The Churchill Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric power station located on the Churchill River in Labrador.
The underground power station can generate 5,428 MW, which makes it the second-largest in Canada.
The facility is owned and operated by the Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation Limited. Which is a joint venture between Nalcor Energy (65.8%) and Hydro-Québec (34.2%).
Premier Joey Smallwood saw Churchill Falls for the first time in August, 1949. Smallwood became obsessed in developing the hydroelectric potential.
The government of Quebec considered the inland watershed of Labrador to be part of their province and fought a long but losing legal battle to prevent granting the territory to Newfoundland at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The division of profits from the sale of electricity generated at the plant has proven to be a very sensitive political issue in Newfoundland and Labrador, with many considering the share accorded to Hydro-Québec "an immense and unconscionable windfall."
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has twice challenged the contract in court, with both challenges failing.