NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 99/24

Maritime Link - Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Exemption Order
under the
Electrical Power Control Act, 1994
and the
Public Utilities Act
(OC 2024-217)

(Filed December 23, 2024)

Under the authority of section 5.2 of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 and section 4.1 of the Public Utilities Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, December 23, 2024.

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

           1.    Short title

           2.    Definitions

           3.    Exemption

           4.    Commencement

 

Short title

       1.  This Order may be cited as the Maritime Link - Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Exemption Order.

Definitions

       2.  In this Order,

            (a)  "Maritime Link" means

                    (i)  the Maritime Link AC facilities, and

                   (ii)  the Maritime Link DC facilities;

           (b)  "Maritime Link AC facilities" means the following assets that form part of the Maritime Link:

                    (i)  the Bottom Brook 230 kV terminal station,

                   (ii)  the Granite Canal 230 kV switchyard, and

                 (iii)  the 230 kV transmission line from the Granite Canal switchyard to the Bottom Brook 230 kV terminal station; and

            (c)  "Maritime Link DC facilities" means the following assets that form part of the Maritime Link:

                    (i)  HVDC transmission lines from the Bottom Brook converter station to the Cape Ray transition compound,

                   (ii)  submarine cables from the Cape Ray transition compound to Cape Breton Island, in the province of Nova Scotia,

                 (iii)  the Bottom Brook converter station,

                  (iv)  the Cape Ray transition compound, which transitions the transmission line described in subparagraph (i) from overhead to underground,

                   (v)  the shore line grounding station located at Port Harmon, and associated grounding line from the Bottom Brook converter station to the grounding station, and

                  (vi)  the AC lines connecting the Bottom Brook converter station to the Bottom Brook 230 kV terminal station.

Exemption

       3.  Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is exempt from the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 and the Public Utilities Act for all aspects of its activities pertaining to the Maritime Link.

Commencement

       4.  This Order comes into force on January 1, 2025.

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