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New Brunswick government orders independent investigation into rising power bills - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

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The New Brunswick government says it has asked for an audit of NB Power’s billing process.

Premier Susan Holt says she has instructed the utility to conduct an independent third -party audit’ of their systems, including how meters are read.

In hundreds of posts on social media, people are complaining that their power bills for December inexplicably doubled.

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