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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. Johns, December 23, 2024.

Krista Quinlan

Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

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Definitions

Exemption

Commencement

Short title

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

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Definitions

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)

t he 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.

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Exemption

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.

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Commencement

This Order comes into force on January 1, 2025.

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