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Liberty Utilities (Gas New Brunswick) LP
Regulated natural gas distribution utility holding the franchise to distribute gas in New Brunswick. It operates and maintains the province's gas distribution pipeline network and sells Standard Offer natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers.
📍 Fredericton, New Brunswick, CanadaEst. 2019✓ 100% first-party verified
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Acquisition of Enbridge Gas New Brunswick (rebrand to Liberty Utilities)
CompletedAcquirer / successor operator (via parent Liberty Utilities (Canada) LP, a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.) · CAD $331 million
Enbridge sold Enbridge Gas New Brunswick Limited Partnership and its general partner Enbridge Gas New Brunswick Inc. to Liberty Utilities (Canada) LP; transaction closed October 1, 2019. The business was subsequently rebranded Liberty Utilities (Gas New Brunswick) LP.
New Brunswick natural gas distribution network
In progressOwner / franchise operator
Ongoing operated network: over 852 km of pipeline serving 14 communities — Dieppe, Dorchester, Fredericton, Hanwell, Havelock, Moncton, Lincoln, Oromocto, Riverview, Sackville, Sitansisk (St. Mary's First Nation), Saint John, St. George, St. Stephen. Status marked in_progress as a continuously operated/extended system rather than a one-time completed build.
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Gilles Volpé
Vice President & General Manager, Liberty Utilities New Brunswick (also titled President, NB Gas)
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Serves over 12,400 natural gas distribution customers across 14 communities in southern New Brunswick (Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John regions).
SOURCE ▸Holds the franchise for the distribution of gas in the Province of New Brunswick and is the regulated distributor before the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board (NBEUB), filing general rate applications (e.g. NBEUB Matter 551, 2024 distribution rates effective Sept 1, 2024).
SOURCE ▸NBEUB-approved distribution rate adjustments effective January 1, 2025 decreased the total cost of natural gas for all customer classes versus 2023 rates (e.g. ~6.52% residential decrease).
SOURCE ▸Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Aug 29, 2023) with Nu:ionic Technologies for a 2.4 tonnes-per-day Microwave Catalytic Reformer hydrogen production system in New Brunswick, intended to pilot blending hydrogen into its natural gas distribution network.
SOURCE ▸Parent company is Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX/NYSE: AQN); Liberty Utilities is AQN's regulated utility business.
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