The provincial government is expanding its team, working on a deal for the MOU with Hydro-Québec.

Last month, the Churchill River Negotiation Oversight Panel suggested a definitive agreement by the April 2026 deadline may be aggressive.

NL Hydro CEO Jennifer Williams says staff are now focused on the legalities, as the size and complexity of the MOU grows.

“We’re adding people to help us with permits, for example, for the work that we have going on with Hydro-Québec in the field this year,” she told reporters.

“So we’ve needed new resources to help with that. We have legal teams that have expanded from what we had originally in the MOU to more people now that turn our 30-plus page MOU into the definitive agreements, which will be thousands of pages.”

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