Kelsey Generating Station
The Kelsey Generation Station (GS) is located about 680 km (423 miles) by air from Winnipeg, and is the first Manitoba Hydro generating station on the Nelson River. It is about 137 km (85 miles) upstream from the Kettle Generating Station. The Kelsey Generating Station was built on the upper arm of the Nelson River in northern Manitoba between 1957 and 1961 to supply the International Nickel Company's (INCO) mining and smelting operations in the Moak Lake and Mystery Lake areas. Kelsey was also built to supply electricity to the City of Thompson. Six years after completion, the generating station was linked to the province's electrical system. |
The Kelsey Generating Station consists of a seven unit powerhouse, spillway, main dam and dykes and has a name plate capacity of 315.8 MW (423,500 horsepower).
Licences:
- Second Short Term Extension Licence (2019)
- Short Term Extension Licence (2014)
- Seventh Short Term Amending Licence (2013)
- Sixth Short Term Amending Licence (2013)
- Fifth Short Term Amending Licence (2012)
- Fourth Short Term Amending Licence (2012)
- Third Short Term Amending Licence (2011)
- Second Short Term Amending Licence (2010)
- Short Term Amending Licence (2010)
- Final Licence 2nd Amendment (1983)
- Final Licence 1st Amendment (1971)
- Final Licence (1966)
Licensing Requests:
- Third Short Term Extension Licence Request (2023)
- Kelsey GS Second Short Term Extension Licence Request (2019)
- Kelsey Generating Station Short-Term Licence Extension Application (2014)
- Kelsey GS Licence Renewal Application (2010)
- Kelsey GS Final Licence 3rd Amendment Application (2010)
Licence Related Documentation (Submitted by the Licensee):
- Renewal Licence Support Report (2020)
- Kelsey GS Licence Implementation Guide for Water Levels (2018)
- Kelsey Re-Runnering Project: Short-Term Licence Amendment Support Documentation (2010)
Reports and Environmental Studies:
- "Kelsey Generating Station - Quantification of Fish Habitat for the Kelsey Re- Runnering Project", North/South Consultants, (2010)
- "Survival and Movement of Fish Experimentally Passed Through a Re-Runnered Turbine at the Kelsey Generating Station 2008", North/South Consultants & Normandeau Associates (2009)
- "Fish Movements and Turbine Passage at Selected Manitoba Hydro Generating Stations 2005 - 2006 Interim Report", North/South Consultants (2007)