Andy Metzger

CEO, EQUS

Andy is the CEO of EQUS, Canada’s largest member-owned utility. He has led multiple innovative projects including the deployment of Canada’s first ultra-rural smart grid and the construction of a near net-zero office facility. He oversees a team of over 115 employees in Innisfail, Onoway, Medicine Hat, and Claresholm. This team provides quality, reliable electricity distribution services to over 14,000 rural Albertans in 26 rural Counties and Municipal Districts between Barrhead and the U.S. border.

Andy is committed to further developing and strengthening EQUS’ values-based culture and leadership model. He is also committed to supporting the rural communities that EQUS serves both with their electricity services and with community-level sponsorship and support. Ensuring that rural Alberta businesses and industry continue to have access to reliable, competitive, and sustainable electricity distribution and innovative electricity solutions.

Andy has participated in several community initiatives including the United Way of Central Alberta’s Priority Impact Team and the Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools. He currently holds a position on the Board of Directors for both Genesis Reciprocal Insurance Exchange and Red Deer Regional Airport Authority. As the EQUS CEO, Andy sits on the Operation Round Up committee, which distributes grant funding to non-profits that serve youth and seniors in the EQUS Service Area with the goal of developing sustainable community supports in rural communities