Manitoba Hydro wants to hike rates big time.
It has applied for an increase next April that would see a jump of up to 3.95 per cent.
Lawyer Byron Williams, who represents the Consumer Association of Canada and Winnipeg Harvest, says that increase is huge.
He says it will amount to a $40 a year hike for Winnipeg homeowners and $75 per year in rural Manitoba.
He says that's double the rate of inflation.
Williams says the huge hike is because of rising costs on major dam projects and weaker than expected export prices.
The Public Utilities Board has yet to rule on Hydro's application.
(CJOB)
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