Perspective

"We’re talking thousands of jobs being potentially created on that eastern seaboard."

Conversations with Tony Appleton, Bruce Albright and Matt Olson, Burns & McDonnell.

"Could a province prevent a pipeline being built? We’re living this right now with the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and the matter has not settled yet."

"85% of the heating in Prince Edward Island is by furnace oil, and the rest is electricity."

"The biggest issue, for the larger utilities that have much more intense capital pressures, is aging infrastructure."

By 2020, we have to achieve 40% renewable energy in electricity sales. 15 years ago, 80% of our generation was thermal, mostly coal, natural gas, and a small bit of oil."

"New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces and the only officially bilingual province in Canada. Our Board operates in both languages, including the issuance of decisions."

"We’re one of the smallest rate regulators in North America. We have eleven PUB Board Members, including a Chairman. The Chair is the only full-time member."

Conversations with eastern and midwestern Canadian regulators

The indoor cultivation facilities are particularly energy intensive due to the high lighting power density of the flower and vegetation rooms and the need to cool and dehumidify the cultivation rooms.