Contention grows amid Gateway ranks
In this news article, AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill points out that people promoting the Atlantic Gateway need to put petty differences aside and start working together as one entity.
New England’s power utilities disconcerted
As people begin to review and discuss the proposed sale of NB POwer to Hydro Quebec, more reporters are turning to AIMS' author Gordon Weil for insight. In this article Weil explains that the made in Canada deal may end up before the US regulatory board.
Atlantic Canada’s aging population and expected labour shortages
This blog uses AIMS' extensive research on demographics and the impact of our aging population to make its point.
Canadian power deal creates challenges for Maine energy policy
AIMS' author Gordon Weil exaplins in this article in The Kennebec Journal the impact on Maine of the prpoposed sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.
N.B. Power Deal: Good News Not Bad
AIMS author Thomas Adams and AIMS past president Brian Lee Crowley reviewed the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec. They say it makes a lot of sense in this op-ed that appeared in newspapers in both New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Sale may face regulatory challenges
This op-ed by AIMS' author Gordon Weil points out there may be some regulatory concerns about the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec. He also suggests the province should maintain some control.
Energy hub still on track: Keir
The potential sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec has people wondering what happens to the province's paln to be an energy hub. AIMS president Charles Cirtwill says that's still doable, but cautions the success may still rest with the details of the sale.
The prophet of darkness
More than a decade ago, AIMS published a paper by Tom Adams suggesting NB Power was in a financial crisis. It echoed an earlier paper by Norman Betts. With the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec, reporters were dusting off these reports as prophecies.
NB Power has been ‘shooting itself in the foot for years’: Analyst
More than a decade ago, Tom Adams produced a paper on NB Power for AIMS. In this article, he goes through some of the mistakes made by the utility since his AIMS' Commentary, "New Brunswick's Power Failure: Choosing a competitive alternative".
N.S., N.L. wary as Quebec exerts new power in region
For more than a decade AIMS Has been writing about electricity supply in Atlantic Canada. When news broke that New Brunswick was selling its utility to Hydro Quebec, reporters started calling AIMS President Charles Cirtwill, and some of our researchers. In this story Cirtwill explains some of the drawbacks for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland of the proposed deal.