The New Brunswick government says N.B. Power selling excess electricity at market prices outside of the province benefits the utility and its customers, and it has no plans to order the Crown corporation to sell the same power to local industries at a price discount instead.
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Mark Mosher, Irving Forest Services executive vice-president, says a change in how N.B. Power is pricing and selling surplus electricity will cost his company at “least” $10 million this year. (Graham Thompson/CBC)
The New Brunswick government says N.B. Power selling excess electricity at market prices outside of the province benefits the utility and its customers, and it has no plans to order the Crown corporation to sell the same power to local industries at a price discount instead.
“We could reverse this, and it could be changed, but somebody else would be impacted,” Energy Minister René Legacy told the legislature on Tuesday. “This was a clear benefit to N.B. Power customers.”
N.B. Power operates a much larger generation and transmission system than it needs to satisfy demand in New Brunswick on most days.
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