Local People: Will Kent, Power Line Technician, Wainwright
Jun 2, 2026 - Originally from Marwayne, Alberta, Will has been with FortisAlberta for more than four years. When he's not playing his part ensuring that FortisAlberta customers receive safe and reliable electricity, Will spends time on the golf course, mountain sledding, camping and spending time with this wife and dog in the Alberta mountains. [...]
Local people: Jerry, Construction Planner, Central Alberta
May 27, 2026 - For more than 35 years, Jerry has been helping connect Alberta communities to reliable electricity distribution service. As a Construction Planner on FortisAlberta’s Red Deer regional design team, he brings decades of hands-on experience, i [...]
FortisAlberta Service Estimator
Apr 8, 2026 - Thinking about connecting a new electrical service? Our FortisAlberta Service Estimator (FASE) tool can help you get an idea of costs, quickly and on your own terms. It calculates high-level, non‑binding estimates for new connections based [...]
Larger farm equipment increases the risk of overhead power line contact
Apr 1, 2026 - Over the past decade, equipment such as combines, air seeders, sprayers and grain augers has increased in height as farmers look for ways to improve efficiency and productivity. Across Alberta and throughout FortisAlberta’s service territo [...]
Three ways to protect your appliances during an outage
Nov 26, 2015 - Outages and disturbances to transmission and distribution facilities are expected in the normal course of operations. Customers are encouraged to protect all their electrical facilities and devices from outages and disturbances to transmiss [...]
Think Before You Dig
Whether you’re gardening, planting a tree or putting up a fence, you can avoid a serious electrical incident by submitting a locate request.
