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Utilities Kingston provides customer-focused and cost-effective multi-utility services in Kingston, Ontario, including safe and reliable electricity distribution services to 28,000 customers in Central Kingston, on behalf of Kingston Hydro.
Employees maintain and operate:
- 5,189 distribution poles
- 1,940 transformers that transfer and step-down electricity
- 16 distribution substations
- 671 underground structures
- 101 kilometres of primary distribution underground conductors
- 180 kilometres of primary distribution overhead conductors
- 7 kilometres of sub-transmission underground conductors
- 47 kilometres of sub-transmission overhead conductors
While the service area is operated by the employees of Utilities Kingston, Kingston Hydro holds the Ontario Energy Board license to distribute electricity in Central Kingston. It owns the wires, poles, transformers and meters that bring electricity from the provincial electricity transmission grid to your door, and charges OEB-approved rates designed to cover its ongoing capital and operational costs plus a reasonable deemed rate of return.
Recent news - electricity
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Utilities Kingston is inspecting and rating hydrants to uphold our high quality drinking water system and to support fire protection
May 23, 2023We are now inspecting and flow rating fire hydrants, as part of our proactive annual maintenance program. This work ensures the ongoing integrity of the drinking water system and helps support fire protection in Kingston.
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Come hear updates about sewer and water project: Front Road and King Street West
May 11, 2023Community members are invited to the Press Lounge at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, 53 Yonge Street to hear updates and ask questions about the Front Road and King Street West sewer and water project.
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We're making improvements in your neighbourhood
May 4, 2023Utilities Kingston is making improvements to community infrastructure. Home and property-owners: see if we are planning to complete capital construction in your neighbourhood this year.
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Electricity periods and tiers for May 1
April 26, 2023On May 1, 2023, summer Time-of-Use (TOU) hours and the change in the Tiered threshold for residential customers under the Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) Regulated Price Plan (RPP) will take effect and remain in place until October 31, 2023.
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April is Dig Safe Month: call or click before you dig!
April 3, 2023Utilities Kingston reminds residents who might be planning to dig anywhere on their property to contact Ontario One Call at least one week before you dig. It’s the law.
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