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The Hamilton Falls Power Corporation became known as the Churchill Falls Corporation in 1965 when the name of the falls was changed to commemorate former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. CF(L)Co began construction on Churchill Falls Generating Station in 1966 and on May 12, 1969, signed a power contract [2] with Hydro-Québec.
The station cost almost a billion Canadian dollars to build in 1970. Commissioned from 1971 to 1974, it is owned and operated by the Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation Limited, a joint venture between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (65.8%) and Hydro-Québec (34.2%). Workers at the station live in the purpose-built company town of Churchill ...
The company also purchases the bulk of the output of the 5,428-MW Churchill Falls generating station in Labrador, under a long-term contract expiring in 2025. [51] In 2009, Hydro-Québec bought the 60% stake owned by AbitibiBowater in the McCormick plant (335 MW), located at the mouth of the Manicouagan River near Baie-Comeau, for C$616 million ...
The province's largest power station, the 5,428-megawatt Churchill Falls Generating Station, annually generates over 35 TWh of electricity; approximately 90 per cent of this energy flows to Quebec and neighboring markets in Canada, and the USA.
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1969 – CFLCo and Hydro-Québec sign the Upper Churchill Falls power contract; 1971 – First power from Churchill Falls delivered to Quebec; 1974 – Churchill Falls project was complete. 1974 – Wallace Read replaces George Hobbs as Chair of the Power Commission. 1974 - Government acquires part ownership of CFLCo from Brinco
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