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Public Advisory: Release of water at Star Lake & Granite Canal; potential in other areas
Read More: Public Advisory: Release of water at Star Lake & Granite Canal; potential in other areasNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that the company is releasing water at two structures as a result of the recent heavy rain. In the Star Lake area in Central Newfoundland, the Company is releasing water at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook and then Red Indian Lake. In the…
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Public Advisory – Release of water at Star Lake; potential release at Burnt Pond, White Bear River & Granite Canal
Read More: Public Advisory – Release of water at Star Lake; potential release at Burnt Pond, White Bear River & Granite CanalNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Star Lake area in Central Newfoundland that the Company is required to release water at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook and then Red Indian Lake because of heavy rainfall in the area. There is also potential for releases at the following…
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UPDATE: Public Advisory – Release of water at Star Lake; potential releases at Burnt Pond and White Bear River
Read More: UPDATE: Public Advisory – Release of water at Star Lake; potential releases at Burnt Pond and White Bear RiverUpdate December 12th Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in the Star Lake area in Central Newfoundland that water is being released at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook and then Red Indian Lake because of heavy rainfall in the area. There is also potential for releases at the Burnt Pond and White…
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Investing responsibly in reliability
Read More: Investing responsibly in reliabilityEvery year, Hydro carries out its capital program to ensure we are effectively maintaining the province’s electricity system. All capital expenditures are reviewed by the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities and intervenors before receiving regulatory approved. Hydro incorporates asset management principles and condition assessments to determine the work that’s required to provide safe, reliable,…
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Public Advisory – Controlled release of water at Star Lake
Read More: Public Advisory – Controlled release of water at Star LakeNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers that due to recent rainfall, we are required to release water in the Star Lake area in central Newfoundland at Star Lake Spillway into Star Brook and then Red Indian Lake. Hydro is no longer releasing water at the Granite Canal area accessed from…
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Hydro warns customers of phone scam
Read More: Hydro warns customers of phone scamNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) has received reports from customers who have received messages from callers pretending to be Hydro customer service staff, and regarding overdue bills. These calls are not from Hydro. We do not ask for credit card or payment information over the phone. What to do if you are contacted: If you…
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Outage Advisory: Small Area of Happy Valley Goose Bay
Read More: Outage Advisory: Small Area of Happy Valley Goose BayHydro is advising its customers in the following area of Happy Valley Goose Bay of a power outage from approximately 10PM Friday, October 25th to 6AM Saturday, October 26th. The Canadian Side including: Halifax Street (From Hamilton River Road to Toronto Ave), Ottawa Street, Stratford Ave & Winnipeg Street (From Ottawa Street to Hamilton River…
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Outage Advisory – Parts of Upper Lake Melville
Read More: Outage Advisory – Parts of Upper Lake MelvilleHydro is advising its customers in the following locations of a possible power outage from approximately 10PM Thursday, Oct. 17 to 6AM Friday morning: -North side of Happy Valley-Goose Bay -5 Wing Goose Bay base -Sheshatshiu -North West River Urgent repairs are to be conducted at the Churchill Falls switchyard, which requires the main transmission…
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Outage Update (9:00 PM): Charlottetown & Pinsent’s Arm
Read More: Outage Update (9:00 PM): Charlottetown & Pinsent’s Arm9:00 PM – As of approximately 9:00 PM, we have restored power to all of our customers in Charlottetown and Pinsent’s Arm using temporary generation equipment in place at the diesel plant site. We want to thank all of our customers for their continued patience and support today as we worked to safely restore power.…
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New customer rates approved for October 1, 2019
Read More: New customer rates approved for October 1, 2019Increased oil costs resulting in higher cost of providing electricity On September 25, 2019, electricity rate changes for all customers were approved by the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (the Board). New electricity rates will go into effect on October 1, 2019. For customers on the island, the primary driver of…