The Electricity Distributors Association (EDA) represents Ontario's local electricity distribution sector, which consists of municipally and privately owned local distribution companies (LDCs). The distribution sector delivers electricity to 5 million residential, commercial, indutrial and institutional customers throughout the province. The sector employs 10,000 people directly and holds $19 billion in assets; it has $1.9 billion in annual capital spending and $1.6 billion in annual operational spending; and makes hundreds of millions of dollars in direct contributions to both municipal and provincial revenues.