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The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission has directed Maritime Electric to refile its application to convert Prince Edward Island customers to smart meters, criticizing the company’s lack of transparency regarding increased costs.

Summerside Electric has restored power after an unexpected outage Thursday morning that affected most of the city.

Everyone is busy, and we probably all have a long list of things we’d like to do with the extra hour we get when the clocks turn back for Daylight Savings Time this weekend.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - After six years of construction, Summerside Sunbank solar field is approaching completion. Summerside Electric anticipates the

Power is back on for thousands of Islanders after outages early Sunday.

The power is out for a large majority of P.E.I. households on Monday morning 48 hours after Hurricane Fiona hit the province on Saturday.

Summerside is making a name for itself as a leader in renewable energy. That includes a partnership with a company that is using AI software to make utilities more efficient, based on what it has learned working with Summerside Electric.

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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 10:30 AM AT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020 The City of Summerside is generating about half its electricity through its own utility, using renewable energy. Council will likely decide in the new year whether to raise rates to match Maritime Electric, P.E.I.s other electric utility.(John Robertson/CBC)