Maritime Electric seeks input on subsea cable energy project
The project would see two new subsea 180-megawatt cables laid between P.E.I. and N.B.
Maritime Electric is holding a public meeting in Borden-Carelton P.E.I. Monday to review and discuss the proposed installation of new cables to ship electricity on and off the Island.
The project to lay two new 180-megawatt cables along the bottom of the Northumberland Strait from P.E.I. to New Brunswick is expected to cost about $100 million.
The new cables will have a total capacity of 360 MW, replacing the two 100 MW lines currently running under the Northumberland Strait. The existing cables are almost 40 years old and have a maximum life expectancy of 50 years. Maritime Electric has said it considers every year past 40 a risk.
Representatives from NB Power, Maritime Electric, as well as environmental consultants will be at the open house at the Royal Canadian Legion on Main Street in Borden-Carleton from 2 to 8 p.m. They will be available to review and discuss the project and answer questions.
Two public meetings are also being held in New Brunswick, in Memramcook and Cape Tormentine.
The project includes construction of approximately 60 kilometres of new transmission line between those two communities.