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This company says a large-scale battery system could replace the Tantramar gas plant for half the cost
An energy storage company from Ontario says it has a way to meet N.B. Power’s growing electricity demand, and the price tag would be less than half that of a controversial gas and diesel plant the utility is proposing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nrstor-large-scale-battery-replace-tantramar-gas-plant-9.7131768?cmp=rss

CBC New Brunswick Mar 13

N.B. Power pitches a premium 'net-zero' rate while its greenhouse gas emissions surge
Information filed with the Energy and Utilities Board shows the utility burned more fossil fuels over the past 12 months than it has in over a decade.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-emissions-surge-9.7128321?cmp=rss

CBC New Brunswick Mar 11

Rate increases of 50% over six years under the spotlight at N.B. Power hearing

N.B. Power is in front of the New Brunswick Energy and utilities board seeking approval to raise its rates by 4.75 per cent this year, but the utility's plans to follow that with a 6.5 per cent increase next year and another 6.5 per cent increase the year after have been raising their own set of questions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-rate-increases-9.7124680?cmp=rss

CBC New Brunswick Mar 9

New Brunswick utilities board rejects April 1 power rate increase
A proposed 4.75 per cent increase in electricity prices that N.B. Power was hoping to impose on customers April 1 will instead be delayed until June or, potentially, July.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-power-rate-increase-rejection-9.7120927?cmp=rss

CBC New Brunswick Mar 4

Property tax win for N.B. Power to cost Belledune and Saint John more than $1M
The Village of Belledune and City of Saint John are each facing the loss of more than $500,000 in their municipal budgets next year following downward revisions in the taxable value of major N.B. Power generating plants in their communities.
#finance #government #Belledune #SaintJohn
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/property-tax-belledune-saint-john-9.7114606?cmp=rss

CBC New Brunswick Feb 26

Surcharges on customer bills may last another eight years, N.B. Power figures show
A special $236.1 million debt built up in N.B. Power "variance accounts," which electricity customers have been paying a three per cent surcharge on every power bill to try to retire, has instead grown by $118.7 million since those payments began two years ago.
#finance #bills #debt #NBPower
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-customer-bill-surcharges-9.7105691?cmp=rss

Peregrine Dec 20

Welp... looks like I have a chance to test the new UPS I got for the modem. #nbpower

Peregrine Nov 20

You know that feeling you get when you're being lied to, and you kinda feel you know why, but starting a list would take you all day? I'm getting that right now. #nbpower #nbpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-flexibility-data-centres-9.6984931

N.B. Power wants flexibility from power-hungry data centres | CBC News

N.B. Power says it’s not alarmed by the electricity needs of a proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of Saint John but will be looking for flexibility from such centres on their consumption.

CBC

Harold Jarche Oct 13

"There are compelling reasons to reduce fossil fuels where possible and to utilize cleaner sources of energy. And, you know, one of the big questions about a 500 megawatt gas plant is how much of it is really going to be used as a backup. It sort of sounds like New Brunswick Power is planning to use this facility not only to back up the wind and solar, but really to meet growing demand.” —Prof Warren Mabee, Queens U

https://warktimes.com/2025/10/13/expert-questions-nb-power-plan-for-gas-diesel-plant-near-centre-village/

#NBPower #FossilFuels

Expert questions NB Power plan for gas/diesel plant near Centre Village

An expert on renewable energy at Queen’s University says he would need answers to a number of key questions before determining whether the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant near Cen…

Ocean Playground News Sep 25

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Tantramar council turns down call to officially oppose proposed natural gas power plant
#NBPower announced in July that its Renewables Integration and Grid Stability project would be built near Centre Village. Since then, many residents and environmental groups have been vocal in their opposition, but their municipal council won't join that opposition.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tantramar-council-no-opposition-gas-plant-1.7642672?cmp=rss

Tantramar council turns down call to officially oppose proposed natural gas power plant | CBC News

NB Power announced in July that its Renewables Integration and Grid Stability project would be built near Centre Village. Since then, many residents and environmental groups have been vocal in their opposition, but their municipal council won't join that opposition.

CBC