Alectra Earns ClimateWise Sustainability Leadership Award

Alectra

 

June 11, 2018

Alectra Utilities earned the award for having developed a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) baseline across all nine facilities in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe Area.
The baseline measurements used to measure the GHG reduction were taken from GHG emissions associated with electricity consumption, natural gas, fleet fuel and use of sulfur hexafluoride gas (SF6). The data were collected in 2016 and 2017 and compared between all nine Alectra offices and service centres. Alectra reports a decrease of 4.6% or 424.26 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents from 2016 to 2017.

Caroline Karvonen, Alectra’s Manager of Sustainability, received the award on behalf of the company at a recognition event held at the GM Canada, Technical Research Centre. This is the first time that Alectra has won this award. Shown in photo, L-R: Nove Bhatti, Manager Financial Transactions, Alectra Utilities; Navneet Budhia, Manager Special Projects, Alectra Utilities; Caroline Karvonen, Manager Sustainability, Alectra Utilities; Doug Matthew, Director Health Safety Environment & Wellness, Alectra Utilities; Neetika Sathe, VP Advanced Planning, Alectra Energy Solutions; Elizabeth Pimentel, Environmental Specialist, Alectra Utilities.

ClimateWise is a network of leading businesses and institutions operating in and around York Region that create, set and achieve sustainability goals. Alectra, through one of its predecessor utilities, is a founding member of ClimateWise and continues to support sustainable initiatives.

Alectra’s family of energy companies distributes electricity to nearly one million customers in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe Area.

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