The rationale behind N.B. Power’s controversial decision to build a gas-fired power plant on a 550-acre woodlot is outlined in a recent report from the utility, but critics aren’t buying it.

In December 2024, N.B. Power told reporters the major new gas plant would likely be built in the Scoudouc Industrial Park, about 22 kilometres northeast of Moncton.

But according to the two-page report, the utility decided just two months later that it would instead go with property near Centre Village in rural Tantramar.

N.B. Power and ProEnergy, the U.S. company hired to build and operate the plant, are now building a 1.5-kilometre road to get to the chosen site. WATCH | Local residents want Chignecto Isthmus protected:

Woodpecker nests behind proposed power-plant site in Centre Village 30 mi

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