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Hydro’s planned $3B gas turbines purchase misguided, bad for environment, critics say

Despite defending a $3-billion gas turbine purchase as the most reliable power source in freezing temperatures, Manitoba Hydro’s gas turbines in Brandon have had outages during three of the 10 highest…

  • Manitoba Hydro plans to spend $3 billion on gas turbines.
  • Critics argue the purchase is environmentally harmful and unreliable.
  • Public hearings underway to review 10-year power plan.

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