NL Hydro CEO Jenifer Williams speaks to reporters about the successful conclusion of testing of the Labrador-Island link, in St. John's, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is considered commissioned after years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns.
Jennifer Williams, CEO of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, made the announcement today to reporters in St. John’s following a weekend of successful final testing.
She says the project will be declared officially commissioned in the near future after paperwork is completed with the federal government.
Williams says the project passed the final round of high-power testing over the weekend on the 1,100-kilometre Labrador-Island Link.
That transmission system runs from the Muskrat Falls site in Labrador to a converter station outside St. John’s.
Muskrat Falls was officially approved in 2012 with an initial price tag of around $7.4 billion, which has ballooned to more than $13 billion.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 12, 2023.
