What is Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg?
Manitoba Hydro is an electric power generation corporation set up in the province of Manitoba. It also produces natural gas, and distributes it in the region of Winnipeg, Manitoba and near by areas. The corporation started offering its services in early 1961 after getting approval from the Government of Canada. To decrease electricity rates in the region of Maitoba, the corporation took step to open this hydroelectric power. This electric power generation corporation is run by Hydro-Electric Board currently operating 15 interconnected generating stations. The corporation also came with the concept of wind Energy and opened a wind farm that was built by St. Leon in 2005 to develop wind energy for giving an alternate power option could be given to the people of the region. This wind farm has 63 wind turbines with the power of 1.65 MW each. In all over the Manitoba, this hydro power utility serves approximately 548,700 electrical power customers, and its natural gas customers are about 269,700. The corporation is among the major distributors of natural gas in the province, offering services to nearly 100 communities. 96% of the electricity is given through this hydro generation facility, equipped with 2 thermal generation stations, 4 remote Diesel generation stations and 4 remote diesel generation stations. Manitoba Hydro supports world class infrastructure to the production and delivery of electric city.