Manitoba’s influential investigative reporter, The Black Rod, recently predicted that “Manitoba Hydro is on its deathbed.” He based this forecast on a review of the hearings last month
before the province’s Public Utilities Board (PUB). The recent hearings in Manitoba are a case study for what rate payers in British Columbia, Quebec, and Newfoundland may expect if Site-C, Magpie, Petit Mecatina, and Muskrat Falls projects go forward.