EX-99.2 3 a18-8917_3ex99d2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

900 Third Avenue, 24th Floor

New York NY 10022 USA

 

dwpv.com

 

March 26, 2018

 

Fortis Inc.

5 Springdale Street, Suite 1100

P.O. Box 8837

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3T2

 

Fortis Inc. — Registration Statement on Form F-10 and Prospectus Supplement

 

We refer to Fortis Inc.’s (i) Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-214787), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 23, 2016, and (ii) Prospectus Supplement to the Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus dated November 30, 2016, filed with the Commission on March 26, 2018 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

 

We hereby consent to the use of our firm name under the headings “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “Legal Matters” and “Documents Filed as Part of the Registration Statement” in the Prospectus Supplement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours very truly,

 

 

 

/s/ Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP