Province to renew old hydro station contracts – Your Kenora

April 28, 2026

For the first time in more than a decade, the Ontario Government will be adding hydro-generated wattage to the power grid.

The provincial government is launching the Northern Hydro Program, a new effort to renew all of northern Ontario’s old hydro station contracts, and to procure new hydroelectric power and storage in the region.

Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce was in Thunder Bay to announce the new program, which he says will secure the continued production of 1000 megawatts of electricity for the grid.