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UPDATE: Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Units 2 and 3 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station are fully available to the system after completion of maintenance work. Previous Advisory Sept 9, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 3 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station has been taken offline…

Hydro advises that equipment maintenance work will be occurring on the transmission line servicing Happy Valley Goose Bay between September 8 and September 11. There is no customer impact as a result of this work, as customers will be served using the Happy Valley Goose Bay gas turbine. Equipment maintenance is an important part of…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the 50MW Stephenville Gas Turbine is being taken offline for maintenance to ensure continued safe and reliable service for customers. The gas turbine will be returned to service in mid-October. All planned system outages are evaluated to eliminate or minimize potential customer impact. Generation reserves on…

UPDATE Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Units 2 and 3 at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station are now fully available to the system. Unit 1 will be available in early November after completion of maintenance work. Previous Advisory August 1, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising that Unit 1…

UPDATE – 9:45PM The Holyrood Combustion Turbine is now back online after a minor issue was able to be quickly resolved.  As stated below, Hydro has sufficient power to meet customer demands.  We will continue to keep customers updated on any significant system events. ——————————————————————- 7:30PM – As part of our commitment to keep customers…

Outages across the province this morning were caused by a lightning strike in the Bay d’Espoir area which caused the transmission line from Bay d’Espoir to Sunnyside to trip. Customers are now in the process of being restored.  Generation is not an issue. Lightning is expected on the island throughout the day – please take…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) will start preparing the site at Goodyear’s Dam on the Exploits River in central Newfoundland next week for upcoming repair work on the damaged dam. In order for crews to complete the repairs safely and effectively, water levels on the river will be variable and lower than normal during the construction…

Hydro is conducting testing on the Happy Valley Goose Bay (HVGB) back up Gas Turbine on Friday, July 24th and Saturday July 25. Although Hydro is conducting this work in such a way to minimize impact on customers and no customer outages are planned, there is a possibility that customers in the HVGB area may…