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EUB Delays Ruling on NB Power’s 400‑MW RIGS Plant, Sets Second Hearing for March 31–April 2

The regulatory pause turns on whether NB Power adequately weighed falling battery costs against its claim the plant is needed to meet reserve requirements.

This photo was taken in the Wallace Bay, N.S., area. Eagles are such magnificent birds and I was delighted to capture a pair just hanging out on a branch.
'Sitting on the deck of her mobile home (the others called it a trailer, which she refused to do), she was having a cigarette, absently listening to the brook across the road and watching the dust from the last passing vehicle slowly dissipate,' writes columnist Brent Mason.
I believe this to be a western cattle egret, but, I’m not sure, it has black legs. This picture was taken in Cuba.
A car crashed into the M&M Food Market in a strip mall at the corner of Regent Street and Priestman Street.

Overview

  • After week‑long hearings and closing arguments, the Energy and Utilities Board reserved its decision and will rule following a second session March 31–April 2 that will also examine a possible expansion to 500 MW and a 100‑MW sale to Nova Scotia.
  • NB Power’s proposed Renewable Integration and Grid Security facility near Centre Village would be built and owned by U.S. firm ProEnergy, supplying the utility under a 25‑year agreement.
  • NB Power maintains at least 400 MW of new capacity is required to uphold a 20% reserve margin and argues the plant is the fastest, cheapest and most reliable near‑term option.
  • Intervenors, including the Conservation Council, say the utility rushed its planning, relied on 2023 battery‑storage cost figures without updated analysis or market sounding, and failed to fully evaluate lower‑cost alternatives.
  • In related regional developments, Ottawa’s Defence Industrial Strategy—touting $180 billion in procurement and $290 billion in capital investment over 10 years—is being promoted to local suppliers, while Enbridge’s CEO signaled no interest in backing a new west‑coast pipeline.