N.B. Power has released documents showing last-minute changes to its plan for a natural gas and diesel power plant in rural Tantramar. Just a week before a hearing into the prudence of the plant was due to start, the utility submitted new evidence featuring new deals. Interveners say the board should either reject the late evidence or delay the hearings.
EUB considers whether utility can submit deals with N.S., ProEnergy as part of case for gas plant
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 06, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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N.B. Power submitted additional evidence to the Energy and Utilities Board just one week before a hearing into a proposed new gas and diesel generation plant for rural Tantramar. (Erica Butler/CBC)
N.B. Power has signed two new agreements that may help the utility make its case for a new gas and diesel plant in rural Tantramar.
But they may also delay the regulatory process considering it.
In documents briefly made public on the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board website Monday, the utility revealed it has reached a deal with Nova Scotia’s Independent Energy System Operator to sell 100 megawatts of capacity from the gas plant over the next 10 years,
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