Advisories

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is encouraging residents and business owners along the Exploits River in central Newfoundland to take precautions as there is an increased risk of flooding due to high water levels. Heavy run-off from melting snow and ice means that water levels and flows along the river are higher than normal. As…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that controlled releases of water continue and there is potential for additional releases in central and southern Newfoundland. Controlled releases continue in the following areas: In the Granite Canal area accessed from Central Newfoundland, controlled releases continue at the Granite Canal Bypass Structure, the Granite…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that controlled releases of water continue in areas of central and southern Newfoundland. In the Granite Canal area accessed from central Newfoundland, controlled releases continue at the Granite Canal Bypass Structure, and releases have begun at the Granite Canal Spillway, and at the Granite…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) wishes to advise its customers of planned power interruptions affecting all customers in Labrador City and Wabush:  Sunday, June 7 from 8:00am to 8:00pm  Sunday, June 14 from 8:00am to 4:00pm These outages are required to complete necessary maintenance at the Wabush Terminal Station that supplies service to the Labrador…

Update Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising that controlled releases of water continue at the Granite Canal Bypass Structure accessed from Central Newfoundland; and have begun at the Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River in the Burnt Pond and White Bear River areas of Central and Southern Newfoundland. There is potential for additional releases…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising of major maintenance activities at the Bay d’Espoir Switchyard starting Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The work is expected to be completed over a period of four days (weather pending). There are no planned customer impacts. This work, as with all planned maintenance work, has been carefully evaluated to…

UPDATE Conditions at the Springdale terminal station in Central Newfoundland have improved. Crews were able to access the site yesterday afternoon and have started the process of cleaning up and assessing the damage due to the flooding. The impacted transmission line has been restored to service. Hydro continues to advise the public is to stay…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that as a result of recent rainfall and ongoing snow melt there is potential for controlled releases at several locations on the system. In the Burnt Pond and White Bear River areas of Central and Southern Newfoundland, controlled releases may be required at the…

Hydro wishes to advise that the potential for water releases in the Upper Salmon area of Central Newfoundland has ended for now. Snow melt continues and more rain is forecast for all areas this week so people are advised to use these areas with caution as water levels and flows may become higher than normal and…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 2 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station will be taken offline for routine maintenance overnight tonight. The unit will be offline for a period of approximately four hours. Reserves on the system are strong and there is no customer impact from this equipment outage. Hydro’s maintenance…