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ABOUT HYDRO
We are proud of our record of service and will strive for continual improvement in all areas of our operations as we meet the energy needs of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is a Crown corporation owned by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Hydro is the parent company of Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation, Lower Churchill Development Corporation, Gull Island Power Company and Twin Falls Power Corporation.
Headquartered in St. John’s, Hydro supplies over 80 per cent of the province’s electrical energy. Hydro is the fourth largest power utility in Canada, with 7,288 megawatts (MW) of installed generating capacity, and is the province’s main energy provider with electrical sales of 39,715 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2006, 8,397 GWh for domestic use and 31,318 GWh for export.
The company has over 1,200 employees in four lines of business: Regulated Operations; Churchill Falls Operations; Lower Churchill Project; and Business Development.
Regulated Operations:
This division’s mandate is to deliver safe, reliable, least-cost power to industrial, utility and over 35,000 direct customers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The division has over 860 employees, focused on safety, environment, conservation and efficient operations.
Division assets include: nine hydro-electric generating stations; one oil-fired plant; four gas turbines; three interconnected diesel generating stations; and, 21 isolated diesel generating and distribution systems. Hydro also maintains 54 high-voltage terminal stations, 25 lower-voltage interconnected distribution substations, 3,742 km of interconnected high-voltage transmission lines and 3,334 km of distribution lines.
Churchill Falls Operations:
Approximately 220 employees keep the Churchill Falls Generating Station operating efficiently year round.
Lower Churchill Project:
The 2,824 MW Lower Churchill Project will deliver a long-term supply of reliable, clean electricity to meet the growing energy demands of all customers in the province, and potentially Ontario, Québec, the Maritime Provinces and the northeast United States. The project will generate electricity to power approximately 1.5 million homes and displace 16 megatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually from comparable coal thermal production.
Business Development:
Hydro is pursuing business opportunities in oil and gas; wind generation; alternative energy sources; and, research and development.
Hydro is exploring opportunities in the oil and gas sector with an approach to maximizing benefits from this resource to help build a stronger economy and support its pursuit of renewable resource developments. On the island and in isolated diesel communities, energy from wind generation has the potential to address electricity demands in the province while reducing the reliance on thermal generation. In Labrador, it also has the potential to be developed for export to other markets.
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