RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar

CAPE Urges NB Government to take a hard look at health impacts of Tantramar Gas Plant

Date: July 23, 2026
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Fracking & Health, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has formally urged the New Brunswick government to take a hard look at the health and financial risks tied to natural gas power generation — including the proposed plant in Tantramar. In a detailed submission to the Premier, Minister of Health, Minister of the Environment, and Chief Medical Health Officer, CAPE lays out the well‑documented health hazards linked to methane and diesel emissions, pairing those risks with the real healthcare costs already borne by New Brunswickers and Canadians.

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Coalition Files Judicial Review Over EUB’s Process in Approving RIGS Gas Project

Date: July 6, 2026
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Landscape impacts, LNG, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar, Social License, Water Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, July 6, 2026 — TANTRAMAR, N.B.

Application says Board’s decision lacked adequate reasons and denied the Coalition a fair hearing

Gregor MacAskill, representing the Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition (PCIC), has filed an application for judicial review of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board’s approval of the Renewable Integration and Grid Security Project (RIGS).

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A FAILURE OF REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITY

Date: May 28, 2026
Author: NBASGA
Categories: climate change, Landscape impacts, LNG, Press Releases, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar, Social License, Water Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY MAY 28, 2026 — Tantramar, New Brunswick

The Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition (PCIC) expresses its deep disappointment and outrage following today’s decision by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) to approve the Renewable Integration and Grid Security (RIGS) project — a 500 MW fossil fuel gas and diesel plant proposed for wetlands in the Tantramar region of the Chignecto Isthmus.

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Opinion: NB Power has failed to make its case for gas plant

Date: February 26, 2026
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Clean Energy, climate change, LNG, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar

Hearings revealed the province’s grid isn’t at risk, and increases in electricity needs can be supplied through alternatives to fossil fuels

By Jim Emberger, New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance

Telegraph Journal, Feb 25, 2026

The Energy and Utilities Board hearings over the past two weeks on the proposed Tantramar gas/diesel plant, known as the RIGS project, failed to show a need for the project, and exposed the uncertainty about its high costs relative to electricity output.

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NB Power Accused of Non-Transparent, Last-Minute Maneuvering in RIGS Gas Plant Review

Date: February 3, 2026
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Most Asked Questions, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tantramar, New Brunswick — Feb 3, 2026
(written by Lisa Griffin)

NB Power is facing mounting criticism over what interveners describe as a non-transparent, last-minute attempt to keep its proposed RIGS gas plant approval afloat — at the expense of fairness, due process, and public accountability.

Just one week before the oral hearing is scheduled to begin on February 9, NB Power filed a package of late evidence at the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board (EUB), introducing a previously undisclosed commercial arrangement — a potential Expansion Tolling Agreement tied to the RIGS project.

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Proposed Chignecto Gas Plant: Fact Sheets & Events

Date: October 17, 2025
Author: NBASGA
Categories: Clean Energy, LNG, RIGS Gas Plant-Tantramar

As we wait for November to see what projects the federal government is going to promote, and as politicians continue to peddle a gas pipeline and an LNG terminal for the province, the opposition to the proposed Centre Village gas/diesel fueled electricity generator continues to grow beyond the Chignecto Isthmus.

There are good reasons why New Brunswickers from across the entire province should reject this project.

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