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Manitoba power system completes rural electrification months
The Manitoba Power Commission added 10 000 new services in 1950 and extended transmission to 37 towns and 33 farm areas. By December service reached over 600 farms and 13 villages with four farm areas to receive power in 1951. December saw a 66 000 volt line Bran don to Boissevain and new substations for RCA transmitter stations at Dugald Headingly plus Gretna oil pumping and Rivers airfield. Domestic minimum bills fell 25 percent for 143 towns and villages effective December 31. Power use rose to 27 167 680 kWh, up 26 percent from December 1949.
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Manitoba Power Comission
Brandon
Boissevain
R.C.A F
Dugald
Headingly
Gretna
the Rivers Airfield