Since we opened our doors for business early in 2007, each and every one of our employees strives to meet or exceed our customer’s expectations. We are constantly looking for ways to save you, our customer, both time and money. We are a local Niagara business, responding to local needs with global solutions; we are happy to answer questions about what we are doing so that you too are informed – there are no “trade secrets”. And so, we look forward to doing business with you.

Erie Generator was born out of two things: Fort Erie’s Friday the 13th blizzard in October of 2006 and changes to the regulations surrounding procuring electrical inspection permits. For those of you not familiar with the Friday the 13th storm or the consequences (because it was very localized), let me briefly state the nature of the storm. A very early lake effect snow storm dumped up to 2 feet (60cm) of wet snow onto trees that had not yet dropped their leaves. Many of these heavily burdened trees had limbs broken off them, limbs that downed the power lines under them. After the snow came freezing rain: those that were not hit by downed branches were hit when the main Canadian Niagara Power lines came down as a result of ice and high winds. Many Fort Erie residents were without power for 3 or more days; some had no power for 8 days! Then, it all melted, flooding basements – even the people with battery back-up sump pumps started having problems by the second day without power – many people scrambled to try to find a generator to buy, to try to avert the flood and the associated damage. Right around that time, new Government of Ontario regulations required that anyone who wanted to be engaged in a business doing electrical work be registered as of January 1, 2007 – the registration included a requirement for commercial liability insurance, as well as valid and current Certificates of Qualification for the trade of Electician. With the high cost of completing the registration, as an electrician who wanted to keep options open for myself and my family, I decided that I could no longer afford to do most of my electrical work as a volunteer: instead, I needed to start making money as an electrician (I have a day job that pays most of the bills). Consequently, late in 2006, Erie Generator was born. (We are registered with the Electrical Contractors Registration Agency division of the Electrical Safety Authority (ECRA/ESA) as #7003418.) We are also members of the Canadian Solar Industries Associatio