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Henday Converter Station is an HVDC converter station near Sundance in the Canadian province of Manitoba.. Henday Converter Station near Sundance, Manitoba. The Henday Converter Station is the northern terminus for Manitoba Hydro's Bipole II high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system and was built in 1977. [1]
Ontario’s electricity distribution consists of multiple local distribution companies (LDCs). Hydro One, a publicly-traded company owned in part by the provincial government, is the largest LDC in the province and services approximately 26 percent of all electricity customers in Ontario.
The loan by the Government of Canada was discharged when Manitoba Hydro bought the line and outstanding debt in 1992. [3] In 1997 a tornado damaged 19 towers of the DC lines. During repairs, some major customers were advised to curtail load, but imports over the 500 kV lines from adjacent utilities in the United States prevented serious ...
The Manitoba Power Commission and Manitoba Hydro Electric Board merged in 1961 to form Manitoba Hydro. One of the earlier wholesale accounts to be transferred to Manitoba Hydro in 1956 was the village of Emerson, which had been served up to that point by a cross-border tie to the Otter Tail Power system at Noyes.
The Crown Corporations Governance and Accountability Act was subsequently passed in 2017, creating a new governance model for the Manitoba Centennial Centre, Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, and Manitoba Public Insurance. [5]
Centra Gas Manitoba Inc., a subsidiary of Manitoba Hydro, is the primary distributor of natural gas in Manitoba, [5] serving the Winnipeg and surrounding area, including rural communities. [6] The company had a gas distribution monopoly in Manitoba until 1991. [7] Based in Winnipeg, it is regulated by the Public Utilities Board of Manitoba. [8]
Limestone Generating Station is a run-of-the-river [1] hydroelectric dam on the Nelson River approximately 750 kilometres (470 mi) north of Winnipeg near Gillam, Manitoba.Part of the Nelson River Hydroelectric Project, Limestone was Manitoba Hydro's fifth and largest generating station to be built on the Nelson River.
Brandon Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power station owned by Manitoba Hydro, located in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The station was first built to burn lignite from Saskatchewan . On 1 January 2010, Unit 5, the sole coal-fired unit, was downgraded to emergency use only, per section 16 of the Manitoba Climate Change and Emissions ...