US EditionManitoba to redirect hydro exports from U.S. to Canadian projects
- On Monday, Premier Kinew announced Manitoba Hydro will redirect power export contracts from the United States.
- Trade tensions and a desire to bolster the domestic economy prompted the province to redirect the contracts.
- The expiring contracts, signed in 2010 with Xcel Energy, involve 500 megawatts of power.
- Kinew stated, "We are going to use that power to build up our own economy here at home."
- Manitoba aims to use 50 megawatts for the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link and seek opportunities for the remaining 450 megawatts.
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Manitoba Govt Issues Hydro Directive for Nation-Building Projects
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew holds a news conference in Winnipeg to announce that his government is issuing a directive to Manitoba Hydro to bring back a portion of its electricity exports to the province, with the aim of diverting them towards nation-building projects within Canada. (April 14, 2025) (no interpretation)
Manitoba to ‘Repatriate’ Some Hydro Exports to the US: Premier
Manitoba is set to increase its energy supply for the province and other regions in Canada after two hydroelectric contracts with a Minnesota utility expire at the end of April. The province has decided to “repatriate” two contracts with Northern States Power amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States, Premier Wab Kinew announced on April 14. The agreements were signed with Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy in 2010 for a combined 500 megawat…
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Manitoba ends some electricity exports to U.S., with plans to turn northward
Manitoba will soon have more energy for itself and other Canadian jurisdictions after two hydroelectric contracts with a Minnesota utility expire at the end of this month, Premier Wab Kinew said Monday.
Manitoba 'repatriating' some hydro exports from U.S., premier says
Premier Wab Kinew said Monday he has ordered Manitoba Hydro not to renew some expiring hydroelectricity export contracts to the U.S. The provincial Crown corporation, however, said it had no plans to renew the contracts.
Manitoba to repatriate hydroelectricity from US
The Manitoba government says it is repatriating energy by not renewing two hydroelectric export contracts to Minnesota. Premier Wab Kinew says the contracts are set to expire at the end of this month and amount to 500 megawatts of power that will now be available for Canada.
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