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Power Outage Advisory – Update – Power restored in Natuashish
Read More: Power Outage Advisory – Update – Power restored in NatuashishApril 9, 2015 – UPDATE 11:50AM- Power was restored for all customers in Natuashish at 11:05AM Labrador Time. Thank you to our customers for their patience as our crews worked as quickly and safely as possible to repair the diesel unit. April 9 – 2015 – UPDATE 7:50 AM – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro…
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Hydro begins annual maintenance season
Read More: Hydro begins annual maintenance seasonInvesting to ensure safe, reliable electricity service March 31, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is beginning its annual maintenance program, investing in the province’s electricity system to ensure delivery of reliable and safe electricity for customers. “As we head into spring, customer demand typically begins to decline and this coincides with the beginning…
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Hydro’s Phase I Supply Hearing Presentation
Read More: Hydro’s Phase I Supply Hearing PresentationNLH Presentation Phase I Hearing
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Public Safety Advisory: Reminder to be cautious around high snowbanks
Read More: Public Safety Advisory: Reminder to be cautious around high snowbanksNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is reminding residents across the province to be cautious around high snowbanks which can get dangerously close to overhead power lines. The large accumulation of snow across the province has created large drifts that, in some areas, could potentially reach power lines. Large volumes of snow could bring children, snowmobilers,…
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New Electricity Industry Career Education And Awareness Initiative Launched Today
Read More: New Electricity Industry Career Education And Awareness Initiative Launched TodayNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) and Newfoundland Power, in partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, are launching a new education and awareness initiative to promote careers in the electricity industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal is to educate youth in the province about the electricity industry and the associated career opportunities through…
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Public Advisory: Holyrood Unit 1 returned to service as planned
Read More: Public Advisory: Holyrood Unit 1 returned to service as plannedNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the repair to unit one at the Holyrood Generating Plant is complete and it has been returned to service. Crews continued to work overnight executing a careful plan to bring the unit back in a slow and controlled manner to ensure integrity of the unit. Hydro…
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Hydro advising customers that one of three Holyrood units is offline for emergency repair
Read More: Hydro advising customers that one of three Holyrood units is offline for emergency repairNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that one of the three Holyrood generating units was taken offline late last night for an emergency repair. The unit is expected to be returned to service early Friday morning. This repair was a necessary and prudent course of action to ensure the ability to conduct a…
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Customers restored within 10 minutes during morning outage
Read More: Customers restored within 10 minutes during morning outageAt approximately 10:55 a.m. this morning, one of the three generating units at Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s (Hydro) Holyrood Thermal Generating Station tripped offline. As a result, there was a ten minute outage to approximately 17,000 customers. Hydro had sufficient generation reserves online which allowed immediate restoration of customers. The trip on the Holyrood unit…
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Trip at Holyrood being investigated – all customers restored
Read More: Trip at Holyrood being investigated – all customers restoredUnit 1 at Holyrood tripped this morning, just before 11AM. We are investigating the cause of the trip. There was sufficient reserve generation available and all customers have now been restored.
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Public Safety Advisory – Controlled releases of water have ended
Read More: Public Safety Advisory – Controlled releases of water have endedNewfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising residents, cabin owners and travellers in central Newfoundland that the potential for controlled releases of water is over for now at all reservoirs. People are advised to always use the areas around hydroelectric facilities with great caution as water levels and flows can be unpredictable.