Power suppliers and you

[eastman23]

I assume that it's a private company and not a Crown Corp?

Nope, government owned. Well, sort of; the monumentally incompetent excuse for a government we have in this state has been selling off electricity "assets" in recent times - and true to form, spectacularly screwing up said sale. It's all rather messy at this point.

Oh, so it sounds like the generation (power plants) and the transmission (lines) are controlled by separate entities?

I've always found that to be kinda stupid really.

 

[Canadave]

The only option here is Hydro Ottawa, which is owned by the City of Ottawa. I have no real complaints.

Do they generate their own power, or are they just a transmission company?

They're the local delivery\transmission company. Hydro One is the company in charge of power transmission across Ontario, while Ontario Power Generation is in charge of the bulk of generation. The rest of the generation in Ontario is a mix of public and private corporations, I believe. For instance, the largest power plant in the province (the Bruce Nuclear Generation Station) is run by a private company.