Category Archives: New Brunswick Power

(July 22, 1998) Report released on future of NB electricity industry by the NB government. Continue reading →

(June 30, 1998) For the second time in less than three weeks, NB Power has refused to publicly debate Energy Probe on the future of nuclear power in New Brunswick, this time on the CBC news magazine show “Focal Point.” Continue reading →

(June 20, 1998) To anybody who admires cool technology, the allure of renewable energy is nearly irresistable: it’s much cleaner than burning coal or oil, and once you get the engineering right, power from the sun, the wind or agricultural waste should theoretically be very cheap. Continue reading →

(June 10, 1998) Consultant’s report says shutting down nuclear power plant next year would cost $3.13-billion. Continue reading →

(June 9, 1998) New Brunswick has a brief but unprecedented opportunity to redirect its energy industry on a path away from monopolies and damaging megaprojects toward competition and environmental responsibility. Continue reading →

(June 4, 1998) In a report submitted last week to the NB Electricity Taskforce, enquiring into the province’s energy future, Energy Probe outlined a path toward customer choice of electricity supplier, environmental and economic reregulation of the sector, break-up and privatization of NB Power, and a non-nuclear future for the province. Continue reading →

(May 26, 1998) The Taskforce should recommend that the provincial government not provide any further loan guarantees for NB Power and should treat existing obligations as preferred to new liabilities, as if the existing obligations were a first mortgage and new obligations were a second mortgage. Continue reading →

(April 22, 1998) Saint John – The company building the Sable Island pipeline says a lateral line to Northern New Brunswick will likely happen if NB Power can hammer out an agreement with a Belgium-based power company that wants to build a power generation plant in Belledune. Continue reading →

(February 20, 1998) Point Lepreau is going to be a huge drain on the finances of NB Power into the next century, warns a provincial report. Continue reading →

(January 21, 1998) Watchful Eye: Incidents at the Lepreau are becoming all too common for the Atomic Energy Control Board, which warns that the quality of work must improve. Continue reading →