Hydro One launches new grants program for recreation facilities in Ontario

Funding program from HydroOne for sports and recreational facilities

http://www.hydroone.com/en/community/powerplay/

PowerPlay

Hydro One Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of PowerPlay, a new grants program to support and enhance children's sports and recreation facilities in Ontario communities served by Hydro One.  Together with our employees, we believe in investing our charitable dollars to help build strong, healthy communities where our customers and employees live and work. PowerPlay will do just that by helping fund great, safe community facilities where kids can play and grow.

What community programs are eligible?

Grants of up to $25,000 are available for capital projects for community centres, indoor or outdoor ice rinks, playgrounds, splash pads, sports fields - facilities where the primary purpose is to support children's community sports and active play. Applications for new facilities and the renovation of existing facilities will be considered. Additional funding may be available where energy efficiency measures are incorporated into the project.

We are now accepting applications for 2008.

Applications will be reviewed quarterly. Deadlines are:

February 28, 2008
April 30, 2008
July 31, 2008
September 30, 2008

Who is eligible to apply?

The program is open to municipalities and registered charities in communities where Hydro One is the local electricity supplier. The facility must be open and accessible to the community at large.

How do we apply?

Simply click the online application form button to apply.

For more information, download our Fact Sheet (PDF 260 KB) or contact Sheelagh Lawrance at 416-345-6071 or e-mail sheelagh.lawrance@hydroone.com.

Press Release ...

August 20, 2007 - Hydro One is launching a new grants program called PowerPlay to support and enhance children's sports and recreation facilities in Ontario communities served by the company.

"We believe in investing our charitable dollars to help build strong, healthy communities where our customers and employees live and work," explained Acting President and CEO Laura Formusa. "PowerPlay will do just that by helping fund great, safe community facilities where kids can play and grow."

The program, open to municipalities and registered charities in Hydro One-served communities, offers grants up to $25,000 for capital projects for community centres, indoor or outdoor ice rinks, playgrounds, splash pads and sports fields where the primary purpose is to support children's community sports and active play. 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.

Municipalities interested in the program should go to www.HydroOne.com and click on In Your Community and follow the on-line application process.

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 kilometre high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 122,000 kilometre 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.