Hydro Ottawa Group’s Strategic Direction outlines our business strategy for the next five years.
The Energy of a Moment
2026–2030 Strategic Direction
Empowering the next era
It is designed to inform our shareholders, the City of Ottawa, and all other stakeholders about the most important trends shaping our business environment, and how we intend to navigate the attendant challenges and opportunities.
We look forward to this next exciting chapter and to the opportunities ahead for building a sustainable energy future for the customers and communities who we are so fortunate to serve.
Learn more about Hydro Ottawa Group’s business strategy for 2026-2030.
Strategic context
Accelerating technological innovation
Evolving cybersecurity risks
65% increase in provincial electricity demand by 2050
Extreme weather
Distributed energy resources
Historic grid investment needs
Our core objectives
Our success as a company will be measured by how we adapt to the transformative shifts in our business environment and deliver value to customers every step of the way.
We have identified five overarching objectives to guide us throughout 2026-2030. Working with stakeholders and partners, we look forward to advancing these priorities and continuing to deliver the essential services and sustainable energy solutions customers need.
Build the enterprise of the future
- Every customer a market segment of one
- Masters of the digital and data domains
- Reliable, next-generation energy systems
- Resilience: stronger today than yesterday… and even more tomorrow
Secure, nurture and deploy the talent needed for success
- Developing fit-for-purpose skills
- Striving for safety excellence
- Enhancing our organizational culture
- Maintaining a robust leadership pipeline
Drive profitability across all business lines
Electricity distribution
- Largest five-year capital investment plan in the utility’s history
- Population and economic growth in Ottawa
Renewable generation
- Development and acquisition of generation and storage assets
- Partnerships with renewable energy developers, institutional investors and First Nations
Energy solutions
- Expansion of client base, with focus on key sectors (municipalities, universities, schools, hospitals, government, infrastructure, other utilities)
- Enhanced ecosystem of strategic partners
Telecommunications solutions
- Digitalization across economic sectors and acceleration of AI
- Heightened focus on digital sovereignty and data resilience
Enhance our social license to operate
- Investing in our communities
- Focusing on affordability
- Growing the local economy
- Engaging stakeholders
- Strengthening partnerships with First Nations
- Practicing good governance
Achieve net-zero operations and enable local decarbonization
- Cutting what we can cut, controlling what we can control
- Occupying the preferred partner seat at the decarbonization table
- Talking the sustainability talk
What energy delivered in 2025
It’s not about delivering energy. It’s about what energy delivers. Here’s a look at some recent milestones made by our subsidiaries and the dedicated teams across Hydro Ottawa Group.