Electricity Rates – Latest News
April 1, 2011
The Public Utilities Board has approved, on an interim basis, new electricity rate schedules for all Manitoba Hydro customers except Area and Roadway Lighting. The average rate increase applying to all other customer classes is 2.0 per cent. This interim increase is subject to change pending the outcome of Manitoba Hydro's rate case which is currently under review by the Public Utilities Board. A final order is not expected until the fall of 2011.
In issuing the Order, the PUB directed Manitoba Hydro to bill residential customers on a single energy rate. Previously customers consuming in excess of 900 kWh per month paid a slightly higher energy charge. For a typical residential customer with usage of 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month, the rate increase will amount to a bill increase of approximately $2.21 per month. With this rate increase, Manitoba electricity consumers will continue to benefit from the lowest electricity rate structure in Canada and among the lowest electricity rates in the world.
The PUB's Order approving the rate change may be accessed either through the PUB's website, or by contacting the PUB at 400–330 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 0C4, 1-204-945-2638.
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