In Alberta, Rural Electrification Associations (REAs) provide power for groups in rural communities who are members of a cooperative.
Most REAs started in the 1940s as farmer-owned co-ops. We have a long history with REAs of delivering local service combined with a strong network of province-wide support, and today we still service several of them, including:
- Armena
- Drayton Valley
- Ermineskin
- Mayerthorpe
- Montana
- Niton
- Peigan Indian
- Stony Plain
- West Liberty
Here are some benefits we offer REAs at no additional cost to customers:
- Outage management, including real-time updates through our mobile app and online reporting
- FortisAlberta technology, such as our centralized Control Centre in Airdrie where we have the ability to control devices remotely and in many cases restore power in seconds rather than hours
- Specially trained employees who can perform 'hot-line' work to avoid disruption to our customers' electricity service when it is safe to do so
- The ability to mobilize more than 350 lineworkers to assist with restoration following a significant storm event
- Accurate billing with the ability to read meters remotely
If you would like to know more about how FortisAlberta works in partnership with REAs across the province, call us at 310-WIRE (9473).