Newfoundland Power

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Newfoundland Power Inc.
FormerlyNewfoundland Light & Power
Type Subsidiary
Industry Electricity generation & distribution
Founded1924;100 years ago (1924)
Headquarters St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Key people
Gary Murray, President & CEO
Products Electricity
Revenue Green Arrow Up.svg $420,000,000 CAN
Number of employees
650 (2017)
Parent Fortis Inc.
Website newfoundlandpower.com

Newfoundland Power Inc. is an electric utility owned by Fortis Inc. which is the primary retailer of electric power in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The company was formed by the Royal Securities Corporation of Montreal in 1924 as the Newfoundland Light & Power Company.

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In the year of its incorporation it purchased the assets of the St. John's Light and Power Company which had been formed originally by Robert Gillespie Reid as the St. John's Street Railway Company in 1896. Those assets included Newfoundland and Labrador's first hydro electric generating station at Petty Harbour, Petty Harbour Hydro Electric Generating Station.

After 1924 Newfoundland Light & Power Company became a subsidiary of the International Power Company, and it remained a subsidiary until 1949, when the parent company sold its shares in it to the general public.

The Newfoundland Light & Power Company supplied the general needs of the St. John's urban area and operated the city's electrical street car system. In 1948 the street railway was disbanded and the company became solely an electric company.

Newfoundland Power operates 23 hydro generating plants, three diesel plants and three gas turbine facilities for a total installed capacity of 139.4 MW. [1]

Historical highlights

Hydroelectric Facilities

See also: List of generating stations in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name Location Capacity (MW)In ServiceRef
Cape Broyle 47°05′45.3″N52°56′13.9″W / 47.095917°N 52.937194°W / 47.095917; -52.937194 (Cape Broyle) 6.281952 [2]
Fall Pond (Little St. Lawrence) 46°55′42.6″N55°21′26.2″W / 46.928500°N 55.357278°W / 46.928500; -55.357278 (Fall Pond) 0.351942 [3]
Grand Falls 48°55′31.5″N55°40′04.2″W / 48.925417°N 55.667833°W / 48.925417; -55.667833 (Grand Falls) 74.51937 [2] [4] [5]
Heart's Content 47°51′46.1″N53°22′32.6″W / 47.862806°N 53.375722°W / 47.862806; -53.375722 (Hearts Content) 2.71918 [2]
Horsechops 47°07′55.2″N52°58′53.7″W / 47.132000°N 52.981583°W / 47.132000; -52.981583 (Horsechops) 8.131953 [2]
Lawn 46°56′52.6″N55°32′10.3″W / 46.947944°N 55.536194°W / 46.947944; -55.536194 (Lawn) 0.61983 [2]
Lockston 48°24′03.4″N53°22′43.3″W / 48.400944°N 53.378694°W / 48.400944; -53.378694 (Lockston) 31955 [2]
Lookout Brook 48°21′58.5″N58°17′39.3″W / 48.366250°N 58.294250°W / 48.366250; -58.294250 (Lookout Brook) 5.81958 [2]
Mobile 47°14′52.3″N52°50′30.5″W / 47.247861°N 52.841806°W / 47.247861; -52.841806 (Mobile) 10.51951 [2]
New Chelsea 48°01′44.9″N53°12′36.9″W / 48.029139°N 53.210250°W / 48.029139; -53.210250 (New Chelsea) 3.71957 [2]
Norris Arm 49°04′03.1″N55°17′53.6″W / 49.067528°N 55.298222°W / 49.067528; -55.298222 (Norris Arm) 1.141983 [2]
Petty Harbour 47°27′55.2″N52°42′44.6″W / 47.465333°N 52.712389°W / 47.465333; -52.712389 (Petty Harbour) 5.251900 [2]
Pierre's Brook 47°17′18.0″N52°49′15.6″W / 47.288333°N 52.821000°W / 47.288333; -52.821000 (Pierre's Brook) 4.31931 [2]
Pitman's Pond 48°00′23.3″N53°11′39.0″W / 48.006472°N 53.194167°W / 48.006472; -53.194167 (Pitman's Pond) 0.6251959 [2]
Port Union 48°29′53.2″N53°05′24.0″W / 48.498111°N 53.090000°W / 48.498111; -53.090000 (Port Union) 0.5111918 [2]
Rocky Pond 47°15′13.2″N52°56′09.2″W / 47.253667°N 52.935889°W / 47.253667; -52.935889 (Rocky Pond) 3.251943 [2]
Rose Blanche Brook 47°39′06.6″N58°42′46.8″W / 47.651833°N 58.713000°W / 47.651833; -58.713000 (Rose Blanche Brook) 61998 [2]
Sandy Brook 48°53′27.3″N55°49′22.1″W / 48.890917°N 55.822806°W / 48.890917; -55.822806 (Sandy Brook) 6.311963 [2]
Seal Cove 47°27′26.6″N53°04′03.9″W / 47.457389°N 53.067750°W / 47.457389; -53.067750 (Seal Cove) 3.581923 [2]
Topsail 47°32′22.2″N52°55′08.6″W / 47.539500°N 52.919056°W / 47.539500; -52.919056 (Topsail) 2.61983 [2]
Tors Cove 47°12′38.1″N52°50′54.3″W / 47.210583°N 52.848417°W / 47.210583; -52.848417 (Tors Cove) 6.51942 [2]
Victoria 47°46′30.4″N53°12′55.7″W / 47.775111°N 53.215472°W / 47.775111; -53.215472 (Victoria) 0.551904 [2]
West Brook 46°56′33.2″N55°23′03.9″W / 46.942556°N 55.384417°W / 46.942556; -55.384417 (West Brook) 0.681942 [2]

Decommissioned stations

Name Location Capacity (MW)DateTypeRef
Aguathuna 48°33′43″N58°46′09″W / 48.561955°N 58.769272°W / 48.561955; -58.769272 (Aguathuna) 1.21962–1998Diesel Genset [6]
Flavin's Lane 47°34′07″N52°42′29″W / 47.568633°N 52.708150°W / 47.568633; -52.708150 (Flavin's Lane) 0.1861885–1892 Thermal (Coal) [7]
Gander 48°56′56″N54°35′08″W / 48.948866°N 54.585659°W / 48.948866; -54.585659 (Gander) 2.651949–1998Diesel Genset [8]
Port aux Basques 47°36′34″N59°10′58″W / 47.609554°N 59.182641°W / 47.609554; -59.182641 (Port aux Basques) 3.071973–2000Diesel Genset [9]
Port Union 48°29′53″N53°05′25″W / 48.498151°N 53.090176°W / 48.498151; -53.090176 (Port Union) 0.51949–1998Diesel Genset [10]
Salt Pond 47°05′37″N55°12′10″W / 47.093640°N 55.202766°W / 47.093640; -55.202766 (Salt Pond) 1.51963–1998Diesel Genset [11]
St. John's Diesel 47°33′50″N52°41′26″W / 47.563886°N 52.690469°W / 47.563886; -52.690469 (St. John's Diesel) 2.51953–2005Diesel Genset [12]
St. John's Steam 47°33′50″N52°41′24″W / 47.563909°N 52.690110°W / 47.563909; -52.690110 (St. John's Steam) 9.81956–2000Thermal (Fuel oil) [13]
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