Canada approves New Brunswick-Maine power line.

Reuters ^ | May 29, 2003 | Reuters

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Canada approves New Brunswick-Maine power line. Canada's energy regulator said on Thursday it approved an application from NB Power for a C$75 million ($54 million) transmission line to Maine from the Point Lepreau nuclear plant in New Brunswick. But the National Energy Board said NB Power, New Brunswick's utility, must still get approvals for the U.S. portion of the line from federal and state regulators in the United States before it can start construction. At a hearing in March, NB Power said the 96 km (60 mile) power line would help provide system reliability in New Brunswick and improve New England's access to generating capacity. The utility has more than enough capacity in southern New Brunswick to allow for exports, including the 1,000 Megawatt Coleson Cove plant, 265 MW of gas-fired plants, the 600 MW Point Lepreau station and 600 MW of hydro power, it has said. Construction of the Canadian part of the project is expected to start near the end of 2005, the NEB said. Source:

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I hope federal regulators don't approve this. Nothing like compromising our infrastructures any more than it has been.

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Watch the U.N. tell you that because there is no one qualified to do security for both sides of the border that they will need to oversee the construction and manage project to bot. Only a 1000% cost over run with those clowns to "form a comittee" to do a five year study to see if"it's needed". Project is doomed before it ever starts.