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Mining first. Then the wire. Our campus has to live with that.

Open People puts mines and existing Labrador industry first. this province keeps should serve loads that already live here: mines, towns, the corridor between Churchill Falls and Labrador West. The mines already use about 312 MW of the roughly 525 MW Hydro has for Labrador today. They are a real constraint on the campus we propose to lead.

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Megawatts: published, announced, preliminary, not publishedProportional bars for Churchill Falls capacity, NL Hydro's current Labrador allocation, mining load, the public retain framing, Gull Island, upgrades, the wind study, and the unpublished industrial queue.Churchill Falls,existing plant5,428 MWNL Hydro's Labradorallocation today~525 MWof which sold to IOCand Tacora~312 MWPublic retain framing,CF + Gull Islandup to 2,350 MWGull Island, new plant2,250–2,700 MWChurchill Fallsupgrades~1,275 MW by 2042Labrador wind,feasibility study2,000 MW study · 400 MW to NL if builtSigned industrialqueue for retainedpowerNOT PUBLISHED
  • Published or in a regulatory document
  • Announcement language (Government of NL release)
  • Preliminary range or study, subject to studies
  • Not published

Churchill Falls, existing plant

Rated capacity of the existing plant (CER provincial profile). CF(L)Co: NL Hydro 65.8%, Hydro-Québec 34.2%.

01 — The corridor

Hydro's own study says the west lines are at their limit.

We treat a bigger line as the mining-first piece of steel. August's announcement attaches money. Engineering and permits are under way this fall. In-service date: not published.

The corridor the mines needSchematic, not a map. Churchill Falls at the centre. Two existing 230 kV lines run west to Labrador West and are at their operational limit. A proposed 735 kV line with about 1,500 MW of transfer is funded but has no in-service date. Export lines run to Québec, and about 90 percent of Churchill Falls output flows there. Happy Valley–Goose Bay also sits on the system.2 × 230 kVat limit735 kV proposed~90%Labrador West~312 MWChurchill Falls5,428MWQuébecHappy Valley–Goose Bay

Labrador West

Mining load on the two 230 kV lines. Those lines are at their operational limit. Press cite, not a PUB order.

Schematic only. Line lengths and positions are not a map. Select a part. Open the number for its source.

02 — Mining first

What we will count. Nothing uncited.

Mining first

Labrador West iron ore — first in line

The mines that already live on this grid are the first industrial claim. The west Labrador lines are tight. New large loads wait on a bigger line — and on contracts that still are not signed.

Mining first

The corridor the mines need

Hydro’s October notice describes a 735 kV line to Labrador West with a 1,500 MW ceiling, not a guaranteed block. Design work is aimed at December 2026. Construction contracts are expected early 2028. In-service date is still unknown.

Mining first

Critical minerals are the named industrial use

On announcement day the province named minerals and Labrador industry. It did not name a reserved compute class. Mining stays first until the binding paper says otherwise — and it has not.

Cited

Towns and Labrador interconnected load

Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Churchill Falls townsite, Labrador City, and Wabush already sit on this system. They are not a footnote to a campus pitch.

Other cited industry only when a primary or reputable press source exists. None added this pass (Voisey's Bay / Vale MW not restated without a current cite).

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