New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin’s latest report is highly critical of the decision-making process that led to a $2.8 billion, 25-year agreement between N.B. Power and ProEnergy to build and operate a 500 megawatt gas and diesel power plant in rural Tantramar. Martin says analyses were done after the fact, and the agreement leaves the utility open to risks.
Paul Martin says financial risks remain in agreement with ProEnergy
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 02, 2026 3:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin presented his latest report to a committee of MLAs on Tuesday. It included a chapter looking at N.B. Power’s 25-year deal with ProEnergy to build a 500-megawatt gas and diesel power plant. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
N.B. Power made decisions about its proposed Tantramar gas plant before a proper analysis of other options, according to a new report by the province’s auditor general.
Paul Martin presented his latest report to a committee of MLAs on Tuesday morning, including a chapter focused on N.B. Power’s 25-year deal with ProEnergy to build a 500-megawatt gas and diesel power plant in a rural area north of Sackville.
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