Feds, Two Atlantic Premiers Agree to ‘Modified’ Atlantic Loop Project

Feds, Two Atlantic Premiers Agree to ‘Modified’ Atlantic Loop Project
Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 21, 2023. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are scaling back plans for the Atlantic Loop electricity grid to expanding just one existing connection between their two provinces.

What they are now calling a “modified Atlantic Loop” is part of a joint policy statement agreed to Monday in Ottawa during a meeting between federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.