NB Power says it is enacting a moratorium on winter disconnections of electricity for vulnerable populations in the province. On Friday, the utility’s president, Lori Clark, told reporters disconnection is a “last resort.” “We have developed some criteria that we will want to enforce to make sure that we are helping customers manage their bills […]
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Three people entrusted with comprehensive review of NB Power were named on Friday. As NB Power projects “significant” rate increases, the Holt government announced a three person team in-charge of leading a comprehensive review of the debt-laden NB Power. The team includes; Michael Bernstein and Duncan Hawthorne, former energy sector executives, and Anne E. Bertrand, […]
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Irving Paper is laying off 140 employees as the company shuts down 50 per cent of operations at its Saint John mill. The company blames the province’s uncompetitive industrial electricity as the reason for the permanent shutdown, announced on Monday. Mark Mosher, the vice-president of Irving Pulp & Paper, said the move is “necessary to […]
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By John Chilibeck, The Daily Gleaner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Brunswick’s Holt Liberal government should consider a larger inquiry into NB Power if it wants to help people upset over high electricity bills, says a political observer. Mario Levesque, a political science professor at Mount Allison University, said Premier Susan Holt was smart to […]
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By John Chilibeck, The Daily Gleaner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Last year’s costly, prolonged shutdown at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick is just a piece of debilitatingly expensive repairs to come, warns an industry critic. The outage that lasted between April 6 and Dec. 11 could end up costing New Brunswick […]
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