This service application is to request a supply of power greater than five megawatts to a project or two or more related projects.
Read all the steps before you start the application. We can’t process your request without all required information and documents.
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Download the request for large power supply application (PDF 382 KB).
Gather all required information and supporting documents before you start the online application, including:
- legal business name and contact information
- site location
- planned construction start date
- expected production start and production schedule
- electrical requirements from construction through to production:
- power factor (%)
- peak demand in megawatts
- annual energy in gigawatt-hours per year
- natural gas requirements, including:
- list and load of redundant or natural gas back-up generator equipment
- gas pressure required
- expected future increase to natural gas load
- efficiency measures and programs:
- description of technologies, strategies or standards to be used to minimize energy use
- employment projections:
- number of employment opportunities created during construction
- number of employment opportunities at full production
- description of impacts to Manitoba:
- economic
- socio-economic
- Indigenous involvement
- environmental
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After you apply
Once you have submitted a complete application, we'll evaluate the request to determine if it is eligible, reasonably feasible, and subject to a priority designation in accordance with The Manitoba Hydro Act and the Requests for Service Regulation.
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Large power supply application regulations
September 1, 2025: changes to the Manitoba Hydro Act came into force which set out new parameters on Manitoba Hydro’s ability to serve requests for a large supply of power (greater than 5 megawatts).
Under the new provisions, we must:
- deny a request for service (regardless of size) if the request or proposed use of the power is prescribed in the regulations as ineligible (including where the use of power is for cryptocurrency mining);
- deny a request for service of a large supply of power (greater than five megawatts) where:
- it is not reasonably feasible to supply the requested power considering Manitoba Hydro’s capacity to supply power and the impact on the province’s electricity grid; or
- the requirements set out in the regulations for a large supply of power are not met.