logo
welcome
financialpost

financialpost

Churchill Falls energy deal gets green light in Newfoundland and Labrador

financialpost
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

Opposition Progressive Conservatives walk out of the legislature in protest, without casting a vote.

The agreement promises about $227 billion in revenue to the Newfoundland and Labrador treasury.

Under the old agreement, Hydro-Quebec purchased about 15 per cent of its energy from the Churchill Falls plant at prices far below market value.

The province is carrying a net debt of about $17.7 billion , and the province is about $10.4 billion .

The Churchill Falls facility has a generating capacity of around 5,400 megawatts .

It produces about 34 billion kilowatt-hours annually — roughly enough to power Denmark .

Final, binding agreements with Hydro-Quebec , which are expected in 2026 , are expected.

VR Score

77

Informative language

76

Neutral language

70

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

8

https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&text=Churchill%20Falls%20energy%20deal%20gets%20green%20light%20in%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&via=https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labradorhttps://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&title=https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url= https%3A//financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&text=Churchill%20Falls%20energy%20deal%20gets%20green%20light%20in%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador&via=https://www.reddit.com/submit?kind=link&url=https%3A//financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&title=Churchill%20Falls%20energy%20deal%20gets%20green%20light%20in%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labradorhttps://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url= https%3A//financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labradorhttps://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&media=https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/financialpost/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/0111-bc-nl.jpghttps://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/quebec-energy-deal-billions-newfoundland-labrador&title=Churchill%20Falls%20energy%20deal%20gets%20green%20light%20in%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador