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The federal government is providing $5.9 million to help advance a project aimed at expanding the electricity connection between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
P.E.I. currently relies on four subsea cables to connect to New Brunswick
Thinh Nguyen · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 23, 2026 10:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 44 minutes ago
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P.E.I. relies heavily on electricity purchased through connections with New Brunswick, with two of the four subsea cables running from Cape Tormentine, N.B., to Borden-Carleton. (Tom Steepe/CBC)
The federal government is providing $5.9 million to help advance a project aimed at expanding the electricity connection between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
The Prince Edward Island-New Brunswick Interconnection Expansion Project would add two new 200-megawatt, 138-kilovolt submarine power cables between the two provinces, along with upgrades to transmission infrastructure and substations in both P.E.I. and New Brunswick, according to a news release Thursday.
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The funding will go to P.E.I.
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