Thursday, 23 June 2022

N.B. government seeks energy board's advice on fuel prices

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Thursday, 23 June 2022

N.B. government seeks energy board's advice on fuel prices


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/petroleum-investigation-killed-eub-1.6518610 

 

Petroleum investigation ordered by province killed by EUB

Regulator rejects Ministerial order citing lack of jurisdiction

The province overlooked the fact the requested investigation requires powers the EUB does not possess, according to the energy regulator.

"The Board does not have jurisdiction to investigate this directive," the EUB's chief clerk Kathleen Mitchell wrote in a letter to Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland last week.

The episode adds to an apparently confused understanding by the New Brunswick government about the EUB's powers and the manner in which petroleum prices are set in the province.

New Brunswick political leaders spent much of the spring jousting over what should be done about the rising and volatile cost of petroleum, even though prices in New Brunswick, outside of taxes, were consistently the lowest in the region through the period.

Premier Blaine Higgs said in June he wanted answers from the EUB about how it sets petroleum prices even though the body follows rules made by the province. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

On June 9, in the midst of that ongoing volatility, Holland said he had directed his department "to put together some sort of a request to the EUB to analyze and come back with recommendations," about how the province could better deal with petroleum pricing issues.

"This is an effort in which we want to go forward and say, in a rapid fashion, in immediate terms, come back to us with an analysis," said Holland.

New Brunswick has regulated the maximum amount oil and gas companies can charge consumers for petroleum products since 2006. 

Rules that govern that process were devised by the province and the Energy and Utilities Board was given responsibility for applying them. 

Normally the body adjusts the upper limit of what consumers can be charged for various petroleum products once per week based on rising and falling commodity prices and the official pricing formula spelled out in legislation.

However, between January and early June this year gasoline and diesel prices jumped 70 cents per litre in New Brunswick and required 44 separate price settings in 23 weeks. 

That included 21 special "interrupter" price settings, which are required when commodity prices rise or fall on markets by six cents per litre or more in a single trading day or five cents or more in the case of  furnace oil. 

Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland ordered the Energy and Utilties Board in June to investigate better ways to set prices. The board declined, citing a lack of jurisdiction given to it in legislation. (CBC)

On June 9, the EUB lifted the maximum price for regular unleaded gasoline in New Brunswick 8.3 cents to a then record 219.6 cents per litre.  That appeared to trigger Holland's call for the EUB to investigate what government could do to soften the price shocks.

In an official letter sent later that day, Holland told the EUB he wanted it to "make an investigation on how to reduce the volatility of petroleum product pricing caused by the interruptions in the weekly price setting." 

He also wrote he wanted the body to make recommendations on "how to mitigate the impact on consumers of high petroleum prices."

In its response to the Minister sent last week the board said it "doubts" it has the authority to look at the interruptions issue and is certain it has no jurisdiction to look at mitigating high prices for consumers.

"The Board only has jurisdiction to act upon those powers expressly or implicitly delegated through enabling legislation," wrote Mitchell for the board.

"Actions outside this jurisdiction are of no force or effect." 

The EUB requires more than a letter from Holland to dig into the requested investigations, Mitchell explained, suggesting an official assignment to look at the issue from Cabinet is required. 

"If the Government were to require the Board to carry out these investigations through the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by Order in Council, the Board would be seized with jurisdiction, and have the obligation to carry out such investigations," read Mitchell's letter.  

Gasoline and diesel prices in New Brunswick jumped 70 cents per litre between January and June requiring 21 special 'interruption' price settings by the Energy and Utilities Board. (Robert Jones/CBC News)

It's not the only misunderstanding this year the province has had over the limited authority it has given the Energy and Utilities Board over petroleum pricing. 

Also in June, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said his government was pressing the Board to explain how it sets prices in certain market conditions, apparently unaware the body is only permitted to follow formulas given to it by government.

"We are asking those questions of the EUB right now," said Higgs.

Despite concerns expressed by New Brunswick government officials over pricing, records show consumers in the province fared reasonably well through spring price shocks compared those in neighbouring jurisdictions.

According to the energy information company Kalibrate, the average price of a litre of unleaded gasoline in Saint John was 194.6 cents per litre in May and 210.7 cents in June.  That's within one cent of prices in Halifax for those two months even though taxes on gasoline in New Brunswick are more than six cents higher than in Nova Scotia. 

Diesel prices averaged 13 cents more in Saint John than Halifax but taxes on diesel were 15 cents higher in New Brunswick.

Asked this week whether the province will pass an order-in-council directing the EUB to conduct the investigations requested by Holland, his department indicated in an email it is now doing the work on its own.

"We are currently reviewing the Petroleum Products Pricing Act and will bring forward recommendations to government on how the Act can be amended to better protect consumers, and to provide more certainty and stability for retailers and everyday drivers," wrote spokesperson Nick Brown.

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John D Bond
Another consequence of not being fully aware of how the world works. First poorly written emergency health orders that fail to pass the legal test when people are charged that are being thrown out of court for being to vague. Then creating a rental cap increase that would prevent people from losing their homes that has more holes than a brick of swiss cheese. Now not understanding how world markets work, the drivers for volatility in global markets for petroleum products and the asking the EUB to do something the legislation that created it does not provide tools for.
Rather substandard performance from the government. What the heck are the opposition parties doing in NB, they should be all over this and organizing like crazy. With a track record like this, they don't deserve to get re elected, but what to do when there are no viable options present.

 
David Sampson
How silly the government must be to think they could change the pricing of gas at the pumps without approval from the Irvings!
 
 
 
 
Johnny Jakobs
Keep drinking the kool aid and nothing will change.
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
This would be funny if it were not so sad. Mr. Holland asks the EUB to fix a problem that was created by the Dept of Energy back in 2006. The gasoline pricing formula was entirely devised by government, so government via the Dept of Energy should be able to adjust the formula without any outside help.

Why involve the EUB unless you are looking for someone else to blame?
 
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Holland is an empty suit 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alex Butt 
I can not believe that people, especially new brunswickers fall for this smoke & mirrors. Every one knows that higgs is rolling is excess tax cash and loving every moment and is doing everything in his power to protect this and his buddies like the irvings bottom line, all the while the rest of us are are being financially decimated!
 
Les Cooper
Reply to @Alex Butt: you have proof?
 
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Les Cooper: Whether anyone has proof or not is moot. All that is required is a brain and a set of eyes
 
 
 
 
 
Carl Douglas
I think it would surprise most people to know the Crown still owns Canada. If you don't pay your taxes your land reverts to the crown, you sign a contract with a province you sign a contract with the Crown through the crowns representative. Ever wonder why the Queens representative has a massive mansion in Fredericton and yet the premier lives in a modest split level home? Perhaps we could ask the Queen for a break on fuel taxes. FYI "The land of Canada is solely owned by Queen Elizabeth II who .
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Carl Douglas: I will have to call BS on your statement that if you don't pay your taxes your land "reverts" to the crown. The land can be sold to recover the taxes, but that's about it. The crown cannot for instance take your land and build a shopping mall on it. They can sell it to recover the taxes but anything more than the taxes owed that gets recovered goes to the land owner or the holder of the mortgage.

Johnny Jakobs
Reply to @Fred Brewer: can the crown take your land if they want to build a highway through it? Yes. And yes, the crown can take your land.
 
Les Cooper
Reply to @Carl Douglas: the crown owns the crown land. Hence the name.
 
Carl Douglas
Reply to @Fred Brewer: If the land is sold you don't own it. What's the BS part? I'd expect most people would know that. I'm only pointing to the fact that the land is owned by the Crown (minus the 9.7%). That's fact not BS. 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Collins
Turns out the EUB is just another paper tiger. That board or the government will not get the Irving Empire to reveal it's margins and profits, in particular the crack spread.
 
Donald Gallant
Reply to @Michael Collins:
Same for any other oil company.
 
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Michael Collins: Most boards come to be as fronts that follow and deliver directives from on high. They exist at the pleasure of their funders. They make the day to day decisions pertaining to daily operations while all the major changes are always political and/ or corporate
 
Rusty Shackleford
Reply to @Michael Collins: Its funny how everyone likes to blame the high gas pricing on Irving....funny, I don't see the price cheaper anywhere else. As a matter of fact, I hear gas is a little expensive in other provinces and countries too...man oh man those Irvings must have a further reach than I figured. Glad you guys have it all figured out. We should drive them out immediately. But wait...don't they employ 1 in 12 people here in NB? What do we tell them? What do you think it would do to our tax base if they were gone? Perhaps we should get rid of the McCain's as well while were at it? Its easy to blame all the problems on the big targets...Irving, McCain's, Trudeau, Higgs. Things are a bit more complex than that, and we have evolved critical thinking skills to work these things out. A shame we don't use them anymore.
 
 
Brian mcknight
That's convenient

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/province-seeking-fuel-prices-1.6483130

 

N.B. government seeks energy board's advice on fuel prices

Fuel prices have climbed to historic levels since the war in Ukraine began

Energy Minister Mike Holland says his department has contacted the arm's-length provincial regulator to seek "advice … suggestions or recommendations" about how to soften the impact on consumers.

"It's information they can give us," Holland said. "They can give us information about global trends. They can give recommendations, and then at that point it's up to us to come back and do it." 

The EUB's weekly price-setting pushed the maximum price for a litre of regular gasoline up 8.3 cents to $2.196 on Thursday.

'They can give us information about global trends. They can give recommendations,' said New Brunswick Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland. (CBC)

The weekly price-setting is released each Thursday and is based on a formula linked to the global price of oil. 

But the board can raise, or lower, the price at other times during the week if the market price changes by six cents in a single day.

Fuel-price misstep

On Wednesday, Premier Blaine Higgs stated incorrectly that that mechanism is only triggered to raise prices, not to bring them down.

"That is used sometimes in terms of raising prices, and I don't understand quite why that can't be used to reduce prices. I don't know whether it's possible or not," he said.

"I know I get accused of putting thoughts out there before they're completely understood, but it's another thought that I just think the EUB has to work both ways. We are asking those questions of the EUB right now." 

In fact, the so-called interruption clause does allow non-Thursday price drops. 

Premier Blaine Higgs suggested Wednesday that the EUB's interrupter clause could only be used to raise fuel prices. In fact, the clause has been used to decrease prices several times this year alone. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

It has happened three times since the war in Ukraine began driving up the cost of gasoline. The board lowered the per-litre price by 15.7 cents on March 11, 9.3 cents on March 30 and 8.6 cents on May 20.

On Thursday Holland wouldn't comment on the premier's error. He said the point of contacting the EUB was to use their data and expertise. 

"We put that forward with a hope that they can come back and just give us more information, because with the full scope of information, it gives us the ability to make decisions." 

He acknowledged that in the end there's no way to avoid the world price of oil, but he joined Higgs in blaming federal environmental policies for constricting the supply of crude and contribution to even higher prices.

Government 'scrambling'

Opposition parties say the invoking of the EUB is a sign the government is flailing around for options.

"They're scrambling to be able to say they're doing everything they possibly can," Green Leader David Coon said. 

'They’re scrambling to be able to say they’re doing everything they can possibly can,' Green Leader David Coon said. (Jacques Poitras/CBC News file photo)

He said the EUB has no mandate to give governments recommendations, and while seeking more information is fine, "in the grand scheme of things it's not going to make any difference to the price of gas or diesel." 

Liberal Leader Roger Melanson also said the EUB has no role to play and accused Higgs of looking to blame others for his own decision not to cut the 10.87-cent-per-litre provincial gas tax.

"There's no international market conditions that regulate or control the provincial gas tax," he said. "That's completely up to the government. They can act, today, at midnight tonight. … I know I sound like a broken record but it's true." 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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Les Cooper 
Let's do a STUDY!!
 
 
 
 
Jacques Poitras 
We could save over a billion and a half dollars if we didn’t contribute to the public broadcaster.
 
 
 
 
Buford Wilson
I hear justin may scrap the carbon tax.
To assist all Canadians at this challenging time.
 
 
 
doug kirby
The premier is a public servant worker …fuel is affecting everyone and it’s his duty to do what the people of nb need…his excuse that other services will be affected is ridiculous…our health care is still horrible…the roads are deplorable so where is this money he wants to hoard go? Fishy stuff goes on behind closed doors obviously
 
Les Cooper  
Reply to @doug kirby:the goal is to cut use of fuel and force people into electric vehicles. The war is just helping the cause. Trudeau is laughing all the way to the bank.
 
 
 
 
 
 
louella woods
It is clear Higgs does not understand the EUB and their role in this whole fiasco. They do not need anyone to tell them they are making a killing on the increase in fuel and increase in the amount of fuel tax they are taking in. But it is not the conservative party's way to help people, only concern is the corporations.
 
Graham McCormack
Reply to @louella woods: The EUB sets prices based on a formula, they have no control over the commodity price.
 
Jacques Poitras 
Reply to @louella woods: It’s clear the commenter has no idea what they are talking about. Commenting on an article doesn’t make them an expert.
 
Les Cooper  
Reply to @Graham McCormack: exactly
 
 
 
 
 
Jos Allaire
Higgs is asking the ventriloquist oil baron who speaks through the puppet that he is.
 
Jacques Poitras  
Reply to @Jos Allaire: Again, when someone approves of their own comment, it doesn’t count.
 
 
 
 
Arlene Gallant  
Just lower the tax.
 
 
 
 
 
Rosco holt
Higgs doesn't want to do anything to impact this windfall,
 
Arlene Gallant
Reply to @Rosco holt: except passing the buck
 
 
 
 
 
 
B.W. Fishman
Instead of cutting gas taxes which will mean more ERs closed by 7 pm.............................How about raising the corporate taxes in the Serfdom of Irving and McCain???
 
Rosco holt 
Reply to @B.W. Fishman: Why not both?
 
Graham McCormack 
Reply to @B.W. Fishman: How would that make gas more affordable?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taylor Bossé
Can't afford to buy gas or food?
Simple fix!: Buy a shiny new Tesla and start eating the bugs in your backyard!
 
John Dale
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: Bugs? Do you mean Volkswagens?
 
Les Cooper 
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: U do know the chargers for Teslas newd maintenance. Is that free?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corrie Weatherfield
But, but, but . . . why are our political "leaders" not dancing for joy ? Even Mr . Green seems to be missing the point . . . namely, .... a carbon tax is designed to discourage use of fossil fuels by increasing the price . . . isn't that the main plan ? The tax revenue is supposed to be used for some "good purpose" but we never seem to hear any details, do we? So here we have a price increase much greater than the carbon tax and why would not our "leaders" be happy that it should further discourage use of fossil fuels . . . even more discouragement than they have caused. PLUS any tax revenues that are based on a % of price have increased govt revenue, so why aren't the leaders just saying so instead of some dumb dance about trying to find a way to "help". Get real. We all know who the "leaders" love to help and it is seldom the little citizens who pay the taxes.
 
 
 
 
 
Taylor Bossé
The middle class are now forced to decide whether to fuel up their car or put food on the table, because you can't do both under the liberal's "green energy" agenda.
 
Michael Cain
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: car pool
 
Les Cooper
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: time to cancel your cell phone, and cable service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taylor Bossé
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with "the war in Ukraine" or big bad Pootin, and EVERYTHING to do with the liberal push to eliminate fossil fuels, both here and in the States.
 
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: Wrong again.
 
Les Cooper 
Reply to @Taylor Bossé: but it does. Shortage of oil world wide
 
 
 
 
 
Wendy Simon
The blind asking the blind for advice? We're doomed!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sarahh Rogers
"It has happened three times since the war in Ukraine began driving up the cost of gasoline. The board lowered the per-litre price by 15.7 cents on March 11, 9.3 cents on March 30 and 8.6 cents on May 20."
Higgs won't know that, for one he doesn't buy his own gas.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sam Brown
Hello New Brunswick...
If the EUB can control the price of fuel the Public pays based on market value.
Why can't the Government control the royalties paid by the lumber companies based on market value ?
Good Day.....
 
Michael Cain
Reply to @Sam Brown: Higgs nor Holland understand royalties; after Coon suggested it 2 years ago, it is under study.
 
Ernesto Rafael
Reply to @Sam Brown: same pair of pants, build it or burnit under property management of course
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Adams
How about instead of issuing rebates to low income earners of which many do not have a car or work, give a break to all people who are buying fuel with a gas tax cut! All income earners are suffering daily with high gas prices when there is no feasible public transit options in any city in the province to get to work or to get out to get thing things they need. In one city, the service does not even operate on Sunday's!
 
Michael Cain
Reply to @Matt Adams: The low income earners are paying the same as anybody else, and feel the pain even more. The higher income earners are the biggest polluters, so should pay more.
 
Michael Cain
Reply to @Matt Adams: maybe you can suggest how much should someone should earn to benefit from a tax cut?
 
Rosco holt
Reply to @Matt Adams: Why does landlords get help from the provincial government? They already enjoy tax cut. What extra cost do landlords incur?  
 
 
 
Neil Murphy
Anyone with half a brain could see Gas prices are expensive.
 
 
 
 
 

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Energy affordability, not availability, ought to be the priority of Atlantic Canada's premiers


 

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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 12:12:17 -0300
Subject: Methinks the news today about Higgy's latest plan is
interesting N'esy Pas René Legacy?
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-shale-gas-redux-1.6479200


Higgs talks shale gas revival, but global price spike may not last

Experts say investment is a gamble without long-term purchase agreement

But his toughest opponent may be the uncertainties of the world market.

"The big question mark is, we've got a big price spike now, but is that going to continue for the next couple of years or couple of decades?" said Kent Fellows, an economist who studies the gas market at the University of Calgary.

The premier has been talking for weeks about whether the war in Ukraine, and the need for Europe to find new supplies of natural gas to replace what it bought from Russia, warrants a new push for shale gas extraction here.

Significant anti-shale gas protests occurred in Elsipogtog in 2014. (CBC)

It is a politically delicate subject, given the confrontations between the RCMP and anti-fracking protestors near Elsipogtog First Nation in 2013. 

"There's a lot to this. Believe me, I don't want to relive 2014, or '12. I don't want to go through any of that," Higgs said recently.

"So we would need to work with communities, First Nations, and have a general understanding of, 'Can we be of assistance here to ourselves and others, and is the time right to do that?'"

Higgs said he's not planning to repeal a Liberal moratorium on exploration, but wants to instead find a way to satisfy the five criteria in that legislation, including public acceptance.

"We'd have to address those," he said. 

Unstable view of gas

The bigger challenge, however, may be the hesitation of gas companies to invest in development that may not be as lucrative in the long term as it would be today.

Add to that the lengthy regulatory approval process and it's virtually impossible to move quickly for short-term gain.

"There is a long lead time on getting this infrastructure in place and it comes with a high capital cost, so you need long-term expectations to make it pay off," says Fellows.

Should the war in Ukraine end quickly with a deal that allows Russian gas back into Europe, prices would drop again and the business case for a New Brunswick industry could evaporate.

That's the same question looming over another gas project Higgs is touting: the conversion of Repsol's Saint John LNG import terminal to allow the liquefaction and export of Canadian natural gas to Europe.

Economist Kent Fellows says while the war in Ukraine has spiked fuel prices, there's no guarantee the prices will stay that high. (CBC)

Todd McDonald, president of Halifax-based gas trading firm Energy Atlantica, said Repsol is unlikely to spend the money required without a 10 or 20-year agreement to lock in a fixed price on natural gas.

And that's a commitment European politicians may hesitate to give, he adds.

An end to the war, and a return of cheaper Russian gas, might anger consumers stuck with a locked-in higher price for Canadian gas.

"If you're in office and you say 'I've got an election in two years, do I want to be the guy who signs up for 20 years right now?'" McDonald said. "It's a tough call."

Higgs has linked the two gas scenarios, suggesting shale gas from New Brunswick could be shipped via Repsol to help Europe reduce its reliance on Russia.

"I talk about it because it's another possible solution right now," the premier said last week.

But McDonald said while a supply of New Brunswick-produced gas could help clinch Respol's decision, it's unlikely to come online fast enough.

Gas extracted in New Brunswick would be cheaper for Repsol to export because it would travel a much shorter distance than gas coming to Saint John from Alberta or the U.S. and be subject to much lower pipeline tolls.

But New Brunswick's regulatory regime moves much slower than its Alberta counterpart, said McDonald.

And Repsol's been stung before by abrupt changes in the global market.

The company opened its import terminal, known as Canaport LNG, in 2009, in partnership with Irving Oil.

Commissioned in 2008, the Canaport LNG terminal, Canada’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, is on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at Saint John. (Nick Hawkins)

At the time, importing foreign gas looked like a solid bet. But the shale boom in the United States led to a glut of cheap North American gas on the market, making imports unattractive.

"So that facility largely sits unused for 80 to 90 per cent of the year because of that exact equation," McDonald said.

Repsol, which bought out Irving Oil's stake in the terminal last year and renamed it Saint John LNG, would not comment in detail.

"The company will look at any/all business that enhances or creates value at Saint John LNG, including the potential to add liquefaction capabilities [for gas exports] to the existing facility," spokesperson Mike Blackier said in an email.

Buy-in

Higgs emphasized repeatedly last week that he doesn't want to take a hard line and will be sensitive to public opinion.

"It isn't a matter of enforcing options, it's a matter of discussing options," he said.

The Opposition Liberals say Higgs has yet to meet the five conditions they attached to lifting the moratorium while in power:

  • A "social licence," or public acceptance, through consultations.
  • Clear information on potential impacts on air, public health and water so that proper regulations can be in place.
  • A plan to lessen impacts on public infrastructure and deal with issues such as disposal of waste water from fracking.
  • A consultation process with Indigenous people.
  • A "proper" royalty structure to ensure New Brunswick benefits from development.

"There's nothing suggesting we have social acceptance," said Liberal natural resources critic René Legacy.

"The premier seems to think that because of the geopolitical situation in the world, we can toss aside environmental needs." 

Jennifer Coleman, spokesperson for Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc., which represents Mi'kmaq chiefs, said the organization "has not received any recent outreach from the provincial government on shale gas."

The Higgs government carved out a small exemption to the Liberal moratorium in 2019 for the area in Penobsquis where Corridor Resources was already extracting gas.

Liberal natural resources critic René Legacy says it doesn't appear the province is close to getting "social acceptance," something thought to be necessary before a fracking moratorium can be lifted. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

But so far, the company, now known as Headwater Exploration, has not taken advantage of that exemption to explore for more gas.

Even so, McDonald said Higgs is right to relaunch a conversation on shale gas. He says it's hypocritical that voters want quality health care and education, but oppose the gas development that would help pay for them.

McDonald says he believes there's a better-than-50-percent chance European nations will eventually sign deals for North American gas.

"Yeah, I think they'll sign on the dotted line, if I were a gambling man, for a long-term contract," he said, whether it's with Repsol or another supplier.

"Whether Higgs can rally the public to say 'hey there is social licence,' I just don't know. That's a tough one. That, I don't think I'd bet on, because I've been in the business 20 years and I used to be an optimist about that, but I've just been wrong too many times." 

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On 12/30/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
>
> IN THE MATTER of New Brunswick
> Power Corporation and Sections
> 113(2) and 113(3) of the Electricity
> Act, SNB 2013 c.7.
>
> NOTICE OF APPLICATION
>
> TO: New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
>
> AND TO: All persons identified in Appendix “A” to this Notice of
> Application
>
> WHEREAS
>
> (1) New Brunswick Power Corporation (“NB Power”) is required, pursuant
> to Section 113(3) of the Electricity Act, SNB 2013, c. E-7, as
> amended, (the “Act”), to make application to the New Brunswick Energy
> and Utilities Board (the “Board”) at least once
> every three years for approval of its Transmission Revenue Requirements;
>
> (2) NB Power may, pursuant to Section 113(2) of the Act, apply to the
> Board for approval of changes to the provisions of the approved New
> Brunswick Open Access Transmission Tariff (the “NB OATT”);
>
> (3) NB Power has filed evidence with the Board in support of this
> Application.
>
> NOW THEREFORE NB Power applies to the Board for the following:
>
> (1) An Order approving NB Power’s Transmission Revenue Requirement of
> $125.2 million for Transmission Service.
>
> (2) An Order approving rates for Transmission Service contained in
> Schedules 7, 8, and Attachment H of the NB OATT and as set out in
> Table 5.0.2 below.
>
> (3) An Order approving the revenue requirement of $15.6 million for
> Schedule 1 of the NB OATT at rates set out in Table 5.0.2 below.
>
> (4) An Order approving the non-Capital Support Charge Rate of 5.03 per
> cent as contained in Schedule 9 of the NB OATT and set out in Table
> 5.0.2 below.
>
> (5) An Order approving the revenue requirement of $5.9 million for
> Schedule 2 of the OATT at rates set out in Table 8.1.1 below.
>
> (6) An Order approving the rates contained in Schedules 3, 5, and 6 of
> the NB OATT as set out in Table 9.1.1 below.
>
> (7) An Order approving changes to the NB OATT as set out in Attachment
> 1 of the accompanying evidence (“List of Proposed Changes to the NB
> OATT”).
>
> (8) An Order approving the Transmission Real Power Loss Factor
> (“TRPL”) value of 3.3 per cent, as well as a change in the calculation
> methodology for the TRPL.
>
> (9) Directions with respect to the schedule for the full hearing of
> this Application, and any other preliminary or procedural matters; and
>
> (10) Such other Orders and/or directions with respect to any other
> matters as the Board sees fit.
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:19:42 +0000
> Subject: RE: Methinks folks should study Bill 77 ASAP N'esy Pas?
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