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.
A weather front off a low-pressure system centred over the border of Ontario and Quebec has brought downpours and winds to the Maritimes gusty enough to create some power outages.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission approved a new three-year rate structure for Maritime Electric this week, but said it had concerns with an agreement reached between the utility and the provincial government.