February 26, 2007

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Works to Improve Storm Restoration Time

Bangor, ME--Bangor Hydro-Electric Company has formed a team to investigate alternative ways to address power outages. The team includes BHE employees from all areas of the company.

"The project was prompted by a storm in October 2006 that caused a number of power outages," said Project Manager Kim Wadleigh."As a result, we will be looking at current processes and technology in all areas of the company so that we can provide the best service possible to our customers."

BHE will be spending some time visiting a few utility companies on the East Coast that have shown marked improvement in either storm restoration or daily work process claims. The project is in the very early stages; however the vision is to implement a process to manage storms and other power outage incidents in a more efficient way while keeping costs down. "Customer expectations and technology have changed over the years, and we want to be able to provide information to customers as quickly as possible so they can plan their daily activities," said Wadleigh.

The project is expected to last into the first quarter of 2008.

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (BHE) is an electric utility wholly-owned by Emera Inc. BHE serves a population of 192,000 in an area encompassing 5,275 square miles in eastern and east coastal Maine. BHE is a member of the New England Power Pool and is interconnected with other New England utilities to the south and with the New Brunswick Power Corp. to the north. Visit us at www.bhe.com.

Emera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with $4.0 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 590,000 customers. Emera's other investments include 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 ; and Emera Energy Services which manages energy assets on behalf of third parties and provides related services. Visit Emera on the web at www.emera.com.