Meanwhile:

"An Ontario-based energy storage company says it can deliver a 400-megawatt battery storage project in New Brunswick for less than half the cost of a controversial gas and diesel plant proposed by N.B. Power.

NRStor’s chief development officer Jason Rioux said his company submitted a proposal to the New Brunswick government in December outlining the cheaper battery project, which he said could meet N.B. Power's capacity shortage as early as 2028."