What is required when upgrading the service to your house:
To start we need to have a conversation on why you want to upgrade and what your time frame is
Then we need to fill out a “change of service application with Manitoba Hydro” and pull a permit with the City of Winnipeg if you live within city limits (outside the city everything is done with Manitoba Hydro). For the Manitoba Hydro application we need
Full name of person(s) attached to Manitoba Hydro account for this address
Full Address
Phone number of person above
Number located on Manitoba Hydro’s electrical meter
Manitoba Hydro account number (found on your invoice or online)
Once all of this is complete, we have to wait for Manitoba Hydro to make a site visit to confirm their service location. Oftentimes we want to keep it in the same place but that is not always what Manitoba Hydro expects.
After they have confirmed their service location and sent us the paperwork, we then need to book a date that works for Manitoba Hydro, City of Winnipeg, yourselves and ourselves (the electrical company). From start of paperwork, to this scheduled date is usually 2-3 weeks.
Finally the day starts with us arriving on site, starting the work. Manitoba Hydro typically arrives around 830-9am to disconnect the power for us. In the afternoon the City of Winnipeg comes on site to do their inspection, once passed they call it into Manitoba Hydro to reconnect. Hydro guarantees same day hook up but we have seen it as late as the middle of the night. It all depends on emergency or service calls on their docket. It also depends how things go that day and when the City of Winnipeg inspector shows up. Typically at this point we clean up all the loose ends and hope to be there when Manitoba Hydro arrives. Obviously we are not sleeping over, so at some point we go over what to do if Hydro hasn’t come while we are still on site.