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Hydro files 2016 capital plan; outlines $184 million investment to meet customer needs
Read More: Hydro files 2016 capital plan; outlines $184 million investment to meet customer needsNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) plans to invest $184 million in capital projects next year as part of its extensive capital plan to upgrade the provincial power grid and meet growing demand for electricity. Hydro filed its annual Capital Budget Application for 2016 on Friday, July 31 with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of…
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Public Advisory: Site preparation work to start at Goodyear’s Dam; flows variable
Read More: Public Advisory: Site preparation work to start at Goodyear’s Dam; flows variableNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) will start preparing the site at Goodyear’s Dam on the Exploits River in central Newfoundland next week for upcoming repair work on the damaged dam. In order for crews to complete the repairs safely and effectively, water levels on the river will be variable and lower than normal during the construction…
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Public Advisory – Testing of HVGB Gas Turbine
Read More: Public Advisory – Testing of HVGB Gas TurbineHydro is conducting testing on the Happy Valley Goose Bay (HVGB) back up Gas Turbine on Friday, July 24th and Saturday July 25. Although Hydro is conducting this work in such a way to minimize impact on customers and no customer outages are planned, there is a possibility that customers in the HVGB area may…
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Public Advisory: Hydro to transport salmon around breached dam on Exploits River to ensure safe passage
Read More: Public Advisory: Hydro to transport salmon around breached dam on Exploits River to ensure safe passageNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is preparing to begin transporting salmon upstream to enable the fish to safely bypass a breached dam on the Exploits River in central Newfoundland. Adult salmon normally migrate past Goodyear’s Dam through two fishways. However, damage on the dam caused by heavy ice and spring run-off this year has made…
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Public Safety Advisory – Vandalism and theft at Stoneybrook Terminal Station
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Vandalism and theft at Stoneybrook Terminal StationJuly 8, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is investigating an act of vandalism and theft at the Stoneybrook Terminal Station in Central Newfoundland. On the evening of July 6, 2015 an individual or individuals illegally entered the terminal station causing damage to fencing and equipment and stealing copper wiring which was connected to…
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Public Safety Advisory – Potential for Controlled Release of Water
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Potential for Controlled Release of WaterNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that there is still a potential for controlled release in the Jackson’s Arm and White Bay area on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula. The Company may again need to release water from its Cat Arm Spillway into the Cat Arm River. The potential for releases…
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Update – Power Outage Advisory Labrador East
Read More: Update – Power Outage Advisory Labrador EastUPDATE – July 5, 9:30AM – The Emergency Power Interruption has been extended to 2:00PM affecting the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu, North West River and Mud Lake. This emergency power outage is required to conduct necessary repairs on equipment at the Churchill Falls switch yard to ensure customer reliability. CURRENTLY MOST CUSTOMERS ARE…
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Power Outage Advisory – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu, North West River and Mud Lake
Read More: Power Outage Advisory – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu, North West River and Mud LakeUPDATE – July 5, 9:30AM – The Emergency Power Interruption has been extended to 2:00PM affecting the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu, North West River and Mud Lake. This emergency power outage is required to conduct necessary repairs on equipment at the Churchill Falls switch yard to ensure customer reliability. CURRENTLY ALL CUSTOMERS ARE…
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Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance in Happy Valley Goose Bay
Read More: Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance in Happy Valley Goose BayJuly 3, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising of required planned maintenance activities on the transmission line from Churchill Falls servicing Happy Valley Goose Bay, on Saturday, June 4 from 8:00AM to 8:00PM. The Happy Valley Goose Bay gas turbine will provide back up generation to the area; therefore there are no…
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Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance work
Read More: Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises of transmission line maintenance workJuly 2, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising of planned maintenance activities on one of its transmission lines servicing the Avalon Peninsula, on Friday, July 3 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. A second line, which also services the Avalon, is fully operational and available; therefore there are no customer impacts as a result…