New BrunswickA small group of protesters gathered outside of N.B. Power’s headquarters on King Street in downtown Fredericton on Tuesday, reciting poems and brandishing signs, calling for the April 1 hike to power bills to be put on hold.Residential customers of the utility paying 9.6 per cent more for energy as of TuesdaySilas Brown · CBC News · Posted: Apr 01, 2025 4:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoAdvocates warn of impact of power rate hikeN.B. Power rates for residential customers rose by 9.6 per cent on Tuesday, and advocates say the government needs to do more to protect low income New Brunswickers.A small group of protesters gathered outside N.B. Power’s headquarters in downtown Fredericton on Tuesday, reciting poems and waving signs, calling for the April 1 hike to power bills to be put on hold.Nichola Taylor, provincial co-ordinator for the advocacy group ACORN, said the 9.6 per cent increase in residential rates is more than the province’s most vulnerable can bear. “We just cannot afford it. We cannot afford these high energy rates,” she said. “It’s at the cost of low- to moderate-income people who are really struggling right now with high grocery prices and the increases in rent.”
Advocates call for energy-poverty strategy as N.B. Power rates increase
