Advisories
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Spill Advisory: Controlled release of water in central and southern Newfoundland
Read More: Spill Advisory: Controlled release of water in central and southern NewfoundlandNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that due to recent rainfall and snow melt the Company is releasing water at some of its facilities. The risk of releases from the Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River, at the North Salmon Dam Spillway into the North Salmon River and…
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Spill Advisory: Granite Canal, Upper Salmon & Star Lake Areas
Read More: Spill Advisory: Granite Canal, Upper Salmon & Star Lake AreasNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that due to recent rainfall and snow melt the Company is releasing in the Granite Canal area accessed from Central Newfoundland. The Company may also be required to release water in the Upper Salmon and Star Lake areas of Central Newfoundland. The Company is…
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Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of Water: Granite Canal Area
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of Water: Granite Canal AreaNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that due to recent heavy rainfall, possibly combined with snow melt, the Company is required to release water in the Granite Canal area accessed from Central Newfoundland. The Company has begun to release water at the Granite Canal Bypass Structure. To date there is…
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Advisory: Maritime Link Testing – Jan. 14
Read More: Advisory: Maritime Link Testing – Jan. 14Testing of the new Maritime Link transmission line to Nova Scotia continues overnight tonight (Jan. 14) from approximately 8pm to 6am. This is part of Emera’s commissioning process for the new line. Hydro is working closely with Emera to coordinate the testing while ensuring reliable, safe delivery of electricity to our customers during this period. The…
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Hydro Readying for Tonight’s Winter Storm
Read More: Hydro Readying for Tonight’s Winter StormWarnings for winter storm and extreme wind conditions are issued for the island and many parts of Labrador over the next 24 hours. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is taking all the necessary steps to have crews and equipment prepared in advance, and we’re reminding customers to be storm-ready as well. Hydro has been planning ahead…
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Spill Advisory: Equipment Testing, North Salmon Dam
Read More: Spill Advisory: Equipment Testing, North Salmon DamNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Upper Salmon area of Central Newfoundland that the Company will be releasing water at its North Salmon Dam Spillway into the North Salmon River for a brief period of time on November 23 for the purpose of testing new equipment. People are…
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Notice for residents of Holyrood – emissions issue occurred Saturday, October 28
Read More: Notice for residents of Holyrood – emissions issue occurred Saturday, October 28On Saturday, October 28 an oxygen sensor on one of the boilers at the Holyrood Plant malfunctioned for period of time (about 90 minutes) and therefore some unburned fuel particles in the form of soot and smoke – were expelled from the stack. Hydro is committed to protecting the environment and over the years we have made…
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Equipment Advisory: Holyrood Unit 2 offline for Annual Maintenance
Read More: Equipment Advisory: Holyrood Unit 2 offline for Annual MaintenanceJuly 30 – Holyrood Unit 2 is offline for its planned annual maintenance until the end of October. The unit is not required at this time to service customers and there is no customer impact as a result of this work. Maintenance season at Hydro generally occurs between April and November every year to ensure…
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Advisory: Upper Lake Melville Work Re-scheduled for this Weekend
Read More: Advisory: Upper Lake Melville Work Re-scheduled for this WeekendAdvisory: Upper Lake Melville Work Re-scheduled for this Weekend Back up generation is available, but we’re asking customers to conserve where possible We would like to advise our customers that the previously postponed equipment outage for the Upper Lake Melville area has been rescheduled for this weekend: Saturday, Oct. 14 beginning at 10:00 p.m.…
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Spill Advisory: Burnt Pond, White Bear River Areas
Read More: Spill Advisory: Burnt Pond, White Bear River AreasNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Burnt Pond and White Bear River areas of Central and Southern Newfoundland that the Company will be releasing water at its Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River in the afternoon on October 5, 2017, for the purpose of testing one…