TORONTO HYDRO

'Toronto Hydro' is the primary distributor of Greater Toronto Area power plants. The organization also operates a city-wide highspeed fibre optic network. The Internet network is only available for corporate customers. In September 2006 it began offering to the general public free WiFi services in the downtown core.
In 1998 following the amalgamation of cities of Metro Toronto, Toronto Hydro merged with the utility companies of the former cities:

★ Scarborough Public Utilities

★ North York Hydro

★ York Hydro

★ Etobicoke Hydro

★ East York Hydro-Electric Commission
Toronto Hydro Corporation is actually a series of companies:

★ Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited

★ Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc.

★ Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. (including Toronto Hydro Street Lighting)

Contents

One Zone WiFi

Fleet

Community Involvement & Awards

See also

References

External links

One Zone WiFi

Starting September 6, 2006 Toronto Hydro introduced the "One Zone" WiFi network that will eventually blanket the City of Toronto with a high speed wireless network. In its initial phase, the areas between Jarvis and Spadina and Bloor and Front St will be the first zone available.[1]
The work to add full coverage to downtown Toronto was planned to be completed by December 31st, 2006, making it the largest ubiquitous WiFi network in Canada. [2].

Fleet

Toronto Hydro uses a fix of hybrid and standard fuel vehicles in their fleet. Most vehicles for the various municipal utilities have been retired or replaced with the current fleet.

★ Freightliner LLC Business Class M2 series service vehicles/repair trucks

★ Freightliner LLC Cargo series - formerly Ford

★ Sterling Trucks Acterra repair trucks

★ Honda Civic cars

★ light duty trucks

★ medium duty trucks

★ Chevrolet Silverado pickups

★ Chevrolet Uplander SUVs

★ Chevrolet/GMC Astro vans

★ Dodge RAM vans

★ Dodge Caravan

Community Involvement & Awards

In 2007, Toronto Hydro was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, the only city-owned electricity utility to receive this honour.^[1]

See also

★ Hydro One

★ Hydroelectricity

★ Alternative energy

★ Utility company

References

1. Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers

External links

★ Toronto Hydro website