HALIFAX
,
Sept. 25
/CNW/ - (EMA - TSX):
George Caines
, a partner in the
Halifax
office of Stewart McKelvey, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Emera Inc.
Mr. Caines
is currently the Chair of the Board of Nova Scotia Power Inc., a subsidiary of Emera. He has been a Director since 1995 and is also the Chair of NSPI's Audit Committee. From 1998 to 2006,
Mr. Caines
was a member of the Emera Board of Directors and also served as Chair of Emera's Audit Committee.
"George's leadership of the Nova Scotia Power Board and his contributions to the Emera Board are highly valued," said Chris Huskilson, President and CEO, Emera. "We are pleased to have his input on the business of both companies."
Mr. Caines
is also President of the Neptune Theatre Foundation, a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, Past Chairman of the Tax Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association Nova Scotia Branch, former member of the Joint Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on Taxation.
Mr. Caines
' practice areas include corporate/commercial, owner-managed business, public-private partnerships and property leasing. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. In 2007, 2008 and 2009
Mr. Caines
was identified as one of the leading 500 lawyers in
Canada
by the Lexpert(R)/American Lawyer Guide.
Mr. Caines
holds a BA from the University of King's College and an LL.B from Dalhousie University. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1961 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1976.
About Emera
Emera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with
$5.3 billion
in assets. Electricity is Emera's core business. The company has two wholly-owned regulated electric utility subsidiaries, Nova Scotia Power Inc. and Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, which together serve 600,000 customers. Emera also owns 19% of St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited, which serves more than 50,000 customers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia and 25% of Grand Bahama Power Company which serves 19,000 customers on the Caribbean island of Grand Bahama. In addition to its electric utility investments, Emera owns the Brunswick Pipeline, a 145 km gas pipeline in
New Brunswick
; Bayside Power, a 260 megawatt gas-fired plant in
New Brunswick
; Emera Energy Services, a physical natural gas and power marketing and asset management business; a joint venture interest in Bear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage hydro-electric facility in northern Massachusetts; a 12.9% interest in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline; a 8.1% interest in Open Hydro. Visit Emera on the web at www.emera.com.
About Nova Scotia Power
Nova Scotia Power Inc. is the largest wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera Inc. (TSX-EMA), a diversified energy and services company. Nova Scotia Power provides more than 95% of the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power to 482,000 customers in the province. The company is focused on new technologies to enhance customer service and reliability, reduce emissions and add renewable energy. Nova Scotia Power has 1,700 employees and
$3.5 billion
in assets.
For further information: Jennifer Nicholson, CA, Director, Investor Relations and Strategic Development, Emera Inc., (902) 428-6347
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