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Instead of reducing our hydro bills they waste money in Efficiency Manitoba Home Energy Reports.  
 
Which are useless and waste of money.  
 
Added to the money wasted on the whole program they actually print out and mail out these reports.  
 
Stop wasting money and reduce our bills.

do you know how much hydro costs in other provinces or states?

I suppose you could just have your bills changed to electronic only, then you would get it via email and your reports would be in email form as well. Should save everyone a lot of money.

You can change it to paperless ..........................

as always people become frustrated with cost of many things in our worlds today, I would encourage you to look at actual rates we pay then make an informed comment.  
Manitoba is actually number 2 behind Quebec for the lowest rates in North America not just Canada. todays rates in Quebec are 7.8-8-3 kilowatt hr. Manitoba rate is 9-10.6 closest in US is Seattle at 13.2. As for the reports if you still get them on paper as previous poster these can be sent in emails eliminating paper waste. These reports also if you read them they prove how Hydro is saving us and you as a taxpayer have asked for. As to the validity of power smart program I know for a fact if advised work is done it will save you. I state these facts with personnel knowledge having spent many years generating date and actually working in power smart program. Another place to save with growing rates is part of water stewardship as all water billing is tied to your rate of water usage then doubled for billing as sewage portion hence find ways to limit or less turning taps to let water run and you save double. We all feel your pain but Hydro is not one that controls usage it is you the consumer hence be smart in usage in how many lights you leave on, heat loss in home and water usage. I have personally done reports that proved home owner achieved a 27% reduction of bills. If anyone cares to fact check my statements read these so called wasted reports. Enjoy your day everyone!  
 
Edited by Thummmper, 2026-07-20 12:14:49