For some time now, Nalcor has needed an extra line from Bay d’Espoir to increase the capacity across the Isthmus of Avalon. They just kept finding excuses not to install it. In January 2014, Nalcor chief executive Ed Martin told CBC’s Ted Blades that the line would be the most
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: If Nalcor got the peak load wrong #nlpoli
The rolling blackouts on the island of Newfoundland could warn of bigger problems to come, if a new paper by the analyst JM is correct. Underestimating peak load and the potential impact on the Muskrat Falls solution -srbp-
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Great Blizzard/Blackout 2014 #nlpoli
Some observations: 1. Yep. It’s a crisis. When you have a major utility cutting electricity to people in a blizzard at random, for random periods of time because it cannot supply enough electricity to meet demand, you have a crisis. That’s what it feels like to the people in it.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Hydro’s Problem Questions #nlpoli
As the Telegram reported on Saturday, the Public Utilities Board has suspended consideration of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s 2013 capital works application. The company is having trouble answering a couple of questions. Here are the ones that are causing problems. The first one: PUB-NLH-1 Please provide an updated Generation Planning
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