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June 30 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 7 at the Bay d’Espoir Hydroelectric Plant is offline for approximately 8 weeks to complete annual scheduled maintenance. Generation reserves are sufficient and there is no customer impact as a result of this work. Hydro’s annual maintenance season generally begins in April when customer electricity demand begins to…

September 15 Unit 2 has been returned to service after completion of annual summer maintenance. June 16 – 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 summer maintenance. Unit 2  has been removed from service until early September.  Hydro’s annual maintenance…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro would like to remind participants in the Red Indian Lake Fish Derby taking place June 17-19 in central Newfoundland to be careful on the lake and to stay a safe distance away from Exploits Dam (also known as Millertown Dam). Red Indian Lake is the second largest lake in the province…

Update June 30 Work on the Transmission line from Sunnyside to Western Avalon is now complete. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) wishes to advise customers about upcoming work on transmission lines servicing the Avalon Peninsula. A transmission line running from Western Avalon to Hardwoods (Paradise) will be offline 7am until 7pm on June 12; and…

June 13 Update: The combustion turbine was returned to service on June 12. —- Previous update UPDATE: The timeframe has been extended and the combustion turbine is expected to be offline until June 13th to complete repairs. —– May 31 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that the Holyrood Combustion Turbine is offline for…

UPDATE – Unit 2 returned to service on Sunday, May 29. — May 26, 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 2 has been taken offline in Holyrood Generating Station due to an equipment issue identified this morning. Standby units will be brought online, as needed, to ensure adequate generation reserves to…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro)  is advising that two of seven generating units (Units 1 and 2)  at the Bay d’Espoir hydroelectric power station are currently offline for repair work. There is no anticipated customer impact due to this work and the units are scheduled to be back online in the next couple of weeks. This advisory is part…

Update: This unit was returned to service on May 22. — Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising that one of seven generating units (Unit 7)  at the Bay d’Espoir hydroelectric power station is currently offline to replace the generator coolers. There is no anticipated customer impact due to this work and the unit is scheduled to be…