Guest Post
By David Vardy
The Liberty
Group has just reported to the PUB dealing with reliability and supply issues
prior to the connection with Muskrat Falls. In this report Liberty notes that
NL Hydro has significantly reduced its load forecast over the past 18 months,
leading to the conclusion that little if any additional capacity is needed.
However, Liberty challenges the assessment of Hydro on its overly optimistic
diagnosis of the operating condition of diesel and gas fired generation
capacity on the Island and its readiness to provide reliable power up to the
interconnection with Muskrat Falls. Liberty also poses the question as to
whether we are ready in the event of a two year delay in completing the Muskrat
Falls project to 2022-23.
