NB Power’s former president and CEO continued to be the highest-paid civil servant in 2023, despite being fired a year earlier. Keith Cronkhite earned between $575,000 and $599,999, according to unaudited employee salaries released by the province. Cronkhite was fired in July 2022 and later replaced by Lori Clark, who earned between $475,000 to $499,999 […]
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The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station has returned to operation after being out of service for eight months, according to NB Power. In the spring, the station underwent planned maintenance. NB Power said it was upgrading equipment and ensuring the ongoing reliability and safety of the station’s operations. “During start-up protocol, following work completion, a […]
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NB Power said it is continuing work to restore power to thousands of customers. The largest outages was in Central York Sudbury, with more than 12,000 customers without power at it’s peak. “We have a lot of work ahead of us, but our restoration team is active in every district, doing damage assessment and making […]
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NB Power says the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating station could be offline for several weeks. Nearly seven months ago, the province’s major utility took the facility offline for a 100-day planned maintenance outage. However, in a release, the company said during the start-up protocol, “a critical issue was identified with the main generator which is […]
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