Sask power

[foragefarmer]

Kinger

"Manitoba Hydro now is planning to raise rates 46% over the next 5 years. Not gonna be on the cheap end for long."


Manitoba Hydro wanted a 7.9% increase for 2017 , but Public Utility Board granted them only 3.36%. So Manitoba Hydro can ask for all the increases they want, they will never get it. Not sure if you live in Manitoba or farm, I do. With one of the cheapest rates in Canada and the service they provide my farm , I can live with a 3.36% increase.

[blackpowder]

I dont follow this much because its my cheapest hp by far.
But I wonder what a fair price really is??
Not lining Buffets' pocket.
Not paying for solar panels in Zimbabwe. (Rachel)
Not paying for fancy huge transmission lines going where?
Just ensuring we have adequate, modern generation and reliable distribution now and in future.
Foolish idea huh?
Its really gonna get expensive in a few years when our gen stations calve with no plan. Maybe thats the plan all along??
My father and grandfather would be spitting nails.

[ajl]

Off grid power systems will be the biggest growth industry due to bureaucratic bungling of the power grid.
Site C dam will bankrupt BC power. Muskrat falls dam bankrupts Newfoundland power. Keeyask dam project bankrupts Manitoba hydro. Notely's Alberta coal fiasco gets Alberta power. Ontario's power problems are legendary. Anyone seeing a pattern. Energy poverty will be normal in Canuckistan in a decade.

[Hamloc]

Oliver 88


" Just another reason the more expensive and less reliable "green" renewable Electricity"


Fraser Institute numbers from 2008-2015


Using data compiled by Hydro-Québec, the study compares the hydro bill (including taxes) for a typical household using 1,000 kWh per month in selected cities, as of 2016:

Montreal: $83.08
Winnipeg: $97.50
Calgary: $109.19
Vancouver: $114.38
Halifax: $166.80
Ottawa: $182.51
Toronto: $201.23

Funny how the the two lowest cities hydro bills power comes from renewal energy source! As for reliablity Manitoba Hydro can't be beat! Not sure what your talking about!

Forage, first off I agree hydro power can be a reliable and affordable source of electricity. Also notice the 2 most expensive cities are in Ontario. 14 years of Liberal mismanagement and the push for wind and solar and shuttering coal have blown their power bills out of the water. Funny you didn't comment on that!

[blackpowder]

Can you imagine if the major dam projects in US in the first half 20th century would've had todays costs/issues not related to actual construction?
Wow. A B29 every hour in '44-'45 would never have happened.
Cut the bullshit and hydro should be cheap?

[foragefarmer]

Hamloc

Did some reading on why Ontario's hydro rates are so high and there seems to be numerous reasons. Pricey Green energy was mentioned as one of them. I suggest you read the article as well as it did give all reason as to why Ontario's hydro is so high. That being said , I live and farm in Manitoba and our power comes from renewable energy and is amongst the cheapest in Canada. That is what I was commenting on and it is a renewable and that should be taken in to account!

[Oliver88]

Forage, first off I agree hydro power can be a reliable and affordable source of electricity. Also notice the 2 most expensive cities are in Ontario. 14 years of Liberal mismanagement and the push for wind and solar and shuttering coal have blown their power bills out of the water. Funny you didn't comment on that!

Yes forage missed a key word in my post. "RELIABLE"

Manitoba Hydro's hydroelectric supply or a nuclear power plant doesn't require a backup source so I would classify that as reliable for sure. Unfortunately the environmentalists are now opposed to both of these options......as well as natural gas.

So that leaves us with solar or wind which are both unreliable and expensive......that puts us in the most expensive category.
Can someone from Ontario comment on if they are happy with their wind power supply and if their bills have increased?