N.B. Power’s Coleson Cove generating station is due for repairs to its pollution control system. But before the utility spends $90 million on the repair, it must decide whether to avoid it altogether by converting the 50-year-old plant to burning natural gas instead of bunker C fuel oil.
Before tackling $90M repair, utility to consider switch from heavy oil to natural gas
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 14, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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N.B. Power is facing a choice when it comes to the Coleson Cove generating station: either repair pollution controls on the 50-year-old plant or convert it to burn natural gas instead of heavy oil. (Graham Thompson/CBC)
N.B. Power is facing an imminent need for a major repair on pollution control equipment at the Coleson Cove generating station.
Phil Landry, acting vice-president of operations at N.B. Power, said the utility has been “keeping a very close eye on” the system for the last few years, but it has avoided expensive repairs until “we really need to do something.”
The three large boilers at Coleson Cove burn bunker C oil,
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