News

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising two transmission lines have been removed from service to complete annual maintenance. The transmission line from Come By Chance to Western Avalon has been removed from service until October 5. As well, the transmission line from Bay d’Espoir to Stony Brook has  been taken offline until Sept 29. There is…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that a generating unit at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station has been removed from service  to complete annual  maintenance. Unit 1  has been removed from service until the beginning of November. There is no anticipated impact for customers as a result of this work. Hydro’s annual maintenance season generally begins in…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 3 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station will be offline for a period of 5 days  to complete a repair. Generation reserves are sufficient and there is no customer impact as a result of this work.  If there are any changes to the status of the electricity system, Hydro will…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) has reported an act of vandalism and theft at the Stoneybrook Terminal Station in Central Newfoundland to the RCMP. Vandals recently broke into the terminal station by cutting a hole in the fence and stole copper grounding wire connected to energized high voltage electrical equipment. This type of activity is concerning and dangerous.…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) plans to invest $271.4 million next year in capital projects as part of its ongoing capital plan to strengthen the provincial power grid and boost reliability for customers Hydro filed its annual Capital Budget Application for 2017 on July 29 with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public…

Update: Annual maintenance has been completed and the gas turbine is available for service (Aug 31).   July 19, 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that the gas turbine at the Hardwoods site  is offline for approximately five weeks to complete annual scheduled maintenance. Generation reserves are sufficient and there is no customer impact as a result of this…

UPDATE:  Unit 1 was returned to service on July 17. ——– July 15 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 1 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station will be offline for a period of 2-3 days  to complete a repair. Generation reserves are sufficient and there is no customer impact as a result of this work.  If…

Update July 15 – The Combustion Turbine is online and available for operation.   July 4 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that the Combustion Turbine in Holyrood is offline for approximately 2 weeks to complete annual scheduled maintenance. Generation reserves are sufficient and there is no customer impact as a result of this work. Hydro’s…