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Hydro advises that the peak for the Hydro System tonight night was 1398MW at approximately 7:16 p.m. The temperatures are forecast to rise tomorrow and into the weekend, returning to more seasonal temperatures. Therefore, the request for conservation is no longer required. Hydro wishes to thank both our residential and business customers for their conservation…

Hydro advises that the peak for the Hydro System last night was 1,472MW at approximately 8:20 p.m. and the peak this morning was 1,482MW and occurred at approximately 7:15 a.m. Current generating capacity on the Hydro System is 1,575 MW. “We experienced very high loads on the system last night and this morning due to…

Hydro advised today that the peak for the Hydro System this morning was 1,406MW and occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. Yesterday, Hydro was forecasting a morning peak for today of 1,450MW. “It appears that customer conservation efforts helped reduce the peak we saw on the system this morning,” said Dawn Dalley, VP Corporate Relations. “Every…

Hydro is forecasting very high electricity demand on the Island Interconnected System for the next three days, March 4‐6.  As a precautionary measure, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is requesting that customers on the island take steps to conserve electricity where possible. Hydro has 1,575MW of generation available on its system, and peak loads over the…

October 18, 2013 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is reminding the public of the importance of adhering to all warnings, signage and fencing around our hydroelectric sites and structures. It has come to our attention that recently, a member of the public climbed a ladder on one of the Surge Tanks at the Bay d’Espoir…

October 3, 2013 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) today released the final root cause analysis and report on the incident with Unit One at the Holyrood Thermal Generating Station in January 2013. The company also filed its report with the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. “The incident in January had a significant impact…

September 20, 2013 – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) and Newfoundland Power are urging the public, contractors and heavy equipment operators to take a moment to identify the location of overhead and/or underground power lines before beginning work. In 2012, Hydro and Newfoundland Power recorded 136 power line contacts by the public and contractors. So…

Hydro hosts Prime Power Diesel Inter-Utility Conference

The Quebec Superior Court has dismissed Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s (Hydro) motion for a judicial review of the Régie de l’énergie’s (Régie) decisions related to Hydro’s complaints regarding Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie (HQT) stemming from Hydro’s request for transmission service in January 2006. Hydro’s request for a judicial review does not affect the Muskrat Falls development and…

July 30, 2013, St. John’s, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) filed a General Rate Application (GRA) today with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (PUB) to set electricity rates effective January 1, 2014. This is the company’s first application since 2006 and will adjust rates to reflect current costs…