Manitoba needs new dependable sources of energy by the end of the decade to prevent power deficits, and Hydro Manitoba believes its new, 10-year Integrated Resource Plan road map will achieve that.

“What’s going to meet the need of the province the best, we’re quite confident what we’ve come up with is going to do it,” said Manitoba Hydro corporate communications director Scott Powell.

The strategy has a focus on new generating capacity infrastructure. That includes up to 600 megawatts from Indigenous majority-owned wind power and 750 megawatts of combustion turbines.

“We’re looking five years out, 10 years minimum, but growth could be a little slower, it could be a little faster, but it’s why we factor everything in,” explained Powell.

“We’re very confident Manitobans have no need to

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