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Utilities

It costs less to do business in Fredericton in part because of the region’s efficient and low cost utilities. Fredericton provides water supply and services to both commercial and residential users through technologically advanced equipment and processes. Further, city staff are highly trained and certified in water supply and wastewater management to ensure safe and reliable water supplies. Fredericton operates on a quarterly billing system that includes low base and consumption rates.

ELECTRICITY

The NB Power Group, through it’s operating companies, provides reliable, safe and competitively-priced electricity generated at 15 facilities, delivered via power lines, substations, and terminals to more than 360,000 direct and indirect customers within New Brunswick and surrounding markets.

NB Power operating companies:

NB Power Generation operates and maintains one of North America’s most diverse generating systems consisting of 14 hydro, coal, oil, diesel and Orimulsion® powered stations. It has an installed capacity of 3,313 MW.

NB Power Nuclear operates and maintains the Point Lepreau Generating Station, a CANDU – 6 reactor, providing another 635 MW of electricity.

NB Power Transmission operates and maintains 46 terminals and switchyards that are interconnected by over 6,700 km of lines. The system is also interconnected with electrical systems in northeastern North America including Quebec, Maine, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

NB Power Distribution and Customer Service is responsible for securing adequate capacity and energy supplies to meet customer demand. It is responsible for operating and maintaining the distribution system that serves residential, commercial, industrial and wholesale customers across New Brunswick.

NATURAL GAS

New Brunswick has a natural gas transmission pipeline running from the Northeast of New Brunswick to New England. Enbridge Gas New Brunswick has laid a further distribution pipeline in the Fredericton region so that over 24,000 residences and businesses have long-term access to a clean-burning and competitively priced energy supply.



TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Brunswick has a leading digital, dual fiber optic system that services the entire province. Everyone is connected— New Brunswick has universal broadband access in all public schools and over 210 access centres throughout the province.

Telecommunications costs in Canada are one-third lower than those in Europe or the United States. Further, New Brunswick does not impose calling tax on international calls, providing an additional savings over other jurisdictions.

ALIANT
At Aliant, they have a long history of being an important innovation engine for New Brunswick. Together with the Government of New Brunswick, Aliant has created greater economic opportunities for all regions of the province, urban and rural.

As strategic partners, Aliant continues their tradition of leadership and work together toward achieving the goals of New Brunswick’s Prosperity Plan.

Aliant has embarked on a number of initiatives designed to ensure New Brunswick has access to the technology it needs for a competitive, diversified and prosperous economy.

  • Committed $300 million to build the next generation network in Atlantic Canada so New Brunswick businesses have the competitive advantages of Voice over IP telephony and other productivity-enhancing services.
  • Invested $10 million in 2003 to expand our digital wireless and 1xRTT service toward our goal of reaching 95 per cent of New Brunswickers, giving the province the most extensive coverage with the fastest speeds.
  • Established VoIP demonstration centre in Saint John, and a mobile centre, to allow New Brunswickers to learn about this emerging technology.
  • Created exCITE! centre to help businesses deploy information technology projects smarter and faster.
  • Established, as founding partners, the E-Commerce Centre at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John.
  • Committed $15.6 million in partnership with the Province of New Brunswick to bring high-speed Internet access to 90 per cent of homes, 95 per cent of business lines and 100 per cent of health care centres, business parks and First Nations' communities.
    • As strategic partners, Aliant continues their tradition of leadership and work together toward achieving the goals of New Brunswick’s Prosperity Plan.
  • Established the Aliant Wireless Innovation Fund with a grant of $2.5 million over five years for research and development at Atlantic Canadian Universities.
  • Aliant's knowledge services, delivered through its wholly owned subsidiary, Innovatia, provide the telecommunications industry with made-in- Atlantic Canada eLearning, technical documentation, TeleWeb sales channel, and pre-and post-sales technical support for customer product inquiry, maintenance and training needs.


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