[ TEAM CREATED TO ADDRESS STRAY VOLTAGE
H
ydro One has created a team to
investigate stray voltage affecting
Ontario’s agricultural community, says Brent Royce, director for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) who
also sits on the Stray Voltage-Uncontrolled
Electricity Agriculture Working Group.
Royce runs a turkey farm in Listowel, Ont.,
which has been affected by stray voltage.
Hydro One and OFA began working
together on the stray voltage issue in 2013,
Royce says. Hydro One committed then
to investigate stray voltage and found the
complaint system wasn’t effective and there
was inconsistent application of technical
expertise, he says. As a result, Hydro One
announced in late March it has created the
Farm Rapid Response Team to address the
issue.
It consists of a centralized team with a
farm response engineer and test specialists
to cover areas across Ontario, Royce says.
The team will manage and investigate
all on-farm stray voltage complaints. It
will also audit the testing conducted by
electricians to ensure it is done properly
and to regulatory standards, he adds.
The hydro provider has also developed an
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airy Farmers of Canada
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