Live
All projects
PlanningInterconnection

New Brunswick – Nova Scotia Interprovincial Transmission Line

NB Power · Salisbury, NB to Truro, NS

Overview

A new 345 kV line between Truro and Salisbury with an extension to Point Lepreau, strengthening the Maritime interconnection. It is the transmission Nova Scotia chose to build after abandoning the Atlantic Loop, whose estimate had risen from $2.95 billion to $9 billion.

Owner
NB Power
Province
New Brunswick
Location
Salisbury, NB to Truro, NS
Category
Interconnection
Phase
Planning
Expected completion
2030

Latest update

Advanced as the Maritime transmission route after the Atlantic Loop was dropped.

Jan 1, 2026

Project timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2026

    Advanced as the Maritime transmission route after the Atlantic Loop was dropped.

    Source ↗

Recent news

No matched coverage yet. Grid Monitor archives every article it matches to this project.

Sources

Also reported as: Truro to Salisbury transmission · NB-NS interprovincial transmission · NB NS transmission line

Tracked since Sep 21, 2026

Looking for something else? Browse every tracked project.