Province Mandated Oil Exploration Killed By Eub
The province overlooked the fact that the requested investigation requires powers that the EUB does not have, according to the energy regulator. “The board does not have jurisdiction to investigate this directive,” EUB chief officer Kathleen Mitchell wrote in a letter to Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland last week. The episode adds to a seemingly confused understanding by the New Brunswick government about the EUB’s powers and how oil prices are set in the province....