Hydro to shut down Selkirk generating station
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Manitoba Hydro is shuttering its 60-year-old Selkirk generating station.
The facility is no longer needed due to the completion of the Bipole III transmission line last year, the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project, and with Keeyask generating station set to produce its first power this fall, the Crown corporation announced Wednesday.
The move will save the power utility $6 million annually and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by five kilotonnes a year, Hydro said.
The Selkirk station had been recently used as an emergency electricity supply for southern Manitoba in cold months.
“Our system is such now that it no longer makes economic or environmental sense… to maintain and operate the Selkirk station,” said Shane Mailey, Hydro vice-president of operations.
“We can supply more than enough power with our hydroelectric stations. We no longer need the extra capacity Selkirk generating station provides.”
The closure of the natural gas-powered station affects 33 employees. Hydro said it will redeploy some staff, while others will remain at the Selkirk plant to operate functions such as security, maintenance, heating and fire protection.
“We’re working closely with the unions to redeploy staff according to provisions of our collective agreements,” said Mailey.
The Selkirk station finished construction in 1960, built with 3,000 tonnes of structural steel (more than 2,300 tonnes made in Manitoba). The station uses combustible fuel to create steam to generate electricity.
Manitoba Hydro said full decommissioning of the station will not be completed for several years, and no decisions have yet been made about the property.
kellen.taniguchi@freepress.mb.ca