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Hydro employee injured at Holyrood Thermal Generating Station
Read More: Hydro employee injured at Holyrood Thermal Generating StationApril 10, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) advises that mid-afternoon today an employee at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station was injured while performing work on one of the Thermal Units. The employee was treated on-site by Holyrood’s Emergency Response Technicians prior to being transported by ambulance to the Health Sciences Centre in St.…
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Equipment Advisory – Hydro advising customers Gas Turbine in Happy Valley Goose Bay offline for annual maintenance
Read More: Equipment Advisory – Hydro advising customers Gas Turbine in Happy Valley Goose Bay offline for annual maintenanceApril 10, 2015 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the 25MW Gas Turbine in Happy Valley Goose Bay is being taken offline from April 13 – May 24 to begin annual maintenance to ensure continued safe and reliable service for our customers. Hydro’s annual maintenance season generally begins in April when…
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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…