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Equipment Advisory – Hydro advises customers that Stephenville Gas Turbine offline for maintenance

August 31st, 2015

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) is advising customers that the 50MW Stephenville Gas Turbine is being taken offline for maintenance to ensure continued safe and reliable service for customers.

The gas turbine will be returned to service in mid-October. All planned system outages are evaluated to eliminate or minimize potential customer impact.

Generation reserves on Hydro’s system are strong. There are no anticipated customer impacts related to this equipment outage and no customer action is required.

This advisory is part of Hydro’s commitment to keep customers informed on the status of the electricity system and significant system events.

For more information visit www.Twitter.com/NLHydro, www.Facebook.com/NLHydro or www.nlhydro.com.

 

 

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Media Contact:

Jill Pitcher
Senior Communications Advisor, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
t. 709.737.1219 / c. 709.689.9938 e. JillPitcher@nlh.nl.ca