Energy powers our daily lives and you rely on us to deliver it safely, reliably and affordably. That's why we're committed to being transparent about your electricity bill and how your money is used. These investments help ensure the reliability of your electrical service today while supporting Manitoba's energy needs for the future.
More than half of every dollar is invested in maintaining, upgrading and expanding the network that delivers electricity from our generating stations to homes and businesses across the province.
The chart below provides a clear breakdown of where every dollar you pay goes, including the material and employee costs of operating and maintaining Manitoba's electricity system.
Your electricity dollar
Electricity generation
35.5¢
Costs associated with building and maintaining more than 6000 MWs of power in Manitoba. This includes costs of all generating and high voltage direct current (HVDC) facilities, wind and import purchases.
Finance & interest expense
32.2¢
The cost of borrowing money, or debt associated with the construction of generating stations and other infrastructure investments to ensure existing and future provincial energy needs are met.
Transmission & distribution
24¢
Costs associated with building and maintaining approximately 14,300 km of transmission lines, 75,800 km of distribution lines and numerous substations over our 650,000 km2 service area.
Other
8.3¢
- billing, collections & meter readings
- environmental
- Efficiency Manitoba funding
- Indigenous programming & commitments
- regulatory costs
- service extensions, line locates, wiring inspections & other services