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Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Releases of Water (Update)
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Controlled Releases of Water (Update)Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in central Newfoundland that recent heavy rainfall over the Bay d’Espoir System has resulted in the need to make additional controlled releases of water. The Company is releasing water at Burnt Dam Spillway into the White Bear River. The Company is releasing water at…
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Public Advisory: Controlled Release of Water (update)
Read More: Public Advisory: Controlled Release of Water (update)Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in central Newfoundland that the Company may be required to release water at the Granite Canal Spillway into Grey River. Due to high water levels from heavy rainfall, it may be necessary for the release of water at Granite Canal Bypass Structure and/or the Granite Canal…
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Public Advisory – Controlled Release of Water at North Salmon Dam
Read More: Public Advisory – Controlled Release of Water at North Salmon DamNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that heavy rainfall has resulted in high water levels in the Upper Salmon area of Central Newfoundland and that the Company is releasing water from its North Salmon Dam spillway into the North Salmon River. Releases of water may also be required in the following…
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Customer Reminder: Testing and Final Commissioning Continues on CT
Read More: Customer Reminder: Testing and Final Commissioning Continues on CTNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is reminding customers on the Island that testing and final commissioning continues on the Combustion Turbine plant in Holyrood. Over the past weeks, Hydro has continued testing and commissioning of the new Combustion Turbine plant in Holyrood and during that period the company had several successful run ups of the…
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Transmission Line Repaired and Restored
Read More: Transmission Line Repaired and RestoredJanuary 28, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that one of the main transmission lines serving the Avalon Peninsula, which tripped late yesterday, has been repaired and restored to service at 8:13 pm this evening. A brace on one of the transmission towers was damaged during freezing rain and high winds late…
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Combustion Turbine Plant Connected to Island System
Read More: Combustion Turbine Plant Connected to Island SystemNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro today successfully connected the combustion turbine plant in Holyrood to the island electricity system. Upon synchronizing with the system, the plant was run up to 40MWs successfully. The project team will continue testing over the next week at various loads. During this period, there may be some potential for brief power…
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Combustion Turbine Update
Read More: Combustion Turbine UpdateNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro completed several successful run ups of the combustion turbine this past weekend. During testing on a final run up, an issue was identified which required the replacement of a part (a bearing in the starting unit). That work has been expedited; however, we were unable to synchronize over the weekend. This…
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Public Advisory for Island Electricity Customers
Read More: Public Advisory for Island Electricity CustomersNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers on the Island that the company is advancing work on the Combustion Turbine plant and will reach an important milestone over the next two to three days as it connects the plant to the electricity system. Over the past 10 days, Hydro has brought power to the…
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Power restored in La Poile
Read More: Power restored in La PoilePower was restored in the isolated community of La Poile at noon today. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro crew flew by helicopter along the transmission line from Grand Bruit to La Poile (which spans about a 50 km rugged area) this morning. Damage on the line was found 2 to 3 kilometers east of the community.…
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Public Safety Advisory – Reservoir and Spill Update
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Reservoir and Spill UpdateNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is no longer releasing water at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook. Reservoir levels remain high across the Hydro system so the public is advised to use reservoir areas with great caution as water levels and flows are unpredictable.