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.
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Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 18, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The Oneida Energy Storage Project in Ontario can provide 250 megawatts of electricity for up to four hours, and then is recharged from the Ontario grid. (Northland Power)
An Ontario-based energy storage company says it can deliver a 400-megawatt battery storage project in New Brunswick for less than half the cost of a controversial gas and diesel plant proposed by N.B. Power.
NRStor’s chief development officer Jason Rioux said his company submitted a proposal to the New Brunswick government in December outlining the cheaper battery project, which he said could meet N.B. Power’s capacity shortage as early as 2028.
Rioux said the proposal was also sent to N.B. Power CEO Lori Clark,
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