Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, May. 12, 2021 Opinion Premier Brian Pallister and his government have been slowly, steadily building a wall around Manitoba Hydro to stop everyone — customers, consumer advocates and opposition critics — from seeing the true state of the utility's finances. Premier Brian Pallister and his government have been slowly, steadily building a wall around Manitoba Hydro to stop everyone — customers, consumer advocates and opposition critics — from seeing the true state of the utility's finances. PUB orders Hydro to produce financial data Click to Expand Manitoba Hydro power lines are photographed just outside Winnipeg, Monday, May 1, 2018. Manitoba Hydro has lost a bid to raise electricity rates this year by almost eight per cent. The regulator has also ordered the Crown utility to set up a new, separate rate class for First Nations communities, and has ordered that rate not to increase this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods