southern Alberta resulted in mandatory evacuations in parts of our service territory including Cardston County, Waterton and the MD of Pincher Creek. FortisAlberta recently received clearance to re-enter impacted ar [...]