A year-long independent review of N.B. Power ordered by the New Brunswick government has been generating some heavy criticism of the utility at public meetings, but not just from members of the public
Panellists running a review of N.B. Power suggest realistic solutions are needed to fix utility
Robert Jones · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 12, 2025 3:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
The three-person panel reviewing what should be done with N.B. Power held its fourth public meeting on Friday, this time in Fredericton. (Michael Heenan/CBC)
A year-long independent review of N.B. Power ordered by the New Brunswick government has been generating some heavy criticism of the utility at public meetings, but not just from members of the public
On Friday during an open session in Fredericton, the review panel itself questioned shortcomings in N.B. Power’s management structure and execution that may be contributing to its troubles
Duncan Hawthorne, one of three members of the review panel and a former president of Bruce Power in Ontario, said N.B. Power has been unable to provide him or fellow panellist Michael Bernstein data they requested on how much it costs the utility to produce a kilowatt of electricity.
“That’s in itself insightful,” Hawthorne told the meeting
“I am an operator — I have been all my life — and I’ve also been a chief executive,
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