The Privacy Commissioner has determined that NL Hydro provide information – as requested – to a complainant who twice sought monthly volume and sales information from the Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation.

A complainant had made two requests to NL Hydro under the Access to Information Act for numbers on the monthly volume of electricity generated by CF(L)Co from January of 2015 to February of 2026 and monthly sales of the electricity produced over the same time period.

NL Hydro denied access to the monthly volume and sales information, citing certain sections of the Act, and directing the complainant to quarterly information made publicly available online.

NL Hydro claims there would be harm in allowing the requested information to become public, resulting in “significant loss to the province” or “significant gain to a third party” and would prove to be an impediment in negotiations or dealings with potential financiers, customers and counterparties.

Privacy Commissioner Kerry Hatfield found that after comparing the monthly and quarterly numbers, the monthly information is not granular enough to offer other parties any additional advantage or insights.

She recommends that NL Hydro release the information requested to the complainant within ten business days of the receipt of her report.