Submission to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources Strategic Electricity Inter-ties September 25, 2017 Mr. Keith Cronkhite Senior VP Business Development & Strategic Planning New Brunswick Power Corporation 515 King Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 4X1 506/458-6631
[email protected] www.nbpower.com STANDING COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Strategic Electricity Inter-ties New Brunswick Power (NB Power) NB Power is a publicly-owned utility that safely and reliably serves New Brunswick residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers with competitive rates. Its vision is to provide Sustainable Electricity for Future Generations with a mission to Be Our Customers’ Partner of Choice for Energy Solutions. NB Power is well positioned, based on its generation mix, to provide its customers with electricity generated with consideration for the environment. External purchases, largely hydro, help supplement this mix resulting in over 70 per cent of the current in-province energy requirements being supplied by non-emitting generation. By 2020, the generation mix will achieve 75 per cent non-emitting (40% renewable, 35% nuclear). When considering greenhouse gas emissions, NB Power is approximately 52 per cent below 2005 levels. Attachment A provides an overview of NB Power’s system. With respect to electricity inter-ties, NB Power is one of the most interconnected utilities in North America. The main interconnects are as follows: • New Brunswick – Quebec 1000 MW (includes radial load) • New Brunswick – New England 1000 MW • New Brunswick – Northern Maine 110 MW • New Brunswick – Nova Scotia 300 MW • New Brunswick – Prince Edward Island 300 MW Attachment B provides overview of the Interconnection Map.