Category Archives: New Brunswick Power

NB Power pegs Lepreau cost at $845M

(February 28, 2002) Lepreau the sequel will not go into cost overruns, like the original project, according to plams released by NB Power Monday. Continue reading

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Environmentalists split on Point Lepreau refit

(February 27, 2002) Environmentalists are divided on whether NB Power should rebuilt its nuclear power station at Point Lepreau. Continue reading

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Environmentalists, province oppose Coleson Cove plan

(January 22, 2002) Big industrial users of electricity and those in line for construction jobs want NB Power to spend $747 million converting Coleson Cove to burn Orimulsion. Continue reading

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Battle looms on Coleson Cove

(January 14, 2002) A battle over the air we breathe and the future cost of electricity begins today in a hotel conference room in Saint John. Continue reading

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Nuclear critic questions future of Lepreau

(May 19, 2001) SAINT JOHN, N.B. – An official with Energy Probe says N.B. Power has a serious problem with the nuclear reactor at Point Lepreau. Continue reading

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Energy policy stymies $200-M project

(January 31, 2001) J.D. Irving Ltd. may place a $200-million Saint John construction project on hold because it looks like New Brunswick’s new energy policy doesn’t go far enough in deregulating electricity, says the company. Continue reading

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Energy policy jumbled, contains no logic

(January 31, 2001) An expert on the Canadian electric power industry says New Brunswick’s new energy policy is a hodgepodge of ideas without a common thread of logic to tie them together. Continue reading

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Environmentalists against nuclear plant overhaul

(January 16, 2001) Fredericton – Environmentalists are turning up the heat in New Brunswick to head off a possible multimillion-dollar overhaul of the aging Point Lepreau nuclear power plant, Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear reactor. Continue reading

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Salaries above average

(January 13, 2001) If you think the average annual earnings of $30,000 per year in New Brunswick are too low, you can’t blame NB Power. Continue reading

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New Brunswick energy policy to address regional change

(October 23, 2000) A New Brunswick energy ministry secretariat is finalizing a comprehensive energy policy that will guide the government’s reaction to regional power market liberalization and the development of natural gas. Continue reading

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