Climate Change & the Environment

Power generation platforms

Here's what the 2024 NB election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Power generation.

Liberal

  • Develop an energy plan to provide affordable, reliable, clean energy

    "Deliver an energy plan that provides affordable, reliable, clean energy for New Brunswickers and New Brunswick businesses." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Green

  • Move to 80% renewable energy by 2035

    "Eliminate the red tape that prevents home and property owners from readily accessing community-based and rooftop solar power." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Cancel power subsidies to pulp mills and use the savings to provide monthly rebates on power bills to low-income people

    "Cancel the power subsidies to pulp mills and use the savings to provide low-income individuals and families with monthly rebates on their power bills to offset electricity rate increases." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Allow municipalities and First Nation communities to power their operations from NB Power's distribution lines

    "Enable municipalities and First Nation communities to power their operations with renewable energy by allowing them to use NB Power’s distribution lines." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Allocate the best wind energy sites in New Brunswick to public power developments

    "Allocate the best wind energy sites in New Brunswick to public power developments that replace fossil fuel generation, ensuring that private companies do not monopolize these locations for hydrogen production." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

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