With just weeks to go before another proposed rate hike from Maritime Electric would kick in, the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission has turned down an application from a group that wants to intervene on behalf of the public.
Maritime Electric is seeking to recoup $37 million in costs to restore electricity after post-tropical storm Fiona devastated the province’s grid.
A co-operative called Energy Democracy Now! applied in December to be an intervener, stating in its application that “Island residents are facing another electricity rate increase, at a time when many simply cannot afford it.”
