Here is a chance to have your say as part of the comprehensive review of NB Power.
In-person public engagement sessions begin this week across southern New Brunswick.
The first session will take place on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Richelieu Room of the Pavillon Léopold-Taillon at l’Université de Moncton.
Two sessions will take place on Thursday: one from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Dufferin Hall of the Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, the other from 5 to 7 p.m. in the dining room of the W.C. O’Neill Arena Complex in Saint Andrews.
A fourth session is scheduled for Friday in the auditorium of the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre in Fredericton.
Sessions are also being planned in the coming weeks for Miramichi, Caraquet, Bathurst and Edmundston.
Three experts are leading the review process: energy executive Michael Bernstein, lawyer and former privacy commissioner Anne Bertrand, and internationally recognized utility expert Duncan Hawthorne.
During an online question-and-answer session in June, Bernstein said that all options are currently on the table.
“That could involve private-sector partnerships, it could involve mergers, it could involve working with other players to the benefit of New Brunswickers,” he said.
The review comes as more New Brunswickers grow frustrated with rising power bills, especially in recent months.
Provincial officials have not ruled out freezing rates or potentially selling the utility, but said they wanted the chance to hear from residents.
The review will continue through the fall with an interim report planned by the end of the year and final recommendations by the end of March.
