Facts about the proposed gas plant

-The cost of the plant will be over $1 billion (https://warktimes.com/2025/10/11/nb-power-warns-province-at-risk-of-electricity-shortage-in-3-years/)

-Renewable energy was not responsible for blackouts in Spain (https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5534949/spain-blackout-misinformation-renewable-energy)

-In fact renewables prevented blackouts in New England (https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/northeast-heat-wave-solar-battery-benefits)

-There are other energy options. Ontario is working on a 400MW battery project (https://www.potentiarenewables.com/our-portfolio/skyview-2-bess-project/) and Vermont is using distributed batteries across the state (https://www.theenergymix.com/vermont-utility-offers-storage-batteries-for-all-in-response-to-record-storms/)

-There is no Mi’kmaw ownership of the plant, despite what PROENERGY says (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/no-mikmaw-ownership-gas-plant-1.7613798)