WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is temporarily halting any new connections of cryptocurrency operations to the hydroelectric grid, citing a potential for…
The 18-month pause will not affect the 37 current operations in the province, but will temporarily halt a growing number of requests from operators who have the capacity to consume a sizable portion of the province’s electricity supply.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Friesen said there have been recent requests to Manitoba from another 17 operators that would require 371 megawatts of power — more than half the power generated by the Keeyask generating station, which became fully operational earlier this year. Manitoba Hydro is still carrying debt from its last series of construction work. The utility saw its debt triple in 15 years as it built two megaprojects, the Keeyask generating station and the Bipole III transmission line, which ran a combined $3.7 billion over budget.Article content
“Somebody’s going to have to service them, check on them, make sure they’re running,” Jade Alberts said from Calgary.
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