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Electricity Rates – Our Impact

Electricity Rates – Our Impact

The electricity system involves many organizations working together. At Newfoundland Power, our role is to deliver electricity to homes and businesses.

We purchase 93% of the power we deliver from Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.  When the cost of electricity is raised by Hydro, it has a direct impact on electricity rates for our customers.

The rate increase effective October 1, 2019 was by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro. It was not related to our operations and has no financial benefit for Newfoundland Power.

Doing our Part

We understand what’s most important to our customers is reliable service at affordable rates.

And we know you are concerned about Muskrat Falls and the cost of electricity. We share your concerns and will continue to work hard every day to manage costs and minimize our impact on electricity rates.

Here to Help

We can help you save energy and money through our takeCHARGE programs, rebates and energy saving advice. So far our customers have saved enough electricity to power the towns of Clarenville, Gander, and Stephenville for a year.

Newfoundland Power offers an financing to help you get started with your energy efficiency improvements.

You can also apply for our Equal Payment Plan. This plan allows you to pay the same amount all year long and avoid increases in your bill during the colder winter season.

Luminary Award Deadline Almost Here!

Luminary Award Deadline Almost Here!

If you know a company, town, retailer or individual whose energy-efficient efforts deserve to be in the spotlight, let us know. Maybe it’s you!


The deadline to apply is Friday, September 13!


Individuals all over the province are taking brilliant steps to save energy. takeCHARGE believes that deserves to be celebrated! The Luminary Awards recognize companies, organizations, communities, and individuals all across Newfoundland and Labrador who are taking brilliant steps to save energy – and inspiring others to do the same.


Complete your nomination form by September 13, 2019 to and you could could be recognized as one of our Province’s Energy-Saving Stars! You can nominate more than one candidate using separate forms!


Check out these eligibility criteria and guidelines. Click here to start your submission, or download the PDF to submit through email.


We look forward to reading your submissions!

Avoid potential wait times with self-service options

Avoid potential wait times with self-service options

We’ve got lots of online self-service options to help make your interactions with us more convenient. When you visit our website you can:

Access your billing and payment history
Report a power outage
Set up automatic payments
Get your bill by email
Make a payment arrangement
Register for outage notifications and updates
Report a streetlight that’s not working

What are you WAITING for? Visit newfoundlandpower.com today!

Celebrating Leaders in Energy Efficiency

Celebrating Leaders in Energy Efficiency

Newfoundland Power and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro held their first ever Luminary Awards on October 24, 2018. The takeCHARGE Luminary Awards were created to recognize people, organizations and communities across the province who have taken steps to be more energy efficient.

 

We would like to congratulate the following winners who were recognized at our inaugural event:

Community Impact Award: Norris Arm Heritage Society

Leadership Award – Individual: Ethel O’Brian

Leadership Award – Individual (Residential): Steve Morey, Clean Air Solutions

Leadership Award – Individual (Commercial): Jeff Browning, Guillevin International

Leadership Award – Organization: Coleman Group of Companies

Leadership Award – Organization: Ingram’s Electrical

Partnership Award: Maurice Tarrant, College of the North Atlantic

Innovation Award: Empowered Homes

Retail Partnership Award:  The Home Depot Canada

The BIG Award: Country Ribbon Inc.

The BIG Award: St. Anthony Seafood’s Ltd. Partnership

“We are committed to helping our customers make wise decisions about their energy use. By following the sound advice of our takeCHARGE energy experts, our customers save millions on their electricity bills every year,” said Gary Murray, Vice President, Customer Operations. “The Luminary Award recipients have shown leadership in promoting and advancing energy efficiency in Newfoundland and Labrador and we appreciate their partnership.”

Check out our press release for more details on the award categories and recipients.

Congratulations to all the 2018 Luminary Award winners!

 

 

 

 

 

 

EnviroFest 2017 – Celebrating 20 years!

EnviroFest 2017 – Celebrating 20 years!

At Newfoundland Power we’re committed to operating in an environmentally responsible manner while enhancing the quality of life in the communities where we live and work. We take pride in the difference our employees have made in communities across the island through our employee-driven Environmental Commitment Program.

EnviroFest is our annual celebration of the environment and this year we celebrated 20 years of hosting beautification projects across the province. Our employees dig in and play a hands-on role in the projects by volunteering, working right alongside our community partners.

We once again invited municipalities and community groups to submit proposals early in March and the great projects highlighted below were completed in June.

Carmanville: Approximately 20 volunteers, including MHA Derrick Bragg, were on hand to construct 10 planter boxes located at the town council office and another was constructed for the senior’s home in the community.

St. Mark’s School – King’s Cove: We had another great turnout from the community, employees and Minister Eddie Joyce and MHA Neil King dropped by. Employees and volunteers created an outdoor classroom and cleaned up around the school to make way for planter boxes that were filled with vegetable plants and flowers.

Tom McCormick Memorial Park – Bristol’s Hope: Approximately 40 employee volunteers and residents, along with Minister Steve Crocker, were on hand to lay over 4,000 square feet of sods in under one hour and planted trees/shrubs and flowers.

Steady Brook: We worked with the Corner Brook Stream Trail Association to plant trees and shrubs at the beginning of the trail in Steady Brook that will eventually connect with the trail in Corner Brook. Our partnership with the Corner Brook Stream Trail Association has spanned almost 15 years and it was great to work them again.