Mr. Barry Perry reports

FORTIS INC. TO HOLD TELECONFERENCE ON MAY 1 TO DISCUSS FIRST QUARTER 2018 RESULTS AND HOLD ANNUAL MEETING ON MAY 3

Fortis Inc. will release its first quarter 2018 financial results on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. A teleconference and webcast will be held the same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Barry Perry, president and chief executive officer, and Karl Smith, executive vice-president, chief financial officer, will discuss Fortis's first quarter 2018 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 are invited to call 647-788-4922. Please dial in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. No pass code 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 June 1, 2018. Please call 1-800-585-8367 or 416-621-4642 and enter pass code 4598586.

Fortis will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 9 a.m. Eastern Time, 10:30 a.m. Newfoundland time, at the Holiday Inn St. John's, 180 Portugal Cove Rd., St. John's, Nfld. A live video webcast of the meeting will be available on the corporation's website. Participants will be able to submit questions for management during the question-and-answer portion of the webcast.

About Fortis Inc.

Fortis is a leader in the North American regulated electric and gas utility industry with 2017 revenue of $8.3-billion and total assets of approximately $48-billion. The corporation's 8,500 employees serve utility customers in five Canadian provinces, nine U.S. states and three Caribbean countries.