Hydro One Grants $10,000 to the Long Lake #58 First Nation, as Part of $450,000 in Donations to Ontario Play Facilities

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March 10, 2008 – Hydro One is contributing $10,000 to the Long Lake #58 First Nation to fund the construction of an outdoor multi-purpose recreation facility. The grant is part of the company’s new PowerPlay program that benefits children’s outdoor and active play facilities.

The multi-purpose facility is one of 48 projects to receive funding in the initial round of PowerPlay grants. More than $450,000 will be awarded this winter and Hydro One is accepting applications now for the next round of grants, with a deadline of April 30, 2008.“We are proud to support community efforts to expand safe, healthy play facilities for children in Ontario,” said Laura Formusa, President and CEO, Hydro One. “The PowerPlay program is one of the many ways Hydro One can invest in the well-being of the communities in which we live and work.”

“We, Chief and Council of Long Lake #58 First Nation, would like to say ‘Miigwech’ to Hydro One for their contribution,” said Chief Veronica Waboose. “The children and youth are our future and we need to provide them with every opportunity to enjoy and benefit from a recreation facility.”

The PowerPlay program, launched in August 2007, is open to municipalities and registered charities in Hydro One-served communities. The program offers grants up to $25,000. This includes new facilities and renovation of existing facilities that are open and accessible to the community at large. Additional funding may be available where energy efficiency measures are incorporated into the project.

Hydro One delivers electricity safely, reliably and responsibly to homes and businesses across the province of Ontario and owns and operates Ontario’s 29,000 km high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 122,000 km low-voltage distribution system that serves about 1.3 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities in the province. Hydro One is wholly owned by the Province of Ontario.

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A background listing all the PowerPlay recipients to date is attached. For more information, contact Hydro One Media Relations 24 hours a day at 1-877-506-7584 (toll-free in Ontario only) or 416-345-6868. Visit our website at www.HydroOne.com

For more information on our PowerPlay program, please visit www.HydroOne.com/PowerPlay