NB Power

• New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear power plant down until mid-November

  The station has been down since April. 6, while N.B. Power carried out a planned 100-day maintenance outage.

  Canada

  Aug 16
  
• Bird on a wire: New Brunswick Power blames ospreys for outages on sunny days

  At a rate-increase hearing last month, a utility official pointed a finger at unexpected culprits for these "blue sky" outages: soaring raptors and bushy-tailed squirrels.

  Canada

  Aug 12
  
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• NB Power rate hike comes into effect

  NB Power rates are now 13.2 per cent higher for residential customers. The rate increases are intended to ease the organization's over $5 billion debt.

  Canada

  Apr 1
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• Expertise from Ontario Power Generation showing results at Point Lepreau: NB Power

  The Point Lepreau facility is performing better than it has in years and could become the subject of further cooperation between the two utilities.

  Politics

  Feb 23
• The lights are back on for almost all N.B. customers after wind storm Monday

  Powerful winds battered New Brunswick and Nova Scotia early last week, and officials said more than 100,000 people woke up in New Brunswick last Tuesday morning without power.

  Weather

  Dec 26, 2023
• Blackout Christmas? About 1,300 in N.B. still in dark nearly a week after storm

  A NB Power spokeswoman said 98 per cent of those affected by the storm had seen their electricity restored as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, and about 1,400 remain without power.

  Weather

  Dec 24, 2023
• More than 6,000 people still without power in New Brunswick, five days after storm

  As of early Saturday afternoon, NB Power says the majority of the remaining outages were in the Fredericton region and the southwestern corner of the province.

  Weather

  Dec 23, 2023
• Power still out for thousands as stormy weather persists in parts of Atlantic Canada

  High winds that blasted through the province on Monday knocked out power to more than 100,000 New Brunswick homes and businesses as trees fell on transmission lines.

  Weather

  Dec 22, 2023
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• Thousands still in the dark days after intense storm rips through N.B.

  As of 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, there is still about 21,000 households in New Brunswick without power after wind gusts of up to 100 km/h were felt throughout the province on Monday.

  Environment

  Dec 21, 2023
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• NB Power asks for 9.8% rate increase in 2024 and 2025

  If approved by provincial regulators, the higher rates would mean an average increase of nearly $25 a month for residential rate payers.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2023