
Tag Archives electricity

Proposed law could spike hydro prices for farms, processors
Advocacy groups worry with reduced oversight, large electricity rate increases could become the norm

New solar panels grab light from above and below
Potential solution towards balance between crop growth and electricity generation capabilities

FCC to offer flexibility in hurricane-battered areas

Clean energy can drive rural economy
Speakers call for switching out some of the $4 billion now spent on fossil fuel imports to Manitoba with homegrown renewable energy sources

Ontario power utilities offer farm water pump rebate

Carbon tax revenue use options pitched at AMM
Rural and small-town government leaders pass resolutions, propose ideas for recycling carbon taxes at 2017 fall convention
Editorial: Wheels within wheels

Otterburne dairy is Manitoba’s largest solar-powered farm
The off-grid option has upfront costs but locks in energy costs for the foreseeable future

Manitoba Hydro awarded 3.36 per cent rate increase by PUB
Alternatives to rising cost of electricity need serious thought, says RM official

Manitoba getting a carbon tax, amount uncertain
Premier Pallister says Ottawa’s $50-a-tonne tax by 2022 is too high and doesn’t reflect the investment Manitobans have, and continue to make, into producing clean hydro electricity
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