Alectra
| Company type | Municipally owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity distribution |
| Predecessors | Enersource Horizon Utilities PowerStream Hydro One Brampton Guelph Hydro |
| Founded | January 31, 2017 in Mississauga, Ontario |
| Headquarters | |
Areas served | see below |
Key people | Brian Bentz (President and CEO) |
| Owners | City of Mississauga (26.61%) City of Vaughan (20.50%) City of Hamilton (17.31%) City of Markham (15.00%) City of Barrie (8.37%) City of Guelph (4.63%) City of St. Catharines (4.63%) OMERS Infrastructure (2.96%) |
Number of employees | 1,600 (2017, projected) |
| Subsidiaries | Alectra Utilities Corporation Alectra Energy Solutions Inc. |
| Website | alectrautilities |
Alectra Incorporated, through its subsidiary Alectra Utilities Corporation, is an electricity utility and distributor that serves several municipalities in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario. It is a municipally-owned corporation with shares in varying amounts held by the municipalities which owned its predecessor companies.
When it was founded, Alectra was described as the second largest municipally owned electricity utility in North America after the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. As of January 2019 it is the largest municipally owned electricity utility in Canada, by number of customers served.