Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro would like to advise customers in Labrador West that this year’s extended power outage will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, September 14.

This extended outage is needed in order for Hydro crews to safely conduct critical annual maintenance and equipment upgrades at the Wabush terminal station, on the transmission lines from Churchill Falls, and on the distribution system in the Labrador West area.

While this work is ongoing, all customers in the town of Wabush will experience a power outage from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Completing this work safely and properly requires that power lines and terminal stations are “de-energized”. Unlike in Labrador City, backup power cannot be routed to Wabush customers due to ground fault levels in Wabush being too high. Click here to learn more about why these annual outages take place in Labrador West.

Customers in Labrador City will be supplied through backup power from Hydro Quebec. Those customers will experience a short outage in order to tie-in the backup supply.

Power may need to be dropped for some customers in Labrador City if the electrical load becomes more than can be supplied through the backup power. We will notify customers through our Facebook and X pages should this be required.

To help us avoid this, we are asking customers in Labrador City to adjust their electrical usage on September 14 by doing things such as:

• Limiting hot water usage (dishwashers, clothes washers, long showers)
• Limiting use of clothes dryers
• Reducing use of air conditioners
• Unplugging unused small appliances or equipment
• Paying particular attention to use during peak times of 7-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.
• More conservation tips here

Thank you for your continued understanding as we complete this essential work on the electricity system to increase capacity and ensure continued reliability for Labrador West.

For outage information any time, visit www.nlhydro.com/outages, call us at 1-888-737-1296, or follow Hydro on Facebook and X.