Gnu,

Thanks for the neighbourly move NB'ers. I suspect giving big Que power over your power generation and transmission would have been regretted.

It is interesting that Canada's tax dollars financed the Trans Canada pipeline from West to Quebec (and Southern Ontario) to give the West a market, and Ont and Quebec residents access to cheaper (and cleaner) natural gas. Similar benefits were not extended to the East coast.

Now, Quebec (Charest and Duceppe) cry "dont give 'em Canada tax dollars to compete with (our monoply) selling power to the USA", when the Atlantic provinces try and get access to cheaper (and cleaner) power and create a new business.

Emera (AKA, NS Power) already has significant investments in power generation and transmission Maine.