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FORTIS BC

FortisBC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc. - a diversified, international electric utility holding company based in Newfoundland and Labrador. Fortis Inc.'s entry into BC began with its purchase of Aquila Networks Canada on May 31, 2004.

FortisBC serves over 107,000 customers directly in communities throughout south central British Columbia, including Kelowna, Osoyoos, Trail, Castlegar, Princeton and Rossland and approximately 46,000 customers through the wholesale supply of power to municipal distributors in the communities of Summerland, Penticton, Kelowna, Grand Forks and Nelson.

FortisBC provides the following services:

· Generating and distributing electricity to homes and businesses in the southern interior of British Columbia
· 24-hour outage repair and emergency response
· Building, maintaining and upgrading power lines and facilities
· Installing and reading meters
· Providing electrical safety education in the community

BC HYDRO
BC Hydro is a commercial Crown corporation owned by the Province of British Columbia and regulated by an independent body, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC). BC Hydro is one of North America’s leading providers of clean, renewable energy, and the largest electric utility in British Columbia, serving approximately 95 per cent of the province’s population and 1.7 million customers. BC Hydro’s mandate is to generate, manufacture, distribute and sell power, upgrade its power sites, and to purchase power from, or sell power to, a firm or person under the terms of the Hydro and Power Authority Act. BC Hydro owns the majority of the transmission and distribution systems that deliver electricity in the province.

NATURAL GAS
Terasen Gas delivers natural gas and piped propane to homes and businesses throughout BC. With approximately 900,000 customers in 125 communities, Terasen Gas provides service to 95 per cent of BC's natural gas customers and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in Canada.