{"id":821379,"date":"2026-07-23T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821379\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:39:10","slug":"3-maritime-provinces-to-consider-regional-electricity-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821379\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Maritime provinces to consider regional electricity operator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Scotia<\/a>\u00b7New<\/p>\n<p>The deal would help keep energy affordable and ensure the grid is reliable, the provinces say.<\/p>\n<p>Deal would help keep energy affordable and ensure the grid is reliable, provinces say<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 23, 2026 12:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Electricity wires are seen running along power poles.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784831950_436_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Premiers for the three provinces announced the deal during a meeting of Canada&#8217;s premiers in Charlottetown this week. (Robert Short\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Three Atlantic provinces are considering the creation of a new Maritime electricity system operator.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment is part of a broad memorandum of understanding signed by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n<p>Premiers for the three provinces announced the deal during a meeting of Canada&#8217;s premiers in Charlottetown this week.<\/p>\n<p>The provinces say the deal would help keep energy affordable and ensure the grid remains reliable.<\/p>\n<p>New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her province is well positioned to help power Canada&#8217;s energy future as the power hub of the Maritimes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the federal government announced this morning it&#8217;s spending $5.9 million on two new 200-megawatt submarine cables between New Brunswick and P.E.I.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOP STORIES<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia\u00b7New The deal would help keep energy affordable and ensure the grid is reliable, the provinces say.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-821379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}