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(Oakville, ON) March 28, 2018 – Oakville Hydro is the proud recipient of the Electricity Distributors Association’s (EDA) 2017 Performance Excellence Award presented March 26, 2018, at the annual EDA Awards Gala. The Performance Excellence Award recognizes a local distribution...

(Oakville, ON) March 26, 2018 – Oakville Hydro reports that during Earth Hour, the demand for electricity in the Town of Oakville was reduced by 3.2 per cent (5.9 MW), the equivalent of turning off 390,000 light bulbs. “Conserving energy is top of mind for many customers who are...

(Oakville, ON) March 22, 2018 – Oakville Hydro is pleased to recognize the effort of its customers switching to eBilling and presented the Oakville Hospital Foundation (OHF) with a $14,770 cheque. On hand for the presentation included representatives from Oakville Trafalgar...

Oakville Hydro is alerting customers of a text message scam where customers are asked to provide credit card information and click on a link within the text message. The text message claims to be from Oakville Hydro. Oakville Hydro never sends credit card alerts via text message...

(Oakville, ON) October 30, 2017 – Oakville Hydro’s Stayin’ Alive Safety program has been honoured with the Canadian Occupational Safety 2017 Silver Award in the Utilities and Electrical category of Canada’s Safest Employers (CSE). The CSE awards recognize companies across Canada...

Oakville Hydro and Survalent receive Smart Grid funding for developing Distribution State Estimation Software for electric utilities. Survalent’s media release is provided below. Survalent Developing Distribution State Estimation Software for Electric Utilities To be piloted at...

(Oakville, ON) July 5, 2017 – Oakville Hydro was recently presented with the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) President’s Award for 1,000,000 hours worked with no lost time injuries. This achievement represents over four years of dedicated focus and effort. “At...

(Oakville, ON) April 28, 2017 - Each year, we gather together and pause to recognize the National Day of Mourning and remember those who were killed, injured or suffered illness as a result of work-related incidents. Mike Paquette, Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist...

(Oakville, ON) March 31, 2017 – Oakville Hydro presented Fourmark Manufacturing with its annual Conservation Leadership Award at the Oakville Chamber of Commerce’s Awards for Business Excellence. Fourmark Manufacturing, a local plastics manufacturing plant, provides consumer...

(Oakville, ON) March 27, 2017 – Oakville Hydro reports that during Earth Hour, the demand for electricity in the Town of Oakville was reduced by 3.65 per cent (6.2 MW). “Every year, Earth Hour is a reminder of the global importance of climate change and conservation,” said Rob...