Maritime Link

• Nova Scotia’s regulator approves $164 million in Maritime Link costs for 2023

  Nova Scotia's energy regulator approved $163.7 million for 2023 to finance, operate and maintain the undersea hydro electricity cable that feeds the province power from Labrador.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022
  
• New power transmission towers connect Muskrat Falls, mainland Nova Scotia

  The $20 million towers span the Strait of Canso from Cape Breton and connect to the Maritime Link system that will allow the flow of electricity from Newfoundland

  Environment

  Aug 2, 2018
  
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• Former Nova Scotia Power customers can apply for Maritime Link rebate from last year

  The rebate is for certain Maritime Link costs that were included in that year's power rates.

  Canada

  May 8, 2018
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• Maritime Link sends first electricity between Newfoundland, Nova Scotia

  The 500-megawatt transmission line was tested Friday, but won't go into commercial operation until early in the New Year.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2017
• Inquiry into overruns at Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject to begin in January

  Full power is not expected until 2020, about two years behind schedule.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2017
• Delays in construction at Muskrat Falls impacting power bills in Nova Scotia

  Nova Scotia Power customers will be getting some money back over the next three years as a result of construction delays at the Muskrat Falls generating station.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2017
• Emera officials optimistic they’ll get clean energy deal with Massachusetts

  Emera Inc. is banking on hopes that Massachusetts will see its proposed submarine power cable from New Brunswick to Plymouth, Mass., as the best option to provide the state with clean electricity.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2017
• Subsea electric cable linking Newfoundland and Nova Scotia now connected

  The cable is the first of two cables to be pulled across the Cabot Strait between Cap Ray in southwestern Newfoundland and Point Aconi in Cape Breton.

  Economy

  May 16, 2017
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• CEO, board for Muskrat Falls project quitting

  The man in charge of the $9.2 billion Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador is stepping down amid increasingly intense scrutiny of cost and schedule overruns.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2016
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• Costs go up for Muskrat Falls hydro project

  Newfoundland and Labrador's natural resources minister says the cost of the multi-billion dollar Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project has gone up

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2016