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Fortis Inc operates as an electric and gas utility company in Canada the United States and the Caribbean countries It generates transmits and distributes electricity to approximately 438000 retail customers in southeastern Arizona and 100000 retail customers in Arizonas Mohave and Santa Cruz counties with an aggregate capacity of 3485 megawatts MW including 53 MW of solar capacity and 252 MV of wind capacity The company also sells wholesale electricity to other entities in the western United States owns gasfired and hydroelectric generating capacity totaling 65 MW and distributes natural gas to approximately 1065000 residential commercial and industrial customers in British Columbia Canada In addition it owns and operates the electricity distribution system that serves approximately 577000 customers in southern and central Alberta owns 4 hydroelectric generating facilities with a combined capacity of 225 MW and provides operation maintenance and management services to five hydroelectric generating facilities Further the company distributes electricity in the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador with an installed generating capacity of 143 MW and on Prince Edward Island with a generating capacity of 130 MW Additionally it provides integrated electric utility service to approximately 68000 customers in Ontario approximately 272000 customers in Newfoundland and Labrador approximately 32000 customers on Grand Cayman Cayman Islands and approximately 16000 customers on certain islands in Turks and Caicos The company also holds longterm contracted generation assets in Belize consisting of 3 hydroelectric generating facilities with a combined capacity of 51 MW and the Aitken Creek natural gas storage facility It also owns and operates approximately 90200 circuit Kilometers km of distribution lines and approximately 50500 km of natural gas pipelines Fortis Inc was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in St Johns Canada