Opposition worried about Maritime Link project
Posted Nov 29, 2013 06:37:54 AM.
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Nova Scotia’s energy regulator is expected to release a decision on the Maritime Link project Friday.
Official opposition leader Jamie Baillie said he’s pleased with the idea of renewable energy but says the $1.5 billion project is a bad deal.
“I don’t believe that the conditions the UARB has set have been met,” said Baillie, “There are too many ‘ifs’, ‘ands’, and ‘buts’ in the guarantee that we are supposed to have.”
Earlier this year the Utility and Review Board attached a number of conditions to ensure the project doesn’t impose heavy burden on Nova Scotia ratepayers.
The province says it will accept a board decision that includes the province’ conditions, but hasn’t said what would happen if the conditions were left out.
Baillie said this worries him.
“That to me is sad because they stood right beside us in opposition and said they would require changes to the deal and now they are saying ‘let’s see what the UARB is saying’ and that’s not the same thing,” said Baillie.
The project would see Emera build a subsea cable which would allow Nova Scotia’s electric utility to buy energy from the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric plant in Labrador.
