Opposition is building to NB Power’s proposal for a fossil gas plant with diesel storage backup north of Sackville. The utility will sign a long-term power purchase agreement with a U.S. company, PROENERGY, that will build and operate the plant. Stories by Bruce Wark (New Wark Times) about the project are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) was accepting comments on the project description until earlier this week. They are posted on the project registry. 271 comments were submitted (!!) indicating a very high public interest in this project.
The comment submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB is HERE.
Comments submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB core members:
Tom McLean – comment is HERE
Sam Arnold, Sustainable Energy Group – comment is HERE
Susan O’Donnell, CEDAR project at STU – comment is HERE
Comments submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB Champions include:
New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) – comment is HERE
If you are a CRED-NB Champion and would like us to link to your comment on this blog post, send us an email and your comment number on the IAAC registry.