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Toronto, May 14, 2018 - Hydro One’s Electricity Discovery Centre travels to the historic Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario this weekend for the Victoria Day SpeedFest. The weekend’s main attraction is the on-track competition but there are plenty of other family interactive activities to take part in including visiting the Electricity Discovery Centre in the Vendor Marketplace located in Paddock Six (just beside Corner 1).
Fully accessible and free for all ages, the Electricity Discovery Centre will be open during the following hours:
- Friday, May 18 – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Saturday, May 19 – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Sunday, May 20 – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Since its launch in 2013, the Electricity Discovery Centre has participated in over 100 events across the province with 95 per cent of visitors saying they would recommend visiting to family and friends.
The Electricity Discovery Centre is a 1,000-square foot state-of-the-art mobile education trailer with hands-on, interactive exhibits that explain Ontario’s power system, help customers manage their electricity costs and educate children about electricity safety.
The Electricity Discovery Centre is staffed by ambassadors who engage and educate visitors, offering tours through the various exhibits, helping customers with various touchscreens and answering questions on anything from understanding billing to modernizing outage detection and restoration.
While in the Electricity Discovery Centre, be sure to check out the Wire Wall and the Pedal-a-Watt. The Wire Wall display offers visitors an exclusive opportunity to safely examine the lines that make up the high voltage transmission system and the low voltage distribution system. The Pedal-a-Watt turns visitors into electricity generators who can use pedal power to run common household electronics.
Another popular feature is the unique Solar Charging Station, which allows visitors to recharge their tablets and smartphones with renewable energy from the sun while they enjoy their Electricity Discovery Centre experience.
Children learn about electricity safety by meeting Ellie, the virtual leader of the Kids’ Electricity Safety Team, and becoming members by finding 11 electrical hazards around the home.
For more information on the Electricity Discovery Centre, visit HydroOne.com/EDC.
About Hydro One Inc.:
Hydro One Inc. is a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro One Limited, Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with more than 1.3 million valued customers, $25 billion in assets and 2017 annual revenues of nearly $6 billion. Our team of over 7,400 skilled and dedicated regular and non-regular employees proudly and safely serves suburban, rural and remote communities across Ontario through our 30,000 circuit km of high-voltage transmission and 123,000 circuit km of primary distribution networks. Hydro One is committed to the communities we serve, and has been rated as the top utility in Canada for its corporate citizenship, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. We are one of only five utility companies in Canada to achieve the Sustainable Energy Company designation from the Canadian Electricity Association. We also provide advanced broadband telecommunications services on a wholesale basis utilizing our extensive fibre optic network through Hydro One Telecom Inc. Hydro One Limited's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: H).
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