Each year, we invest approximately $180 million in new equipment, upgrades and refurbishments, and tree trimming province wide. Compared to 2019 post Dorian, the investments we made in strengthening the grid in 2022 led to a 14% improvement in the length of outages and 15% improvement in the frequency of outages.
We know we need to do more. That’s why, going forward, our plans will include increasing our tree trimming investment year over year, and nearly doubling our annual investment over the next five years to continue to improve reliability. Our team continues to be committed to providing safe, reliable service to our customers.