Muskrat Falls
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N.S. regulator greenlights 2.4% power rate hike; would be higher without bailoutA Nova Scotia regulator has approved a 2.4 per cent power rate hike for 2025 to help the province's utility compensate for delays in Muskrat Falls electricity.CanadaNov 29, 2024
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Federal $500M bailout for Muskrat Falls power delays to keep N.S. rate hikes in checkOttawa is negotiating a $500-million bailout for Nova Scotia's privately owned electric utility, saying the money will be used to prevent a big spike in electricity rates.CanadaSep 16, 2024
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Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in N.L. considered commissioned: CEOMuskrat Falls was officially approved in 2012 with an initial price tag of around $7.4 billion, which has ballooned to more than $13 billion.CanadaApr 12, 2023
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Bad deal or injustice? Quebec, N.L. premiers see Churchill Falls differentlyQuebec Premier François Legault faces a Newfoundland and Labrador public scarred by the legacy of two hydroelectric projects considered to be failures for the Atlantic province.CanadaFeb 24, 2023
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Muskrat Falls hydro generating station could take another year to be fully operational: consultantThe project is years overdue and costs have ballooned from $7.4 billion when it was first approved in 2012 to $13.1 billion as of September 2020.CanadaMar 21, 2022
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Nova Scotia utility paid $205 million for replacement fuel after Muskrat Falls delaysNova Scotia Power has released figures indicating $205.5 million was spent on replacement fuels over the past four years because of delays to the Muskrat Falls hydro project.CanadaJan 10, 2022
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Labrador’s Innu Nation drops lawsuit, injunction application over Muskrat FallsA joint statement says the parties have reached an agreement and the Labrador First Nations group will retract its lawsuit and its application for an injunction against the deal.CanadaSep 30, 2021
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Why Canada could be burning coal well beyond the 2030 deadline set by the LiberalsAn explanation of why some Canadians could still be getting electricity generated by burning coal well beyond the 2030 deadline set by the federal governmentCanadaSep 2, 2021
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Federal government offers debt relief for N.L.’s troubled Muskrat Falls projectThe project was sanctioned in 2012 at a cost of $7.4 billion, but the price tag had ballooned to $13.1 billion as of SeptemberPoliticsDec 17, 2020
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Churchill Falls dam: Labrador Innu seek restitution for flooding of ancestral landThe deal to build the massive Churchill Falls hydroelectric project in central Labrador was signed between Newfoundland and Quebec in 1969.CanadaOct 6, 2020
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