Fortis Inc.

The company expanded into Western Canada in 2003 with its purchase of the Canadian assets of Aquila, Inc., formerly owned by TransAlta, Canada's largest publicly traded utility. As a result of this acquisition, Fortis became one of Alberta's major regulated electrical distribution companies, serving 415,000 Albertans in 2005. ATCO Electric is Alberta's other regulated distribution company. Also as a result of the 2003 acquisition, Fortis owns regulated generation, transmission, and distribution assets in British Columbia.

In 2007, Fortis acquired Terasen Gas from Kinder Morgan, which had sold the BC gas utility as a non-strategic asset included in its 2005 acquisition of Terasen Inc.

In addition to its regulated Canadian assets, Fortis also owns unregulated assets in Ontario, British Columbia, and Newfoundland. The majority of its unregulated business consists of hydroelectric generating plants.Fortis Annual Report 2005

Fortis' interests in the Caribbean include a 67% interest in Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) and a 95% interest in Belize Electric Co. Ltd. The Belize Association of Non-Government Organisations took Fortis to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 2003 to have a new environmental assessment of the Chalillo Dam on the Macal River which was a hydroelectricity development project. Ecologists were concerned over the future of species such as the scarlet macaw, the tapir and the black howler monkey as the project would flood 10 km² of rainforest in Belize. Celebrities such as Harrison Ford and Cameron Diaz supported a movement to stop this dam. Fortis and the Government of Belize supported the project.Toronto Star December 10, 2003 pg. E01 retrieved via Ebbsco July 20, 2006[http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/01/31/dam.htm Privy Council approves Belize dam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924162446/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/01/31/dam.htm |date=2006-09-24 }} - January 31, 2004: CaribbeanNetNews.com

On May 30, 2011, it was announced that Fortis has plans to acquire Central Vermont Public Service, an electric utility in the US state of Vermont, for US$700 million, pending stockholder and regulatory approval; this acquisition would be Fortis' first utility acquisition in the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fortisinc.com/Attachments/MediaReleases/512.pdf |title=Fortis press release: "Fortis Inc. To Acquire Central Vermont Public Service Corporation For US$700 Million", May 30, 2011. |access-date=May 31, 2011 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726065715/http://www.fortisinc.com/Attachments/MediaReleases/512.pdf |url-status=dead }} Gaz Métro offered a higher price and acquired CVPS.{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Azam|date=2011-07-12|title=Gaz Metro Bests Fortis to Buy Vermont Utility|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/gaz-metro-bests-fortis-to-buy-vermont-utility/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=DealBook|language=en}}

On February 21, 2012, CH Energy Group (a holding company for Central Hudson Gas & Electric, an upstate New York utility), announced a pending acquisition by Fortis valued at $1.5 billion.[http://www.chenergygroup.com/CH%20Energy%20Group%20Release.pdf CH Energy Group press release: "CH Energy Group, Inc. to be Acquired by Fortis Inc. In Agreement Valued at U.S. $1.5 Billion"] Retrieved February 21, 2012. On June 27, 2013, Fortis Inc. closed on its acquisition of CHG.

In 2013, Fortis announced its acquisition of UNS Energy, an Arizona utility company.[https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/canadian-utility-buys-uns-energy-of-arizona-for-2-5-billion/ Canadian Utility Buys UNS Energy of Arizona for $2.5 Billion]

On February 9, 2016, Fortis announced an agreement to acquire ITC Holdings Corp., the largest independent transmission utility in the United States, for US$11.3 billion in cash and stock.{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fortis-inc-to-acquire-itc-holdings-corp-for-us113-billion-300217218.html|title=Fortis Inc. To Acquire ITC Holdings Corp. For US$11.3 billion|date=2016-02-09|access-date=2016-02-25|publisher=Business Wire}}

Fortis currently owns the following regulated utilities:

• FortisBC, a utility in British Columbia
• FortisAlberta Inc., a holding company for assets purchased from Aquila, Inc.
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric, a utility in New York
• Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy Services, utilities in Arizona
• Newfoundland Power, serving 85% of the population of Newfoundland and Labrador; Fortis' original operating electric power subsidiary
• Maritime Electric, serving 90% of the population of Prince Edward Island
• FortisOntario, a holding company for Canadian Niagara Power Company, Cornwall Electric, and Algoma Power{{Cite web|title=Company Profile {{!}} FortisOntario Inc.|url=https://fortisontario.com/about-fortisontario/company-profile|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924222653/https://fortisontario.com/about-fortisontario/company-profile|archive-date=2020-09-24|access-date=2020-11-29|website=fortisontario.com}}
• Caribbean Utilities, a utility in the Cayman Islands
• FortisTCI, a utility in the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Fortis Belize, a utility in Belize (formerly Belize Electric Company Limited)
• ITC Transmission, Novi, Michigan

Fortis also operates three non-regulated companies:

• Fortis Generation, hydro generation in New York state and central Newfoundland.
• Griffith Energy Services, a petroleum supplier in the eastern United States.

• Emera Incorporated Another Canadian Maritime Multinational Energy Operator/Investor begun as Nova Scotia Power.

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• [http://www.fortisinc.com/ Fortis - official website]
• [http://www.bel.com.bz/ Belize Electricity Ltd.]
• [http://www.cuc-cayman.com/ Caribbean Utilities Company] - Cayman Islands
• [http://www.fortistci.com/ FortisTCI] - Turks and Caicos Islands

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