Manitoba Hydro-Electric

Manitoba Hydro is a Crown Corporation and the province's major energy utility. Located in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, we serve over 555,000 electric customers throughout Manitoba and 272,000 natural gas customers in various communities throughout southern Manitoba. We offer a wide range of energy services and programs to our customers, either directly or through our business interests and maintain a position of being among the lowest cost providers of domestic electricity rates in Canada. Nearly all our electricity we generate is from self-renewing water power using 15 hydroelectric generating stations, primarily on the Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and Nelson rivers. We also export electricity to electric utilities through our participation in 3 wholesale markets in Canada and the mid-western United States. Manitoba Hydro has capital assets-in-service at original cost exceeding $15 billion, making us one of the largest energy utilities in Canada. Mission: To provide for the continuance of a supply of energy to meet the needs of the province and to promote economy and efficiency in the development, generation, transmission, distribution, supply and end-use of energy.