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Proposed N.B. Power rate increase hits wall of opposition during final arguments
Multiple parties participating in N.B.Power's summer-long rate hearing joined forces during final arguments Monday to urge the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board to reject the Crown corporation's full request for an average 9.25 per cent increase in electricity prices in each of two straight years.
Expensive promises for N.B.'s October election are piling up. But will they be honoured?
A history in New Brunswick of expensive campaign promises not being honoured once an election is finished will not be repeated this year, provincial political parties are insisting.
Low-income electricity customers in N.B. made to compete with others for help
Low-income electricity customers in New Brunswick have to compete with moderate-income customers for help with efficiency and other cost-saving upgrades, N.B.Power's rate hearing heard Monday.
Saint John wind farm undercuts N.B. Power electricity prices by more than half
Electricity generated at the Burchill wind farm in Saint John and sold to Saint John Energy in 2023 undercut prices being charged to the municipal utility by N.B. Power by more than half, new figures suggest.
N.B. Power facing $71M bill for generator troubles at idle nuclear plant
Aproblem in themassive electrical generator at the Point Lepreau nuclear station that has been delaying its return to service will take several more weeks to resolve and cost an expected $71 million in repairs and lost production, N.B. Power estimates.
Belledune likely to survive the end of coal in 2030, N.B. Power hearing told
Testimonyat N.B.Power's rate hearing suggests the utility believes it will be able to economically repurpose the Belledune coal-fired generating station to burn wood pellets and avoid its closure in 2030 under federal carbon policies.
Subsidies to New Brunswick pulp and paper mills increasing to soften electricity rate hikes
N.B. Power's application for a pair of steep rate hikes is forcing it to pay higher subsidies to pulp and paper mills, this year and next year, to help theplants cope with the increases.
Unexpected surge in N.B. Power revenues draws attention at rate hearing
Evidence that N.B. Power may be having a better financial year than expected when it firstproposed imposing a pair of large rate increases on customers has participants at its ongoing rate hearing asking whetherthat offers an opportunity to reduce the amounts.
N.B. Power executives deny exaggerating nuclear troubles to justify large rate hike
N.B. Power executives faced pointed questions early at a New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Boardhearing that is reviewing plans to raise electricity rates 20 per cent over the next two years, nearly half of which is already being collected from customers.
Large price hikes requested by N.B. Power to get long-delayed review
A long-delayed hearing into two large rate increases sought by N.B. Power is scheduled to begin in Fredericton today, although for months the utility has been charging customers some of the higher prices that will be under review.
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