NB Power – Debt Management Plan
Description and Background
The Province of New Brunswick will direct NB Power to implement a debtmanagement plan, allowing it to reduce its debt and create shareholders equity.
NB Power’s capital structure consists almost entirely of debt. Altering this capital structure so there is both debt and equity would be more in line with other Canadian government owned electric utilities and is desirable for a number of reasons. These include lowering future debt servicing costs, less volatility in rates and allowing meaningful performance benchmarking against other electric utilities.
Government owned utilities typically do not have equity invested by the government due to the fact that funds come from the same source: government either borrows on behalf of the utility and creates a corresponding debt, or borrows to make an equity injection.With 100 percent debt, financing costs are simply interest payments, and rates are set to recover against these costs. Alternatively, if a portion of the capital of the utility is private equity, then the costs would be higher by the difference between the return on equity (typically around 9 percent for regulated utilities) and the debt costs (approximately 5 percent for government backed debt). Rates would necessarily be higher to cover the financing costs of the capital structure of debt and equity.
As a result, options for NB Power debt reduction and equity creation are:
- Allow NB Power to generate incremental cash flow by reducing expenses in the organization and other reasonable means, and using this cash flow to create equity while continuing to pay down debt.
- Enter into joint ventures with partners where assets are shared and NB Power receives outside equity injection where economic and reasonable.
These options were also recommended by the New Brunswick Energy Commission. Government will direct NB Power to focus on the first option as the preferred method to work towards debt reduction and equity creation. The utility will also be directed, however, to fully explore opportunities for regional collaboration that may arise and that make sound financial sense for the utility and its customers.
NB Power has regulated cash flows that will enable the utility to retire existing debt as it matures and there is no current requirement to borrow significant amounts for capital expenditures over the next decade. As a result, NB Power will be mandated to continue cost reductions and use the cash flows generated from those savings to reduce debt and to build equity within the utility. Both NB Power and the EUB will use a 20 percent reduction in current debt levels and an equity level of 20 percent of the capital structure as the ten year goals for NB Power.
NB Power will also be directed to follow the capital investment path set out in the utility’s integrated resource plan in conjunction with corporate and operational cost reductions in order to ensure the lowest rates possible are achieved for ratepayers. The New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board will ensure that NB Power’s annual income is limited to the amount necessary to achieve these objectives.
In addition to permitting a reasonable level of incremental cash flow, the Province will eliminate the payments in lieu of income taxes and Transco dividend payments that NB Power is currently required to pay to government. This will allow NB Power to further reduce its debt burden.
Key Objectives Served by this Action
Low and Stable Energy Prices – The cost of servicing NB Power’s debt is a major part of its operating expenditures. Altering the utility’s debt and equity levels to be more in line with other electric utilities would allow it to reduce its interest payments and build an equity cushion to help smooth over periods of reduced revenues or increased capital spending, mitigating the need for rate increases in direct response to these events.
Charles V. Firlotte Appointed NB Power Board Chair
2021-03-04
NB Power of Fredericton, New Brunswick, is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles (Chuck) Firlotte as Chair of its Board of Directors.
Mr. Firlotte is a seasoned executive with both domestic and international experience in environmental, energy and utility service industries in Canada, the USA, the United Kingdom, China and Turks and Caicos, British West Indies. He brings a proven record of driving customer satisfaction and shareholder value to his new role.
As principal of Laurent Maxime Consultancy, Mr. Firlotte provides management consulting services dedicated to helping businesses thrive. He has worked with company leaders in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, guiding them through strategic planning and leadership development. Mr. Firlotte honed his expertise over the course of three-plus decades, including more than 15 years as President and CEO of Aquarion Company, the seventh largest, private water utility in the United States.
“I am honoured to chair the Board of Directors as we lead NB Power through a transformational change in the way it does business,” says Mr. Firlotte. “We will focus on achieving financial results for New Brunswickers, evolving and expanding NB Power’s services and customer experience and minimizing our environmental footprint while continuing to provide reliable, essential service that powers all of New Brunswick.”
Originally from northern New Brunswick, Mr. Firlotte has maintained his connection with the province while residing in the United States and Britain. He earned an undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University (where he served on the board of directors from 2004 to 2014) and a graduate degree from the faculty of social sciences, University of Ottawa. He also is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School.
Since joining the NB Power Board in 2014, Mr. Firlotte has leveraged his experience to offer strategic and thoughtful insights that have been invaluable to the Board and management. His inspirational and effective change leadership approach will provide essential guidance to NB Power’s management and the Board to successfully transform the way NB Power does business.
Mr. Firlotte assumed the role of Chair following the retirement of Ed Barrett, who joined the NB Power Board of Directors in 2007 and assumed the role of Chair in 2010. NB Power appreciates the leadership Mr. Barrett provided the Board through his unique combination of strengths in business management and corporate governance, complemented by his commitment to serving the province and the people of New Brunswick.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sheila Lagacé, Communications, NB Power, 506-458-2345 or SLagace@nbpower.com.
NB Power management at fault for missed debt targets, says auditor general
Debt reduction is "not a priority" at Crown corporation, said Kim Adair-Macpherson
"It is ultimately management's decision to reduce debt," said Adair-MacPherson, in a 65-page review of the utility she presented to MLAs on Tuesday.
NB Power ended the 2020 fiscal year with $4.9 billion in net debt, about $700 million higher than targets set for it by the Legislature in 2013. That's a concern, according to the auditor general, because the province guarantees what NB Power owes and significant new spending requirements are approaching.
"It's the largest contingent risk to the province," she told MLAs, about NB Power's liabilities.
Debt reduction, her report said, is "not a top priority" of utility management, who she said failed to meet financial targets "year after year" by engaging in "optimistic" and "inaccurate forecasting" of utility expenses.
The report notes how in 2016 the utility projected $549 million in profits for itself over the following four years in its planning but managed to achieve actual profits over the period of just $54 million, less than 10 per cent of what it had suggested.
Damaging storms, spotty performance by the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station, low hydro production during dry summers and other problems have all taken turns upsetting the utility's financial plans, but Adair-MacPherson said those risks need to be better accounted for in corporate planning.
An ice storm that hit the Acadian Peninsula in 2017 downed dozens of power lines and cost NB Power a record-setting $30 million in cleanup expenses. (Jerome Luc Paulin/Twitter)
She also expressed concern about whether the utility will be able to significantly improve its finances before 2027, when up to $4 billion in major expenditures will be needed for a rebuild of the Mactaquac Dam and other projects.
"NB Power does not have a definitive plan to do this," she wrote about the need for significant short term debt reduction.
Although NB Power charges some of the lowest rates for electricity in Atlantic Canada, Adair-MacPherson questioned whether that makes business sense given its financial position.
"While maintaining a consistently low annual rate may be advantageous to NB Power consumers, it is likely contributing to its failure to meet the debt to equity target and ever-increasing debt level," she said.
Adair-MacPherson's report comes as NB Power is coping with yet another major unbudgeted cost, the unexpected breakdown of the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station last month.
The Point Lepreau nuclear generating station appeared to have its reliability issues resolved in the last two years, until the utility had a surprise problem with its turbines in January. (Submitted by NB Power)
Turbine problems forced a shutdown of the plant in mid January and more than a month later it remains offline at an approximate cost to the utility of $1 million per day.
In its response to the report, NB Power defended its forecasting practices and expressed confidence it will get its debt level down to the required 80 per cent level by 2027. However, it also promised to do better budgeting for trouble.
"NB Power agrees to evaluate additional means to quantify the impact of significant future cost uncertainties outside management's control and to include this information in its planning process," said the utility's response.
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Auditor general reproaches N.B. Power for financial barriers to energy efficiency
Report by Auditor General Paul Martin also questions high salaries for utility executives
"Moderate-income households may have difficulty accessing NB Power's energy efficiency programs, due to lack of financing mechanisms," Paul Martin says in a report tabled at the legislature Thursday.
It faults the Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development for not requiring N.B. Power to create a loan program when it folded energy efficiency programs into the utility in 2015.
"Low-income households are really being left out if they cannot obtain that funding mechanism to even consider these programs," Martin said while presenting his report to the legislature's public accounts committee.
New Brunswick is one of only two provinces with no financing mechanism in its energy-efficiency programs. Residents must spend the money up front and then get a rebate for part of the amount.
Martin said N.B. Power doesn't need to be the organization providing the loans as long as they're available somehow.
"Being one of only two province not doing it — there must be a way," Martin said. "Almost everybody else is doing it, so why is this an issue?"
Financing mechanisms "are a widely used and a cost-effective tool to make energy efficiency more accessible to moderate and low-income households," says the report, Martin's first since becoming auditor general on Jan. 1.
It quotes N.B. Power replying that it doesn't have the funds to provide loans because of its focus on debt reduction. The utility also pointed out that the federal government announced a major loan program for energy retrofits in its budget last year.
N.B. Power spokesperson Marc Belliveau said in an email the utility's low income energy savings program provides free energy efficient upgrades to eligible homeowners and 466 homes were retrofitted last year.
"N.B. Power is looking at options to expand this program," he said.
The audit says people who don't heat with electricity aren't using the energy-efficiency programs at the same level and that N.B.Power doesn't believe it has to fund them.
New Brunswick's auditor-general Paul Martin says N.B. Power has the highest average salary among Crown agencies. (Submitted by Office of the Auditor General)
It also says the department hasn't given N.B.Power any energy efficiency targets and hasn't provided enough oversight of the program.
Martin's report calls for "a plan" to address the issue.
The utility says as part of its response in that it will conduct a "barrier study" by June 2023 looking at other provinces to come up with recommendations "to increase participation" by low- and middle-income households.
"You're asking for a plan and implementation, and you're going to get a study," Liberal MLA René Legacy told Martin.
"We would always like to see our recommendations addressed faster, and as fast as possible," Martin answered.
Highest executive salary
The report also includes a chapter on salaries at provincial Crown agencies that highlights N.B. Power CEO Keith Cronkhite's $560,000 salary as the highest among any head of a provincial Crown agency.
The utility also has the highest average salary among Crown agencies and is the only one to offer a generous "executive retirement supplement" to everyone in the position of vice-president or higher, like the one availabe to deputy ministers.
For employees earning $100,000 a year or more, the utility's salaries also rise at a faster rate than civil servants working for government departments.
N.B. Power President Keith Cronkhite's salary of $560,000 is the highest of any at a Crown corporation in New Brunswick. (Roger Cosman/CBC News)
The report recommends the government set out what it means when it says salaries in Part IV of the government, Crown agencies, should be consistent.
"A lack of clear expectations from government increases the risk of government intentions not being carried out," the report says.
"In our view, government should clearly define what it expects of Part IV Crown agencies with regards to non-bargaining salary and benefits practices."
Martin acknowledges N.B. Power and other Crown corporations don't work directly for the government and each organization is allowed to set its own policies.
But the audit says the province provides "some direction" through memoranda of understanding it issues to the Crown agencies every three year.
Executive retirement benefits
While executive salaries at N.B. Power are higher than normal, the utility has less generous health and dental benefits and lower travel expense allowances than other parts of the provincial public sector.
The report also looks at the New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission, the Research and Productivity Council, Opportunities New Brunswick, the two regional health authorities and others.
But N.B. Power is the only one to offer the executive retirement benefit to senior officials.
If they work for five years or more, senior executives get a retirement supplement of one per cent of their annual salary for every year worked, up to 10 per cent.
For example, an N.B. Power executive with an average salary of $200,000 per year over 10 years would get an additional $20,000 a year during retirement.
That's on top of the regular provincial pension under the New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan.
Belliveau pointed out the report acknowledges that the utility sector "is a complex one" and N.B. Power has to offer "a competitive compensation package" to attract qualified executives.
He said the retirement supplement is designed to make up for higher salaries and bonus programs that other utilities offer and that N.B. Power doesn't have.
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N.B. Power CEO fired as utility embarks on 'transformational change'
Board of directors made decision to fire CEO Keith Cronkhite 2 years after he started in role
The company issued a statement Monday that president and CEO Keith Cronkhite would be stepping down from the position and that Lori Clark, the company's senior vice-president operations would be appointed to the role on an acting basis.
In an interview with CBC News, Charles Firlotte, chair of N.B. Power's board, confirmed the decision to remove Cronkhite was made by the board.
"The board is looking forward to the future and the energy sector in North America — indeed globally — is undergoing massive, massive change, transformational-like, and we need to follow suit.
"And we are also burdened with some pretty significant debt as well, and so we have a steep climb over the next few years and we're looking toward a transformational change from what N.B. Power is today, which is the last of the great monopolies, if you will, to an efficient energy provider for all New Brunswickers."
N.B. Power board chair Charles Firlotte said the company wants to make a transformational change in the way it operates. (CBC)
N.B. Power did not make Cronkhite available for an interview Monday afternoon.
His exit comes a little more than two years after he took on the role in April 2020.
A brief biography on N.B. Power's website describes him as having more than 30 years of industry experience.
It doesn't say how long he was with N.B. Power but that he held positions of increasing responsibility within the operations and corporate departments, including his previous role as senior vice-president of business development and strategic planning.
At the time Cronkhite became CEO, N.B. Power had just faced a wave of public scrutiny for its investment in Florida-based Joi Scientific's plan to turn seawater into electricity.
It was also facing pressure to reduce its $4.9 billion debt, which New Brunswick's auditor-general in 2020 said represented 94 per cent of the company's equity.
The Blaine Higgs government has ordered the utility to reduce its debt to 80 per cent of equity by 2027, but in the 2020-21 fiscal year, its debt went up by $9 million.
Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland wasn't made available for an interview, but in an email statement said he reviewed the board's recommendation to fire Cronkhite, and ultimately accepted it.
"The Board of Directors has our full support as it embarks on this corporate transformation for improved performance," Holland said.
Launching strategic review
Along with its decision to remove Cronkhite, N.B. Power has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to lead a strategic review, "which will include identifying immediate ways to optimize the current cost structure and meet debt obligations, as well as identifying alternative solutions to meet New Brunswickers' power needs in a cost competitive, reliable and environmentally sustainable way," according to its news release.
The board is also starting a search for a new CEO, which is expected to take "several" months.
Speaking to CBC News, Firlotte said an example of new strategies to meet the province's energy needs could look like what was done by Saint John Energy with its Burchill wind-turbine program.
"We have a large coal-fired plant in in Belledune that has a life expectancy of just six or seven years, at least in burning coal, and Coleson Cove, oil-fired as well," Firlotte said.
"So those are going to be essentially stranded assets that we have to replace and we have to make that migration toward, toward renewables as well, to be sure."
Change a good thing, says environmental advocate
Louise Comeau, director of climate change and energy solutions with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick agrees N.B. Power needs to significantly pivot in the way it operates.
"The whole world is moving toward using electricity day-to-day in their lives, and N.B. Power is not ready for that future at all," Comeau said.
Louise Comeau, director of climate change and energy solutions with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, said she's pleased NB Power is poised to make big changes to how it operates. (Kirk Pennell/CBC)
Comeau said large electricity utilities tend to be "conservative" in the way they operate, leaving them slow to respond to new challenges and changes in technology.
She said as an example. the company has poured money into the Point Lepreau Generating Station, leading to much larger debt.
"And that affects rates and it limits our options for the future, particularly around the need for renewable energy, more efficiency, a more flexible energy system.
"We have a fairly traditional approach to that, and we need to think about a new way to generate electricity and to manage electricity."
A surprise for some
Cronkhite's firing came as a surprise to Bathurst West-Beresford MLA Rene Legacy, who serves as energy critic with the Liberals.
He said he has spoken with Cronkhite during house committee meetings and found him to be intelligent and well-spoken.
Plus, he thought N.B. Power was already heading in a new direction under his leadership, especially the recent amendments to the Electricity Act that give the company the ability to pursue new revenue-generating ventures.
Bathurst West-Beresford MLA René Legacy and Liberal energy critic said he's surprised and concerned about the firing of Cronkhite. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
"I guess my concern is in the last year-and-a-half, there's been a lot of files brought to the legislature around essentially setting a new direction, setting plans," Legacy said.
"And my understanding was Mr. Cronkhite was the architect of all this, so how do we tie in the fact that, you know, a person that was essentially in charge of all these changes is not there anymore?"
Legacy said N.B. Power's board also appears to be sending a confusing message over its priorities, and whether paying down its debt takes precedence over investing in new green technologies.
Whoever takes over as the next CEO, Kent North MLA Kevin Arseneau said he hopes they plot a long-term vision that sees the utility generating all of its electricity with renewable sources.
"What's extremely important when we talk about N.B. Power is that it's a Crown corporation, it's a public service," he said.
"And so they need to be at the service of the population of the province, moving forward with renewable energies and in a realistic and sustainable way, and bringing, obviously, our solar and wind projects up."
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>> Perhaps you all should review all the documents that I filed in the
>> 357 Matter and the two orther EUB Matters that I was barred from that
>> Mr Furey and Mr Firlotte find to be oh so irrelevant
>>
>> Veitas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
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>> Board of Directors Members
>>
>> Charles V. Firlotte, Chairman of the Board of Directors
>>
>> Charles "Chuck" Firlotte is the principal of Laurent Maxime
>> Consultancy, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping
>> businesses thrive. He has worked with company leaders in Canada, the
>> United States and the Caribbean, guiding them through strategic
>> planning and leadership development. Mr. Firlotte honed his expertise
>> over the course of three-plus decades, including more than 15 years as
>> President and CEO of Aquarion Company, the seventh largest, private
>> water utility in the United States. He previously held positions of
>> director, vice president, senior vice president and chief operating
>> officer in the United States and the United Kingdom for the Kelda
>> Group, a UK-based regulated utility. Born and raised on the north
>> shore of New Brunswick, Mr. Firlotte earned undergraduate and graduate
>> degrees from St. Thomas University in Fredericton and the University
>> of Ottawa, and he is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at
>> the Harvard School of Business. He serves on the board of Sacred Heart
>> University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the HAB Group, a property
>> and asset management firm in the Turks and Caicos, British West
>> Indies.
>>
>> https://charlesvfirlotte.com/
>>
>> Connect with Chuck:
>> cvfirlotte@gmail.com
>> 203-650-9086
>>
>>
>> Judith Athaide
>>
>> Ms. Athaide is the President and CEO of The Cogent Group Inc, an
>> independent, energy advisory firm. Her experience in the energy
>> industry has spanned the value chain from wells to the wall socket.
>> She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honours), a Masters of Business
>> Administration in Finance, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
>> Engineering and has been awarded the designation of ICD.D by the
>> Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Athaide serves on the Board of
>> Directors of Phoenix Energy Services where she chairs the Nomination &
>> Governance Committee, the Board of Trisummit Utilities where she
>> chairs the Health, Safety and Environment Committee, the Board of CMG
>> Limited, the Board of HSBC Canada and the Board of Sustainable
>> Development Technology Canada.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anne E. Bertrand, Q.C.
>>
>> Ms. Bertrand hails from the Acadian Peninsula and was educated in
>> French and English. She studied Biology and Law, and has been
>> practicing law since 1986. In 2010, she was appointed the Province of
>> New Brunswick’s first Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.
>> In that role for seven years, she oversaw government, municipalities,
>> crown corporations and the private health care sector. In private
>> practice, Ms. Bertrand sat as an adjudicator on various administrative
>> tribunals at both provincial and federal levels, and she appeared
>> before all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.
>>
>> Ms. Bertrand has held several board positions, among which: President
>> of the Conseil Économique du Nouveau-Brunswick, National Vice
>> President of the Mounted Police Foundation, Chair of the New Brunswick
>> Foundation for the Arts, President of the York Sunbury Law Society;
>> Director of the Greater Fredericton Economic Development Corporation.
>> In business, she managed her husband’s group of environmental
>> engineering and consulting companies. In 2011, she was inducted in the
>> Réseau des femmes d’affaires francophone du Canada for her vision and
>> exceptional leadership in business and in her community. Ms. Bertrand
>> was appointed in 2018 as Ad hoc Information Commissioner as well as Ad
>> hoc Privacy Commissioner for Canada.
>>
>>
>>
>> Alain Bossé
>>
>> Mr. Bossé is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Groupe
>> Savoie Inc. located in St-Quentin, NB. Mr. Bossé is in his 35th year
>> with this very dynamic organization involved in the fabrication of
>> value-added products and employing over 600 individuals in sawmills
>> located in St-Quentin, Kedgwick, Moncton, and Westville, Nova Scotia.
>> Throughout his career he served on many associations including:
>> Enterprise Restigouche, Restigouche Community Business Development
>> Corporation, Governor’s Council at Université de Moncton, Board Chair
>> of Efficiency New Brunswick and the Economic Council of NB as Director
>> and as President. He was nominated for the Alumnus of the Year in 2013
>> from the Faculty of Administration at the University of Moncton,
>> Manager of the Year award in 1990 and Gilbert-Finn Manager Emeritus
>> award in 2009. He is a director of Bégin & Bégin Inc., Institut de
>> Recherche sur les Feuillus Nordiques, New Brunswick Forest, New
>> Brunswick Business Council and Assomption Vie.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew MacGillivray
>>
>> Mr. MacGillivray is the retired President and CEO of Gay Lea Foods, a
>> large Canadian dairy co-operative. He also serves as the Chair of the
>> Moosehead and Crosby Advisory Boards, Director of the Saint John
>> Airport and Ganong Boards, a member of the Board of the Wallace McCain
>> Institute and is actively engaged in advising and supporting local
>> businesses and community programs. Prior to his 12 years with Gay Lea,
>> Andrew held leadership roles with both private and public companies
>> including Saputo, Agrifoods, Baxter Foods and Nestle. He is a graduate
>> with a BBA from St. Francis Xavier University and an MBA from York
>> University.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul McCoy, P. E.
>>
>> Mr. McCoy provides consulting services through McCoy Energy Consulting
>> LLC. He co-founded Trans-Elect, an independent transmission company in
>> 1999, and was the company’s president. Prior to Trans-Elect, he had
>> spent his career at Commonwealth Edison lastly as Senior Vice
>> President, and President of ComEd’s Transmission Group. Mr. McCoy has
>> held numerous leadership positions in major transmission industry
>> organizations and has significant experience working with state and
>> federal utility regulators in the United States. He is a member of the
>> Wanger Institute of Sustainable Energy Resources (WISER) and the
>> Electrical and Computer Engineering Department's Board of Advisors at
>> the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He is also the Chair of
>> the Board of Directors at De La Salle Institute in Chicago. He has a
>> Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT.
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott Northard, P.E.
>>
>> Mr. Northard is President of Due North Energy Consulting, LLC, which
>> provides consulting services to energy and other technology-related
>> businesses. Mr. Northard retired in 2018 as Fleet Vice President,
>> Nuclear with Xcel Energy Nuclear Generation Department in Minneapolis,
>> Minnesota. Over the course of his more than 40 years in the utility
>> industry, Mr. Northard held positions including Site Vice President,
>> Vice President – Nuclear Operations, Regulatory Affairs Manager,
>> Nuclear Safety Assurance Manager and various roles in finance, human
>> resources, materials management and project management. Mr. Northard
>> holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed the INPO Senior Nuclear
>> Plant Manager course and is a graduate of NMC Nuclear Management
>> Development Program at the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of
>> Management and the Executive Development Program at Northwestern
>> University – Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Northard is a
>> Registered Professional Engineer and a former licensed Senior Reactor
>> Operator.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark E. Reddemann
>>
>> Mr. Reddemann retired as Chief Executive Officer of Nawah Energy
>> Company after delivering the first unit of the Barakah Nuclear Energy
>> Plant, located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Prior to this role, he was the Chief
>> Executive Officer of Energy Northwest where he was responsible for
>> providing energy services to 27 member utilities, and the reliable
>> generation of electric capacity from nuclear, wind, hydro and solar
>> facilities. He previously served as a vice president with Xcel Energy,
>> Nuclear Management Company, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and
>> Wisconsin Electric and also served on numerous Corporate Nuclear
>> Safety Review Boards. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied
>> mathematics, engineering and physics from the University of
>> Wisconsin-Madison and is a graduate of the Minnesota Management
>> Institute at the University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of
>> Management. Mr. Reddemann has served on a number of boards of
>> directors including the Nuclear Energy Institute, Association of
>> Washington Business, Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and
>> Emergency Response Federal Training Center, and the Tri-City
>> Development Council.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barbara Trenholm
>>
>> Ms. Trenholm is a professor emerita at the University of New Brunswick
>> (UNB) and holds an ICD.D with the Institute of Corporate Directors and
>> a FCPA, FCA with CPA New Brunswick. Ms. Trenholm is currently a member
>> of the Plaza Retail REIT board of trustees and the International
>> Development Research Centre board of governors. She is a past board
>> member of AECL and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
>> (now known as CPA Canada), past-president of the New Brunswick
>> Institute of Chartered Accountants (now known as CPA New Brunswick)
>> and past acting dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at UNB.
>> In addition, she has chaired or served as a member of a number of
>> other international, national, regional as well as local boards and
>> committees.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nancy Whipp
>>
>> Mrs. Whipp is a FCPA, CA. She recently obtained her ICD. D. In 2018
>> she retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CPA New
>> Brunswick where she was responsible for the merger of the CA, CGA and
>> CMA accounting bodies. Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Whipp has
>> served as a professional consultant for many companies in New
>> Brunswick and Ontario. In addition, she provided transformational
>> leadership to the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce as their CEO.
>> Before moving to New Brunswick in 2009, Mrs. Whipp held various
>> positions in financial management at JTI-McDonald Corp., Unsworth and
>> Associates Luxembourg, KPMG, CN, BCE Inc. and Pirelli Cables Inc. Mrs.
>> Whipp got her CA designation with Ernst & Young in Montreal in 1989.
>> She currently is the Chair of the Board Directors of the Greater
>> Moncton International Airport Authority and of the Fondation du
>> Théâtre l’Escaouette and sits on the Audit Committee of the Federal
>> Privy Council.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Wilson
>>
>> Mr. Wilson is CEO of the AIL Group of Companies, headquartered in
>> Sackville, NB. The AIL Group is a world leader in delivering
>> infrastructure solutions through manufacturing plants across North
>> America, and licensees in Australia and Europe. Mr. Wilson is active
>> in research and development and has developed several international
>> patents. He is the past Chairman of the New Brunswick Business
>> Council, Past President of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, New
>> Brunswick Chapter and is also a current member of the board of
>> directors for Medavie Blue Cross. In 2013, he was inducted into the
>> New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame, and named “Atlantic Entrepreneur
>> of the Year” in 2005.Mr. Wilson is a graduate of UNB's Civil
>> Engineering program.
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith Cronkhite, NB Power President and CEO
>>
>> Keith Cronkhite was appointed NB Power President and Chief Executive
>> Officer on April 1, 2020. A lifelong New Brunswicker, Keith has more
>> than 30 years’ industry experience. He has held positions of
>> increasing responsibility within NB Power operations and corporate,
>> including his most recent role of Senior Vice President, Business
>> Development and Strategic Planning. He is well known within the energy
>> industry, and throughout his career has established strong working
>> relationships with industry, government and business leaders.
>>
>> Keith’s vision for NB Power includes a nimble, customer-focused NB
>> Power that is well positioned to serve New Brunswickers while
>> responding to a rapidly changing industry. He is committed to ensuring
>> the customer is at the centre of NB Power’s business decisions, and
>> that the utility ensures New Brunswickers have clean, reliable energy
>> at stable prices for generations to come.
>>
>> Keith has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the
>> University of New Brunswick, has completed the Reactor Technology
>> course for Utility Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of
>> Technology. He holds an ICD.D with the Institute of Corporate
>> Directors and is board member on the Energy Council of Canada as well
>> as the Atlantica Centre for Energy. He is also a member of the
>> Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee.
>>
>> MEDIA CONTACT: Sheila Lagacé, Communications, NB Power, 506-458-2345
>> or SLagace@nbpower.com.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> June 16, 2021
>>
>> NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
>> VARIANCE OF A DECISION
>> IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation
>> requesting a variance of the decision in Matter 357, in accordance
>> with section 43 of the Energy and Utilities Board Act, S.N.B. 2006, c.
>> E-9.18 and Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Rules of Procedure. (Matter
>> No. 497)
>>
>>
>> NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD:
>>
>> Acting Chairperson:
>> François Beaulieu
>>
>> Members:
>> Michael Costello
>> Patrick Ervin
>> John Patrick Herron
>>
>> Board Counsel:
>> Katherine McBrearty
>>
>> Counsel for Board Staff:
>> Matthew Letson
>>
>> Chief Clerk:
>> Kathleen Mitchell
>>
>> APPLICANT:
>>
>> New Brunswick Power Corporation:
>> John Furey
>>
>> PARTICIPANTS:
>>
>> David Amos:
>> Per se
>>
>> Liz Kramer:
>> Per se
>>
>> Dr. Roger Richard:
>> Per se
>>
>> Utilities Municipal:
>> Scott Stoll
>>
>> PUBLIC INTERVENER:
>> Heather Black
>>
>> A. Introduction
>>
>> [1] This decision arises out of an application filed by the New
>> Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) on May 5, 2021 (Application)
>> pursuant to section 43 of the Energy and Utilities Board Act, S.N.B.
>> 2006, c. E-9.18 (Act) and Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Board’s Rules
>> of Procedure (Rules of Procedure).
>>
>> [2] NB Power requests that the Board vary its decision of August 4,
>> 2020 (Matter 357
>> Decision), by granting an extension of the time required for it to
>> file an application
>> regarding the first phase of the rate design process from June 30,
>> 2021, to a date no later than June 30, 2022.
>>
>> [3] In the Matter 357 Decision, the Board directed NB Power to
>> commence a new proceeding to include three distinct phases: first, to
>> file an application by June 30, 2021, to address certain issues
>> identified in the decision; second, to provide details of the timing
>> and issues to be resolved, which would identify rate design options
>> and determine the rate structure; and third, to establish and
>> implement a new rate design.
>>
>> [4] On May 12, the Board ordered that NB Power serve the Application
>> and supporting
>> materials on all parties in Matter 357 and post them on its website.
>> NB Power filed an
>> affidavit, sworn on June 3, confirming that the Application and the
>> Notice of the
>> Application were posted in accordance with the Board’s Order. The Notice
>> of
>> the
>> Application was also published on May 13 in four daily provincial
>> newspapers.
>>
>> [5] At the hearing on June 8, Mr. Furey confirmed that NB Power
>> complied with Rules 8.2.3 and 8.2.6 of the Rules of Procedure with
>> respect to service and filing.
>>
>> [6] Written submissions were received from Mr. Scott Stoll, as counsel
>> for Utilities Municipal, and Ms. Heather Black, the Public Intervener.
>>
>> [7] Written submissions were also received from Mr. David Amos, Ms.
>> Liz Kramer, and Dr. Roger Richard. The Board finds that none of these
>> written submissions addressed the merits of the issue at hand, whether
>> the Board should vary the Matter 357 Decision, as described in the
>> Application.
>>
>> B. Issues
>>
>> [8] The key issue in this matter is whether the Board should vary its
>> Matter 357 Decision as described above and, if so, under what
>> conditions.
>>
>> C. Analysis
>>
>> [9] The Board held a hearing on June 8 by video conference and heard
>> oral submissions on behalf of NB Power, Dr. Richard, Utilities
>> Municipal, and the Public Intervener.
>> [10] Mr. Furey submitted that there are new facts since the Matter 357
>> Decision that have resulted in changed circumstances that, in the
>> overall context of these rate design
>> proceedings, make up sufficient grounds to vary the decision. He
>> further submitted that the expected easing of restrictions, referred
>> to by the provincial government as the “Path to Green”, is not the end
>> of business impacts as a result of the pandemic.
>> [11] Mr. Furey stated that the Board should consider the following
>> “four contextual factors” in its decision to extend the time to file
>> an application with respect to rate design:
>> (1) In the Matter 357 Decision, the Board identified that rate design
>> proceedings will move forward in a three-phase approach and that, in
>> NB Power’s submission, the Board correctly characterized this first
>> phase as laying a foundation for future rate design proceedings.
>> (2) The Board has recognized that decisions in this round of rate
>> design proceedings
>> would likely have long-term impacts for all customers, in particular,
>> the commercial and industrial classes. Mr. Furey submitted that NB
>> Power is required to bring forward proposals with respect to customer
>> classification, including an action plan for the elimination of the
>> General Service II class.
>> (3) Proposed changes to rate design impacts on the rates and bills of
>> certain
>> customers, especially in the commercial and industrial classes.
>> (4) The importance assigned by the Board to the ability, through
>> advocates,
>> of
>> under-represented customers, to make submissions, which would contribute
>> to
>> the rate design process.
>>
>> [12] Dr. Richard submitted that he had no objection to extending the
>> time to file an application to June 30, 2022.
>>
>> [13] Utilities Municipal supported the Application, subject to two
>> comments. First, Mr. Stoll expressed a concern that there may be a
>> strain on the resources of some regular participants in Board
>> proceedings, given the number of potential hearings within the next 18
>> months.
>>
>> Second, he stated that he does not wish to see this proceeding
>> “languish for another year.” Mr. Stoll suggested that NB Power
>> continue with any work using an “[…] incremental approach to the rate
>> design process so that we don’t inadvertently end up circling back or
>> redoing certain things […].”
>>
>> [14] In its submission, Utilities Municipal stated that it was not
>> able to identify specific work, but rather requested that the Board
>> seek input from NB Power about what would be possible to advance the
>> proceeding during any extension of time.
>>
>> [15] In its reply of June 4, NB Power responded to Mr. Stoll’s
>> comments, agreeing that efforts should be made to avoid overlapping of
>> proceedings before the Board. It suggested that its proposed deadline
>> of June 30, 2022, would accomplish that objective. It noted that, in
>> the meantime, it could advance work on certain issues and utilize a
>> more up-to-date budget and load data.
>>
>> [16] In her written submission dated May 27, Ms. Black supported the
>> Application stating that she had no objection to the extension of time
>> requested. Ms. Black stated that she supported the suggestion that NB
>> Power file a plan to overcome what was referred to as the
>> “representation gap” to ensure that, for example, residential
>> customers’ interests are adequately represented.
>>
>> [17] Section 43 of the Act states:
>> 43 The Board may review, rescind or vary any order made by it.
>>
>> [18] Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Rules of Procedure state:
>> 1.2.5. The Board may in its discretion extend or abridge the time
>> fixed by these Rules or by the Board, on its own initiative or in
>> response to a request by a party, either before or after the time so
>> fixed has expired.
>>
>> 8.1.1. An application to review, rescind, or vary an order under section
>> 43
>> of
>> the Act, or to rehear an application under section 44 of the Act shall
>> contain:
>> a) a concise statement of the facts;
>> b) the grounds that the applicant considers sufficient, including:
>> i. any error of law or of jurisdiction,
>> ii. changed circumstances or new facts that have arisen since the
>> close of the original proceeding, or
>> iii. facts that were not placed in evidence in the original proceeding
>> and that were then not discoverable by reasonable diligence;
>> c) any prejudice or damage that has resulted or will result from the
>> order;
>> and
>> d) the relief sought.
>>
>> [19] Accordingly, the Board has the discretion to vary its Matter 357
>> Decision by granting an extension of the time required for NB Power to
>> file its rate design application.
>>
>> [20] In making a determination with respect to a variance, the Board
>> must consider the criteria set out under Rule 8.1.1 of the Rules of
>> Procedure, and owes a duty of fairness to those who are affected by
>> its decisions.
>>
>> [21] As stated in the Matter 357 Decision, the Board needs to consider
>> how the views of
>> consumer groups will be represented in relation to rate design. The
>> Board’s hearing
>> procedure encourages public participation to provide a meaningful
>> opportunity to present
>> their case fully and fairly.
>>
>> [22] Due to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, however,
>> the Board recognizes that some people may not have this opportunity,
>> should the proceeding continue as currently scheduled.
>>
>> D. Conclusion
>>
>> [23] In light of these circumstances, the Board varies the Matter 357
>> Decision and grants an extension of time, as requested. NB Power is to
>> file an application to address the issues identified as the first
>> phase in the Matter 357 Decision to a date no later than June 30,
>> 2022, subject to the direction below.
>>
>> [24] The Board directs NB Power to file a proposal to address any gap
>> in relation to under-represented customers, as referenced in the
>> Matter 357 Decision, by October 31, 2021.
>>
>> Dated at Saint John, New Brunswick, this 16th day of June, 2021.
>> François Beaulieu
>> Acting Chairperson
>>
>> Michael Costello
>> Member
>>
>> Patrick Ervin
>> Member
>>
>> John Patrick Herron
>> Member
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:59:09 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Matter 497 - NB Power Application for a variance of a
>> decision / Instance 497 - Demande d'Énergie NB pour une modification
>> d'une décision
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:58:16 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Matter 497 - NB Power Application for a variance of a
>> decision / Instance 497 - Demande d'Énergie NB pour une modification
>> d'une décision
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
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>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos333@
>> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 3:56 PM
>> To: Furey, John <john.furey@mcinnescooper.com>
>> <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>; Mike.Comeau <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>;
>> hugh.flemming <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>;
>> blaine.higgs <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>; Holland, Mike (LEG)
>> <mike.holland@gnb.ca>; Mitchell, Kathleen
>> <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>; louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.
>> david.sollows@gnb.ca; david.russell@gnb.ca;
>> Gilles.volpe@libertyutilities.
>> dave.lavigne@libertyutilities.
>> <len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>; Callaghan, Jeffery
>> <jeffery.callaghan@
>> gerald@kissnb.com; cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com;
>> hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com; lcozzarini@nbpower.com;
>> srussell@nbpower.com; SWaycott@nbpower.com; bcrawford@nbpower.com;
>> George.Porter@nbpower.com; NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>; Dickie,
>> Michael <Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>; Lawton, John
>> <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>; Young, Dave <Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>;
>> Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com; Cecile.Bourbonnais@brattle.com
>> heather.black@gnb.ca; rdk@indecon.com; rrichard@nb.aibn.com;
>> sussexsharingclub@nb.aibn.com; margot.cragg@umnb.ca;
>> jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com; dan.dionne@perth-andover.com;
>> pierreroy@edmundston.ca; ray.robinson@sjenergy.com;
>> sstoll@airdberlis.com; pzarnett@bdrenergy.com;
>> leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca; Katherine McBrearty
>> <Katherine.McBrearty@nbeub.ca>
>> Cc: kcronkhite@nbpower.com; Petrie, Jamie <JPetrie@nbpower.com>;
>> wharrison@nbpower.com
>> Subject: Re: Matter 497 - NB Power Application for a variance of a
>> decision / Instance 497 - Demande d'Énergie NB pour une modification
>> d'une décision
>>
>> Mr Furey
>>
>> Mr Petrie informed me out of the gate that you and your old boss
>> Madame Harrison were no longer employed by NB Power So now I must ask
>> the latest CEO Keith Cronkhite and the new NB Power Board (corrected)
>> have they hired Harrison back to stand in Mr Petrie's stead while you
>> continue to act
>> against my interests and concerns under a private contract???
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>> On 6/4/21, Furey, John <john.furey@mcinnescooper.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Ms. Mitchell,
>>>
>>> In accordance with the Board Order dated May 12, 2021, please find
>>> attached
>>> the Submissions of NB Power in this matter.
>>>
>>> As required by the Board Order, all parties to Matter 357 are being
>>> served.
>>> Ms. Liz Kramer is also being served through the email address utilized
>>> by
>>> the Board to distribute instructions for the hearing.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> [McInnes Cooper]
>>> John Furey
>>> Counsel
>>> McInnes Cooper
>>>
>>> tel +1 (506) 458 1628 | fax +1 (506) 458 9903 | mobile +1 (506) 282 0380
>>>
>>> Barker House, Suite 600
>>> 570 Queen Street
>>> PO Box 610 Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A6
>>>
>>> asst Nanette Phillips | +1 (506) 458 1629
>>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 15:21:20 -0300
>> Subject: Methinks Mr Petrie should not deny that I tried to talk to
>> him before responding to his Motion from NB Power in relation to the
>> Board's Decision of August 4, 2020 just before you had the writ dopped
>> the last election N'esy Pas Higgy?
>> To: NBP Regulatory <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>, "Mike.Comeau"
>> <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, premier
>> <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Holland, Mike
>> (LEG)"<mike.holland@gnb.ca>
>> Cc: "Mitchell, Kathleen"<Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>,
>> "louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.
>> "david.sollows@gnb.ca"<david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "david.russell@gnb.ca"
>> <david.russell@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.volpe@
>> <Gilles.volpe@
>> <Paul.Volpe@libertyutilities.
>> <dave.lavigne@
>> <len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, "jeffery.callaghan@
>> <jeffery.callaghan@
>> <rzarumba@ceadvisors.com>, "gerald@kissnb.com"<gerald@kissnb.com>,
>> "cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com"<cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com>
>> "hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com"<hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>, "Russell,
>> Stephen"<SRussell@nbpower.com>, "Harrison, Wanda"
>> <WHarrison@nbpower.com>, "Waycott, Stephen"<SWaycott@nbpower.com>,
>> "Crawford, Brad"<BCrawford@nbpower.com>, "Porter, George"
>> <George.Porter@nbpower.com>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>, "Dickie,
>> Michael"<Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>, "Lawton, John"
>> <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>, "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>,
>> "Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com"<Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com>,
>> "Cecile.Bourbonnais@brattle.
>> "heather.black@gnb.ca"<heather.black@gnb.ca>, "rdk@indecon.com"
>> <rdk@indecon.com>, "rrichard@nb.aibn.com"<rrichard@nb.aibn.com>,
>> "sussexsharingclub@nb.aibn.com
>> "margot.cragg@umnb.ca"<margot.cragg@umnb.ca>,
>> "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com"<jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>,
>> "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com"<dan.dionne@perth-andover.com>
>> "pierreroy@edmundston.ca"<pierreroy@edmundston.ca>,
>> "ray.robinson@sjenergy.com"<ray.robinson@sjenergy.com>,
>> "sstoll@airdberlis.com"<sstoll@airdberlis.com>,
>> "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com"<pzarnett@bdrenergy.com>,
>> "leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca"<leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca>, "Furey, John"
>> <john.furey@mcinnescooper.com>
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:20:33 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Filing of Motion from NB Power in relation to the Board's
>> Decision of August 4, 2020 Methinks Mr Petrie should have done his
>> homework N'esy Pas Higgy?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Russell, David (DTI/MTI)"<David.Russell@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:20:34 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Filing of Motion from NB Power in relation
>> to the Board's Decision of August 4, 2020 Methinks Mr Petrie should
>> have done his homework N'esy Pas Higgy?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Gerald Bourque <kisspartyofnb@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:23:40 -0300
>> Subject: Re: Filing of Motion from NB Power in relation to the Board's
>> Decision of August 4, 2020 Methinks Mr Petrie should have done his
>> homework N'esy Pas Higgy?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Cc: NBP Regulatory <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>, "Mike.Comeau"
>> <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming"<hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, premier
>> <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Holland, Mike
>> (LEG)"<mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "Mitchell, Kathleen"
>> <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, "louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.
>> <louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib.
>> <david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "david.russell@gnb.ca"<david.russell@gnb.ca>,
>> "Gilles.volpe@
>> <Gilles.volpe@
>> <Paul.Volpe@libertyutilities.
>> <dave.lavigne@
>> <len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, "jeffery.callaghan@
>> <jeffery.callaghan@
>> <rzarumba@ceadvisors.com>, "gerald@kissnb.com"<gerald@kissnb.com>,
>> "cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com"<cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com>
>> "hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com"<hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>, "Russell,
>> Stephen"<SRussell@nbpower.com>, "Harrison, Wanda"
>> <WHarrison@nbpower.com>, "Waycott, Stephen"<SWaycott@nbpower.com>,
>> "Crawford, Brad"<BCrawford@nbpower.com>, "Porter, George"
>> <George.Porter@nbpower.com>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>, "Dickie,
>> Michael"<Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>, "Lawton, John"
>> <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>, "Young, Dave"<Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>,
>> "Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com"<Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com>,
>> "Cecile.Bourbonnais@brattle.
>> "heather.black@gnb.ca"<heather.black@gnb.ca>, "rdk@indecon.com"
>> <rdk@indecon.com>, "rrichard@nb.aibn.com"<rrichard@nb.aibn.com>,
>> "sussexsharingclub@nb.aibn.com
>> "margot.cragg@umnb.ca"<margot.cragg@umnb.ca>,
>> "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com"<jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>,
>> "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com"<dan.dionne@perth-andover.com>
>> "pierreroy@edmundston.ca"<pierreroy@edmundston.ca>,
>> "ray.robinson@sjenergy.com"<ray.robinson@sjenergy.com>,
>> "sstoll@airdberlis.com"<sstoll@airdberlis.com>,
>> "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com"<pzarnett@bdrenergy.com>,
>> "leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca"<leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca>, "Furey, John"
>> <john.furey@mcinnescooper.com>
>>
>> Received, thank you.
>>
>>
>>