MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The Ontario electric utility Alectra has announced it is providing $50,000 to the Energize Ukraine Fund to help transport and install electrical equipment from North American suppliers to Ukraine.
The equipment will be used to supply electricity to schools, kindergartens and hospitals in the cities of Kremenchuk, Chernihiv and Kharkiv, stated a release. The funding is being organized by the Ukraine World Congress.
The financial assistance will pay for the delivery and logistical support of grid assets such as circuit breakers, solar panels and other essential equipment donated by various companies and organizations.
Over 50 per cent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been damaged during Russia’s invasion, leaving citizens without electricity, heat and water last winter.
“These funds will assist Ukrainian utilities that are coping with the severe damage that is happening to the electricity grid that supplies power to essential civic services, like hospitals and schools,” said Alectra CEO Brian Bentz in a statement. “Working with the Ukrainian World Congress we can help get this equipment delivered overseas and in service as quickly as possible, to provide electricity in locations where it is needed the most.”
Alectra Utilities serves more than one million homes and businesses in Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe region.
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