Following recent concerns from Edmundston’s mayor about an aging transmission line causing outages to much of his city, N.B. Power’s plans to work on different lines in the region were not welcome news.
City has had many outages from faulty transmission line it wants fixed
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: May 14, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Edmundston Mayor Eric Marquis said N.B. Power upgrading transmission lines to the United States while the city has issues with its transmission line is an “injustice.” (Allyson Dubé/Radio-Canada)
Following recent concerns from Edmundston’s mayor about an aging transmission line causing outages to much of his city, N.B. Power’s plans to work on different lines in the region were not welcome news.
Mayor Eric Marquis said N.B. Power announced plans on Monday to start upgrade work in May along transmission lines 88 and 89, which bring power across the border into the United States.
On Tuesday, the city, along with the neighbouring municipality of Haut-Madawaska, issued a press release calling N.B. Power’s decision to upgrade lines going to Maine over the aging Line 70,
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