The Energy and Utilities Board has wrapped up eight days of hearings into a proposed 500-megawatt gas and diesel power plant deal.
Utility questioned whether it will save money throughout 25-year deal with ProEnergy
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 02, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Conservation Council of New Brunswick lawyer Kostantina Northrup said that an expansion plan by N.B. Power retained all the “defects'” of its original project. (Energy and Utilities Board livestream)
The eight-day hearing into N.B. Power’s proposed 25-year, 500-megawatt gas and diesel plant deal wrapped up late Wednesday afternoon.
A panel of three Energy and Utilities Board members spent the past two days hearing from interveners and witnesses focused on N.B. Power’s expansion plans for the project.
The utility wants to add two turbines with an additional 100 megawatts of capacity at the proposed site in rural Tantramar, and then sell that capacity to Nova Scotia. The original proposal included just eight turbines, with 400 megawatts of capacity that, according to N.B. Power, the province needs by 2028.
The expansion proposal is based on a 10-year deal between N.B.
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