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July 30, 2013 – Representatives from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) will be available to members of the media on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 for a technical briefing to provide an overview of Hydro’s General Rate Application, which will be filed today with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. The briefing…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is joining The Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) in recognizing June as National Electricity Month. In communities all across the country, CEA member utilities are using the month to engage with the public and share information about how the electricity systems operate.   “We work hard every day to ensure a…

May 3, 2013, St. John’s, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s (Hydro) St. Anthony Occupational Health and Safety Committee (OH&S) has been named the Newfoundland and Labrador Occupational Health and Safety Association’s (NLOHSA) Occupational Health and Safety Committee of the Year. John Hollohan, Manager of Safety and Health, Nalcor Energy congratulates all the members of…

Hydro launches community safety event

April 3, 2013 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) today filed a capital budget application with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (Board) for restoration of Unit One at the Holyrood Generating Station. The application also includes several investigation reports. Unit One at the Holyrood plant shut down due to an…

February 18, 2013, 1:00 p.m. – Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is reporting that crews are continuing to restore power to some customers on the Great Northern Peninsula. Power has been restored to the majority of customers. Crews are working to repair some broken poles and downed power lines due to the extreme high winds…

February 17, 2013, 9:30 p.m. – Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is reporting power outages to some customers on the Great Northern Peninsula. Due to a severe winter storm creating unsafe working conditions for crews, approximately 5400 customers north from Sally’s Cove will experience an extended into tomorrow. Intermittent outages began in this area late…

January 29, 2013 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) today launched an electricity educational resource, Power Your Knowledge. The program is designed to educate youth on the importance of electricity, and how electricity is generated and delivered to homes, businesses and institutions such as hospitals and schools. Most importantly, it teaches them how to be…

January 28, 2013 – Darren Moore, General Manager of Transmission and Rural Operations will launch Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s new electricity education school resource, Power Your Knowledge, Tuesday, January 29 at 9:00 a.m. at Hazelwood Elementary, 391 Topsail Road in St. John’s. The program is designed to educate youth on the importance of electricity, and…

January 20, 2013, Noon – Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that all customers on Fogo Island are currently experiencing a power outage after having been restored shortly after 11:00 a.m. Power is being supplied to Fogo Island through the spare subsea cable from Change Islands. When power was restored, the system overloaded causing…