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More repairs are needed on the Muskrat Falls transmission lines, with equipment issues due to “extreme weather” reported on eight towers in a remote area of Newfoundland.

A brutal cold snap across Newfoundland and Labrador is putting pressure on the province's electrical grid — but N.L. Hydro says the system is working as planned.

Both poles of the Labrador-Island Link were brought back online on Wednesday evening, as officials say no customers were affected.

There is more trouble at the aging Holyrood generating facility, with two of the three turbines now out of service and the only unit currently online not operating at full capacity.

Some 9,000 new pieces of equipment must be installed to fix a recurring hardware issue tormenting the Muskrat Falls transmission lines, according to Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

At least one of the generating units at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam must be fully dismantled to undergo repairs. It's a “significant undertaking” for which the cost and timeline are unknown, according to a report submitted to the Public Utilities Board in June.

The Department of Environment and Climate Change has approved N.L. Hydro's proposal to reuse poles treated with pentachlorophenol, a substance recently banned by the federal government.

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says it plans to dismantle 2,372 electrical poles and reuse the wood, even though it's been treated with a toxic chemical recently banned by Health Canada.

Newfoundland’s primary electricity distributor says it’s worried after Muskrat Falls testing led to repeated power outages.

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