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Newfoundland Power is wired for caring and sharing
M
ikayla Chislett
launched her
engineering career
at Newfoundland
Power Inc. just
over two years ago and hasn’t
looked back.
Chislett’s two co-op terms at the
utility while studying electrical
engineering cemented her belief
that working at Newfoundland
Power could give her a long
and fulfilling career and keep
her close to home. Since being
hired in 2022, after graduating
from Memorial University of
Newfoundland, she has steadily
expanded her skills from learning
and design capital projects to
fixing transmission lines.
“I see a long career here for myself. There are so many opportunities to learn and to collaborate,”
says Chislett, an electrical
engineer in distribution planning.
“Everyone is very willing to help
even when I ask the same person
14 questions a day.”
President and CEO Gary
Murray fosters collaboration at
Newfoundland Power and takes
pride in the company’s more
than 600 employees whose work
ensures the delivery of safe,
reliable electricity to over 276,000
customers.
“I am so proud of our employees, who are committed to being
there for our customers whenever
and wherever they need us,” says
Murray. “We exist to serve the customers of the province and ensure
they have the power they need.”
Murray adds that the expertise of Newfoundland Power
employees has contributed to the
company being ranked number
one in reliability among the
Atlantic provinces’ utilities over
the last decade, with customer
outages 40 per cent shorter than
the Canadian average.
Since joining the utility in 2002
as a project engineer with extensive experience in the hydroelectric industry, Murray has seized
challenging opportunities at
Newfoundland Power to advance
his career, and he fosters those
same opportunities for employees
like Chislett.
As an engineer-in-training
in the distribution planning
group for the St. John’s region,
Chislett works on everything from
electricity distribution for new
subdivisions to designs for capital
projects. Since joining the company, she has rotated through three
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Employees at Newfoundland Power volunteer during the Annual Downtown St. John’s Christmas Parade,
accepting food and monetary donations.
positions to get hands-on training
and build her competencies
before obtaining her professional
engineering designation this fall.
Some of her favourite work is
patrolling distribution lines in
the middle of the night during a
storm to help technicians solve
problems. “You’re out in that wind
and you’re out in that rain and
you’re getting people’s power back
on,” she says.
“I get a really big sense of
belonging when I’m here. I
walk into work every day
excited.”
— Mikayla Chislett
Distribution Planning,
Electrical Engineer
Being part of Newfoundland
Power’s caring culture is equally
rewarding for Chislett. Last
December, the utility celebrated
its 25-year partnership with
Community Food Sharing
Association and Downtown St.
John’s Christmas Parade to raise
more than $65,000 in food and
cash donations. Before the holidays, Chislett and colleagues also
collected coats, hats and mittens
for children in need and prepared
a hot meal for some of them.
“It was so rewarding to go with
people you work with every day
and be able to help others and give
back to the community,” she says.
Last year, Newfoundland Power
also celebrated the 25th anniversary of EnviroFest, its program promoting environmental stewardship
