| Type | Crown Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity generation & distribution |
| Founded | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (1954) |
| Headquarters | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Key people | Ed Martin, President & CEO |
| Products | Electricity |
| Revenue | $493,500,000 CAN |
| Employees | 1,150 (2005) |
| Subsidiaries | Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited Lower Churchill Development Corporation Limited Gull Island Power Company Limited Twin Falls Power Corporation Limited |
| Website | www.nlh.nl.ca |
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (commonly known as merely Hydro) is a provincial Crown corporation that generates and delivers electricity for Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and the north-eastern areas of the United States. It also delivers voice and data services to customers in some areas.[1] The company is a subsidiary of Nalcor Energy.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's installed generating capacity, 7289 megawatts (MW) is the fourth largest of all utility companies in Canada. Generating assets consist of 12 hydroelectric plants, including the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant, which is the second largest underground power station in the world with a rated capacity of 5,428 MW of power, one oil-fired plant, four gas turbines and 26 diesel plants. Every year, Hydro generates and transmits over 80 per cent of the electrical energy consumed by Newfoundlanders and Labradorians – over 6,487 GWh of energy in 2004. Hydro also distributes power directly to 35,000 customers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
In 1975 the Newfoundland and Labrador Power Commission, a crown corporation originally established to assist in rural electrification, was renamed Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is the parent company of the Hydro Group of Companies, which comprises
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NL Hydro has implemented an aggressive program of selling communications direct to customers, using revenues specifically to pay for provisioning that supports both these and the "smart grid" including real-time monitoring [1] that reduces maintenance expenses.
Of several power companies served by Aliant XWave [2], NL Hydro is the most advanced at such unified offerings. The company's press releases [3] are explicit in promising convergence and triple play voice, data and entertainment services to customers.
The Nova Scotia government commissioned (from SNC-Lavalin) a study in 2009 to consider an Atlantic wide regional electricity market operator [2].
A $6.2 billion deal between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's parent company, Nalcor Energy and Halifax-based Emera was announced by premiers Darrell Dexter and Danny Williams on November 18, 2010. Nalcor Energy will spend $2.9 billion to build a power generating facility at Muskrat Falls, while Emera will invest $1.2-billion in the Maritime Transmission Link underwater power connection and $600 million in the Muskrat Falls facility in exchange for 20% of the 800-megawatts of capacity.
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