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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) advises that a transmission line from the Granite Canal to Upper Salmon generating stations will be out of service October 2, 2017, for planned maintenance. There are no anticipated customer impacts as a result of this work. Hydro’s annual maintenance season typically begins in spring when customer electricity demand begins to decline and extends into…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) advises customers that the transmission line between the generating station at Cat Arm and the Deer Lake terminal station is out of service until mid-October for planned maintenance. There are no customer impacts are anticipated as a result of this work. This equipment advisory is part of Hydro’s commitment to keep…

Update – October 16 As planned, one unit was returned to service on Friday, October 13.  The second unit is progressing through planned maintenance and remains on schedule for return to service in late October. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising customers that both generating units at the Cat Arm hydroelectric generating facility are currently…

Hydro would like to advise our customers that over the next several months there will be a significant amount of work occurring on our provincial electricity system to bring new transmission equipment into service and improve overall reliability for our customers. During this time, we will need to temporarily take some pieces of equipment offline.…

Update – Unit 3 is back online serving customers. _______________________________________________________________________________ Hydro is advising our customers that Unit 3 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station has been taken offline.  The unit was taken off as it is not currently required to serve demand on the system. When customer demand begins to rise again, the Unit will be returned…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) advises that a transmission line between the Bay d’Espoir and Sunnyside terminal stations will be removed from service on September 19 from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for planned maintenance. There are no anticipated customer impacts as a result of this work. Hydro’s annual maintenance season typically begins in…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) advises customers that the transmission line between the terminal stations in Stony Brook and Buchans in central Newfoundland will be taken out of service from September 18 to October 16 for planned maintenance and refurbishment work. This work is part of Hydro’s annual wood pole line management program. No customer…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro advises that the transmission line from Buchans terminal station to Massey Drive terminal station will be out of service September 15-17 for planned maintenance and repair work. No customer impacts are anticipated as a result of this work.

  Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising customers that the transmission line from Churchill Falls to Happy Valley will be taken out of service from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16, 2017. This outage is necessary to repair a cracked pole and complete other required maintenance work. No customer impacts are…