Trees along 74 per cent of P.E.I.’s power lines posed a ‘significant’ risk and required ‘urgent’ maintenance in late 2019, according to documents Maritime Electric filed with the province's energy regulator.
P.E.I. lawmakers were eager to get more information Thursday on how the province s utility company was going to deal with severe storms moving forward.
Officials with Maritime Electric presented the company’s plans for a greener, more resilient electrical grid, in response to the ongoing challenges of climate change, to a P.E.I. Legislature committee on Thursday.