utility by the city of edmonton industry electric water wastewater utilities traffic engineering its headquarters edmonton alberta canada key people stuart lee president & ceo 1 number of employees 2000 2009 2 website www.epcor.ca epcor utilities inc. formerly known as aqualta and eltec is a utility company based in edmonton alberta which manages numerous municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout alberta and british columbia . in addition epcor utilities distributes electricity and installs maintains and provides engineering support for traffic signals and street lights within the city of edmonton as well as other cities in alberta . epcor also services communities in arizona and new mexico . 3 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit created in 1996 the company history dates back to edmonton electric lighting and power company formed in 1891 . the name epcor was introduced in 2001 . the city of edmonton is epcor s sole shareholder . epcor s name is derived from edmonton power corporation as authorized under city of edmonton bylaw 11071 . 4 epcor previously owned five power generating facilities within the province of alberta . the decision was made on april 17 2009 to divest of power producing assets through the creation of a publicly traded company ; capital power corporation . epcor power lp a limited partnership with epcor utilities inc. was transferred to capital power corporation and renamed capital power income l.p. . in october 2008 epcor was named one of canada s top 100 employers by mediacorp canada inc. and was featured in maclean s newsmagazine . later that month epcor was named one of alberta s top employers which was announced by the calgary herald 5 and the edmonton journal . 6 7 epcor was also named one of canada s top 10 earth friendly employers in 2008 . in 2011 epcor acquired chaparral city water company from american states water and the arizona and new mexico operations of american water . 8 9 see also edit epcor tower capital power corporation capital power income l.p. . references edit epcor leadership team . fast facts about epcor . retrieved 2008 10 24 . http www.epcor.com pages communities.aspx being a by law to establish edmonton power corporation pdf . calgary herald alberta s top 40 places to work october 18 2008 . edmonton journal alberta s best focus on attracting keeping staff october 31 2008 . reasons for selection 2009 canada s top 100 employers competition . epcor chaparral water acquisition complete . retrieved 2015 05 23 . epcor epcor acquiring az nm water businesses . retrieved 2015 05 23 . external links edit epcor website v t e edmonton based businesses aimco atb financial bioware booster juice the brick canadian western bank capital power corporation company s coming publishing epcor utilities fountain tire intuit canada katz group lone pine publishing nexopia pcl construction pizza 73 servus credit union stantec triple five group united furniture warehouse edmonton portal this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title epcor utilities & oldid 727778226 categories power companies of canadacompanies established in 1970companies based in edmontonmunicipally owned companies in canadaenergy company stubscanadian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 july 2016 at 05 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view