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Jul 28, 2023 · “Our government is strengthening (Manitoba) Hydro to provide clean, green electricity for our growing economy, and we will ensure it is kept affordable for all Manitobans,” Stefanson said....
Jan 30, 2024 · Manitoba Hydro’s boss is warning the power utility will need to have new forms of electricity generation running by 2029 or 2030. New infrastructure needs will raise prices for customers, but...
Mar 28, 2024 · The demand for power might make one of Canada’s cleanest grids dirtier. Manitoba will need to almost double the power it uses over the next two decades. Experts say we should look to wind and solar to achieve that, but Manitoba Hydro has been — and could continue — relying on natural gas. By Julia-Simone Rutgers.
- Julia-Simone Rutgers
“Surplus” means extra power we can sell on top of our firm sales, but at a lesser price. Since the amount of energy available for surplus or spot sales can change in a short period of time, prices change rapidly and no sale is guaranteed. We export wholesale power straight to other utilities.
The revised forecast said a lack of significant precipitation across much of Hydro’s watershed over the past year and lower water flows — water inflows to the southern portion of the system are the lowest in 40 years — have weakened the utility’s ability to generate and sell surplus energy on spot markets in the United States and Canada.
Sep 30, 2022 · “The drought was one of the worst on record. It not only weakened our ability to generate and sell surplus energy on spot markets in the United States and Canada, but we also had to import energy to serve our customers.
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Aug 8, 2023 · Manitoba Hydro’s 2023 IRP is the result of a two-year process to understand the factors driving change in Manitoba’s energy landscape and what it means for the supply and delivery of electricity and natural gas.
