<Tr> <Th> Number of employees </Th> <Td> 6,463 (FY 2013) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.hydro.mb.ca </Td> </Tr> <P> Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada . Founded in 1961, it is a provincial Crown Corporation, governed by the Manitoba Hydro - Electric Board and the Manitoba Hydro Act . Today the company operates 15 interconnected generating stations . It has more than 527,000 electric power customers and more than 263,000 natural gas customers . Since most of the electrical energy is provided by hydroelectric power, the utility has low electricity rates . Stations in Northern Manitoba are connected by a HVDC system, the Nelson River Bipole, to customers in the south . The internal staff are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 998 while the outside workers are members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2034 . </P> <P> Manitoba Hydro headquarters in the downtown Winnipeg Manitoba Hydro Place officially opened in 2009 . </P>

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