Manitoba Hydro Releases Final Preferred Route for MMTP

The proposed 213 km final preferred route for the Manitoba Minnesota Transmission Project will travel from Dorsey Station, northwest of Winnipeg, to the Manitoba-Minnesota border. The estimated cost of the project is $350 million, with an anticipated in-service date of mid-2020, subject to regulatory approval.Manitoba Hydro filed the preferred route in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted to provincial regulators.

“The filing of the EIS with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship begins the formal regulatory review process for the project,” explains Shane Mailey, Manitoba Hydro’s Vice-President of Transmission. “As part of the regulatory review process, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the project and the final preferred route through Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship. The selection of the route and submission of the EIS are the culmination of several years of planning, environmental studies, and engagement with a broad range of interests.”

The project will contribute to a reliable and economic power supply in Manitoba by allowing additional sales of surplus electricity to markets in the United States, and by doubling Manitoba’s capability to import electricity during periods of drought or other system emergencies.

Detailed mapping of the route and the EIS are available on Manitoba Hydro’s website www.hydro.mb.ca/mmtp.