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ICYMI: 'Yeah, I will 100 per cent step in. We believe in clean energy on Prince Edward Island,' Myers said in response. 'There's no way, as long as I sit in this chair, that there's going to be any more fossil fuels burned on this Island.'

The Maritime Electric office in Charlottetown. The utility's 2023 capital budget included a $91 million allocation in 2026 and 2027 for the construction of a new diesel generator. - Stu NeatbyCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — P.E.I.’s environment minister says he would “100 per cent step in” if Maritime Electric opts to build a new diesel generator.

"Yeah, I will 100 per cent step in. We believe in clean energy on Prince Edward Island," Myers said in response. "There's no way, as long as I sit in this chair, that there's going to be any more fossil fuels burned on this Island." “How does continuing to invest and run diesel power plants for another decade fit into this government's plan to be net zero in eight years?" Bell asked.

“The need for a new CT4 at CTGS is not at all a reasonable assumption at this stage,” the Synergy Energy Economics reports states, referring to the combustion turbine 4 generator.

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