Mr. Barry Perry reports

FORTIS INC. TO HOLD TELECONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 15 TO DISCUSS 2017 ANNUAL RESULTS

Fortis Inc. will release its 2017 annual financial results on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. A teleconference and webcast will be held the same day at 8:30 a.m. ET. Barry Perry, president and chief executive officer, and Karl Smith, executive vice-president, chief financial officer, will discuss Fortis's 2017 annual financial results.

Analysts, members of the media and other interested parties in North America are invited to participate by calling 1-877-223-4471. International participants may participate by calling 647-788-4922. Please dial in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. No passcode is required.

A live and archived audio webcast of the teleconference will be available on the corporation's website. A replay of the conference will be available two hours after the conclusion of the call until March 15, 2018. Please call 1-800-585-8367 or 416-621-4642 and enter passcode 5798338.

About Fortis Inc.

Fortis is a leader in the North American regulated electric and gas utility industry with total assets of approximately $47-billion as of Sept. 30, 2017. The corporation's more than 8,000 employees serve utility customers in five Canadian provinces, nine U.S. states and three Caribbean countries.