N.B. Power executives are back defending the prudence of their plans for a new gas and diesel plant in rural Tantramar. This time, the Energy and Utilities Board is focused on the utility’s 10-year deal with Nova Scotia that will see two extra turbines installed at the new gas and diesel plant.
N.B. Power’s 10-year agreement with Nova Scotia is under scrutiny at the Energy and Utilities Board this week
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 01, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Conservation Council of New Brunswick lawyer Kostantina Northrup (left) asks about how N.B. Power decided to pursue an expanded gas plant. (Energy and Utilities Board livestream)
N.B. Power executives are back before the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board this week for part two of a hearing into the prudence of a 25-year deal to build and operate a 500-megawatt gas and diesel power plant in Centre Village, about 20 kilometres outside of Sackville.
This week’s hearing focuses on the expansion of the original deal with U.S.-based ProEnergy, from an eight-turbine, 400-megawatt gas and diesel plant, to a 10-turbine,
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