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Nalcor CEO Announces Appointment of Hydro President
Read More: Nalcor CEO Announces Appointment of Hydro PresidentEd Martin, CEO, Nalcor Energy, parent company of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, today announced the appointment of John MacIsaac as President, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro), effectively immediately. Since 2010, MacIsaac has been Vice-President, Project Execution and Technical Services and the Nalcor Executive lead for Churchill Falls operations. His focus on rigorous planning, execution and…
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Equipment Advisory – Two back up turbines offline for maintenance.
Read More: Equipment Advisory – Two back up turbines offline for maintenance.UPDATE – Gas turbines are now available to the system after completion of maintenance. —————————————————————————————————— Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the Hardwoods Gas Turbine located in Paradise and the Combustion Turbine in Holyrood will be offline for maintenance until Saturday (Oct 24) evening. All planned equipment outages for maintenance are evaluated to…
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Public Safety Advisory: Potential Controlled Release of Water
Read More: Public Safety Advisory: Potential Controlled Release of WaterUPDATE – October 26, 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that the potential for water release in the Star Lake area of Central Newfoundland is over for now. People are advised to always these areas with great caution as water levels and flows are unpredictable.
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Equipment Maintenance Notice – Happy Valley Goose Bay and Sheshatshiu
Read More: Equipment Maintenance Notice – Happy Valley Goose Bay and SheshatshiuNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) will be performing equipment maintenance on a transmission line which runs between Churchill Falls and Happy Valley Goose Bay on Sunday, October 25th between 2:00AM and 10:00AM. There may be an opportunity to start the outage earlier, at midnight, if the electrical load will permit. This will be evaluated every…
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Equipment Maintenance Notices – Happy Valley Goose Bay and Sheshatshiu
Read More: Equipment Maintenance Notices – Happy Valley Goose Bay and SheshatshiuUPDATE 11:00AM – Update: 11:00AM – Some additional customers will be impacted by an outage due to this work. For full list see here: https://my.nlhydro.com/portal/PreLogOutages.aspx UPDATE 9:30AM – Equipment outage delayed by approximately three hours due to a temporary issue with the back-up gas turbine. Work beginning at 9:00AM. Due to heavy load on the…
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Equipment Advisory (UPDATED) – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance work
Read More: Equipment Advisory (UPDATED) – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance workUPDATE November 12, 2015 – Work on the transmission line is complete and the line has been returned to service. ————————————————————————————— October 6, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising of planned maintenance activities on one of its transmission lines servicing the Avalon Peninsula. Work began on October 5 and will continue until…
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UPDATED Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises customers that Hardwoods Gas Turbine offline for maintenance
Read More: UPDATED Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises customers that Hardwoods Gas Turbine offline for maintenanceUPDATE October 9, 2015 – Repairs on the Hardwoods Gas Turbine, located in Paradise, were completed earlier than anticipated and the unit is available for service. Previous Release October 6, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the Hardwoods Gas Turbine located in Paradise, is being taken offline to allow for repairs…
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UPDATED Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of Water
Read More: UPDATED Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of WaterUPDATE October 13, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that the potential for water releases at its systems is ended for now. People are advised to continue to use reservoir areas with great caution as water levels and flows are unpredictable Previous Release October 2, 2015. Newfoundland and Labrador…
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Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of Water
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Release of WaterNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that there is still a potential for water releases at its systems. In the Star Lake area of Central Newfoundland the potential for release of water at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook and then Red Indian Lake is over for now. In the…
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Public Advisory (UPDATED) – Notice for customers on Avalon Peninsula
Read More: Public Advisory (UPDATED) – Notice for customers on Avalon PeninsulaUpdate: 3:45 pm – Repairs have been completed. The Holyrood combustion turbine is available for service. Previous Release: As part of our commitment to keep the public informed on the status of the electricity system, Hydro is informing customers that the Holyrood combustion turbine has been taken offline this morning to complete repair work. We…