Here are some of the reasons why Hydro Ottawa was selected as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers (2021):

• Hydro Ottawa manages the Brighter Tomorrows community invest program, which focuses on three priority areas of education and capacity building; renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation; and health, safety and wellness -- and encourages employee involvement with a paid day off to volunteer and matching employee donations
• Hydro Ottawa invests in the education of current and future generations with tuition subsidies for job-related courses for employees, as well as academic scholarships for children of employees (up to $2,500 per child per year)
• Hydro Ottawa provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments for employees who are new mothers (to 90 per cent of salary for up to 25 weeks) and parental top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 90 per cent of salary for up to 10 weeks) -- additionally, the organization offers a generous IVF subsidy for parents-to-be (up to $15,000)

Here are some of the reasons why Hydro Ottawa was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2021):

• Hydro Ottawa participates in the Youth Futures program, created by the City of Ottawa and the University of Ottawa to offer employment opportunities for high school students from low-income families and communities
• An industry partner with Algonquin College's Applied Research Program since 2013, Hydro Ottawa initiated a project to develop a Live Line Simulator -- multiple cohorts of students worked and built upon phases of a prototype jacket, ultimately leading to a patent application in 2017 -- the live line simulation jacket is used to train powerline technician students and apprentices on how to work safely near high-voltage conductors
• Hydro Ottawa offers aspiring individuals an entry point into the workforce through various apprenticeship programs, such as powerline maintenance, power cable maintenance, and station electricity, to name a few -- the organization also provides journeyperson apprentices with nation-wide certification and covers preparation and certification fees

Here are some of the reasons why Hydro Ottawa was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2021):

• Hydro Ottawa's food service operations use a four-stream waste collection system that includes a unique onsite dehydration of organic materials for compost, as well as using sustainable takeout food packaging that is biodegradable or compostable
• In addition to ongoing efforts to green its fleet (from vehicles to boom trucks), Hydro Ottawa has ongoing partnerships with the City of Ottawa and the FLO network to install EV charging stations at municipal facilities and for general use -- and has partnered with Algonquin College Applied Research Program to understand the current EV market and plan for a future with more EV's on local streets
• Hydro Ottawa continues to expand its hydroelectric capacity as well as invest in alternative energy for the future, partnering with the City of Ottawa to install solar panels on eight municipal buildings (with plans for additional installations) and the expansion of hydroelectric facilities in Québec and New York -- and has become the largest municipally owned producer of green power in Ontario