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After limit 5.99 Rest of Week 5.99 F ORMER NDP premier Ed Schreyer fears Manitobans will be on the hook for decades with the construction of the estimated $ 6.5- billion Keeyask generating station and $ 4.6- billion Bipole III transmission line. Schreyer said Manitoba Hydro and the provincial government have not looked closely enough at alternative sources or electricity such as wind power. He also said it's foolhardy to believe the escalating cost of new dams and transmission lines will be paid off any time soon through more export sales to the United States. " If I wasn't pushing 80, I'd be tempted to jump back into political life just on the issue of energy alone," Schreyer said Friday. " I don't think I have much to say on other issues." Schreyer, the province's 16th premier ( 1969- 1977), said Manitobans have enjoyed some of the lowest electricity rates in the world - until now. " It's going to change drastically in the near future, unfortunately," he said. " The projected cost of hydro, I don't know what the hell has happened. We keep being assured we have a low rate of inflation in this country. But the fact of the matter is the cost of construction is widely inflated and escalated." Hydro has already signalled it needs annual rate increases of about four per cent over the next decade to help pay for Keeyask and Bipole III. A decision is expected soon on Hydro's most recent request for a 3.95 per cent rate increase this year, to be applied retroactively to April 1. Schreyer was premier when Manitoba Hydro began development on the Nelson River, with construction of the Long Spruce and Jenpeg generating stations and the regulation of the level of Lake Winnipeg. He also served as governor general of Canada from 1979 to 1984. He said the high cost of hydro development can be traced back to the province, under both Conservative and NDP governments, waiting too long to build more dams after the completion of Limestone in 1990. " We lost 10 to 15 years, and now the cost per megawatt is absolutely horrendous," he said. " The costs have escalated widely, but if you project revenue on the basis of current markets, they've scarcely moved in the past decade. " That is unnerving, and I'll be very blunt: Bipole III, that is just heartbreaking." The new transmission line from the north was originally to be built down the east side of Lake Winnipeg, but the government under former premier Gary Doer ordered it to be built on the west side of the province, a longer and more costly route, to protect the east side from development, in part to see it designated a United Nations World Heritage Site. " I don't object to political interference if you know what the hell you are doing," Schreyer said. The Selinger government has been most recently criticized for stalling on a promise to create an independent agency to manage Manitoba's energy needs and run its conservation programs. The Public Utilities Board recommended the establishment of an arm'slength organization a year ago after its lengthy hearing into Hydro's building plans for dams and transmission lines. The PUB said Manitoba Hydro should be divested of its role in managing its Power Smart energy- efficiency programs because there is " an inherent conflict of interest" in Hydro being both a seller of electricity and vendor for energy- efficiency measures. Last September, the government hired Montreal consultant Philippe Dunsky, whose expertise is energy efficiency and renewable energy, to advise it in creating that new agency. The agency would also set and measure targets annually for Manitobans to conserve more power. It's not known what Dunsky recommended, although one source said he submitted his report to the government in January. Dunsky was unavailable. Schreyer said he has no issue with the PUB recommendation as long as the new agency, if it is actually created, is answerable to MLAs. It's also possible the administration of Power Smart could be absorbed by Green Manitoba, a special operating agency of the government that manages programs and services related to waste reduction, greening government and sustainable development. bruce. owen@ freepress. mb. ca Schreyer says NDP bungling Hydro Warns rates will soar due to new projects By Bruce Owen The Keeyask generating station. Former premier Ed Schreyer says Manitobans will no longer enjoy some of the world's lowest hydro rates. WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES PREMIERS SIGN ENERGY STRATEGY / A23 A_ 17_ Jul- 18- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A17 7/ 17/ 15 9: 56: 12 PM ;