Category Archives: New Brunswick Power

(June 30, 1997) NB Power refused today to provide a company representative to appear on the CBC television program “Focal Point” to debate the future of the province’s nuclear program with Thomas Adams, Executive Director of the national environmental and consumer watchdog Energy Probe. Continue reading →

(June 20, 1997) Can NB Power count on its aging nuclear plant for power well into the future? The utility thinks so, but a spokesman for a watchdog agency has doubts: Continue reading →

(May 30, 1997) In a letter dated May 23 and received today, counsel for NB Power, Marc Bosse, announced it was discontinuing its liable action against Energy Probe and Tom Adams. Continue reading →

(May 8, 1997) FREDERICTON – A vocal critic of NB Power says he isn’t going to be bullied into silence by a lawsuit brought against him by the publicly owned utility. Continue reading →

(May 7, 1997) Institute says it’s sorry for critical report; utility to drop suit against it, directors today. Continue reading →

(April 10, 1997) It was the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies that got SLAPP-ed, but every New Brunswicker should feel the sting of that assault. Continue reading →

(April 5, 1997) Projected profit turns into $70-million loss thanks to Point Lepreau shutdowns FREDERICTON – Facing Canada’s nuclear watchdog, NB Power admitted it did not see warning signs of trouble at Point Lepreau. Continue reading →

(October 9, 1996) He New Brunswick Power Corp. (NB Power) is in a state of operational and financial crisis, the dimensions of which can only be understood by looking at the utility’s rates, costs, and accounts together. The utility is bearing excess debt, excess generating capacity, and unduly high operating costs. Continue reading →