Gigawatt Glut
Manitoba Hydro needs plan for excess power production
Winnipeg Free Press, Dec 30, 2017 By Will Braun
The Keeyask dam is springing leaks, and the possibility of further cost overruns and delays, as recently reported, is just the start. Continue reading “Gigawatt Glut”
Cree fortunes hitched to Hydro wagon
What about aboriginal partners?
Winnipeg Free Press, March 20, 2017
By Will Braun
Nearly 20 years ago, Manitoba Hydro began working toward the two largest aboriginal business ventures in the history of the province. Ultimately, five First Nations became partners in supposedly lucrative multi-billio- dollar dams. Chiefs spoke about prosperous futures. Hydro spoke proudly about the partnerships. Continue reading “Cree fortunes hitched to Hydro wagon”
New Short Doc
When the water goes up behind the Keeyask dam, one family will lose more than any other. Go up the Nelson River to the Keeyask site with members of the Kitchekeesik family. And visit the remains of a relocated community … Continue reading New Short Doc
Export doors close for Hydro
Manitoba Hydro needs to ignore the past and become an innovator
Winnipeg Free Press, Oct 26, 2016 By Will Braun
Manitoba Hydro’s largest customer has written Hydro out of its future, and that could spell problems for Manitobans down the line. Xcel Energy’s 15-year plan states the Minneapolis-based utility intends to drop 850 megawatts’ worth of hydro import contracts when they expire in 2025, filling the gap with other resources. Continue reading “Export doors close for Hydro”
Death of a fishery
By Steve Ducharme, President, South Indian Lake Fishermen’s Association
Winnipeg Free Press, posted April 15, 2016
The commercial whitefish fishery at South Indian Lake was once the second largest in Manitoba, and the lifeblood of our proud, self-reliant community. Now it is mostly gone. Most of this collapse has happened since 1999, when the NDP took power, and under the oversight and management of the province. Continue reading “Death of a fishery”
The Multi-Billion Dollar Question Candidates Are Not Debating
Former Manitoba Hydro transmission engineer Dennis Woodford suggests Manitobans might be best off if the Bipole III and Keeyask projects were put on hold to thoroughly review the prudence of completing them. Below is his article from the April 5, 2016 Winnipeg Free Press. Continue reading “The Multi-Billion Dollar Question Candidates Are Not Debating”
Free Press opinion piece
From Jan 6, 2016 Winnipeg Free Press Hydro’s outlook still unsettled By Will Braun Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 6, 2016 The provincial government has weathered the major storms of scrutiny created by its Manitoba Hydro-related decisions in recent years, but it still faces three awkward dilemmas in 2016. First, a survey of the current situation. Despite sustained opposition to the $4.6-billion Bipole III transmission project, the government wavered not. And by the time the April election is done, Hydro will have spent about $2 billion on the project, so even if there is a change in government, a change … Continue reading Free Press opinion piece
The Art of Reconciliation
The Interchurch Council on Hydropower and Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery bring you photos, video and art from the other end of the power line. – 22 large scale photos of people and places near big dams – 15 pencil-drawn … Continue reading The Art of Reconciliation
School Curriculum
In 2014, ICH Co-Chair Derek Eidse (who is also a high school teacher), created a unit of study on the impact of hydroelectric development in Northern Manitoba. This unit is part of a larger section on Colonization that can be … Continue reading School Curriculum
Interchurch Council on Hydropower 