Amec
Americas Ltd. of Dartmouth is suing NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. and Nova
Scotia Power Inc. for $1,522,490.72 it alleges it is owed for unpaid design,
engineering and construction management work on a controversial $208-million
biomass project.
Under
a proposed arrangement with Nova Scotia Power, the mill will pay for all
incremental costs associated with the mill being on the NSP system, and
contribute to the utility’s fixed costs.
The
private utility would also take a stake in the mill and be paid for electricity
via dividends.
Marc
Dube, the mill’s proposed restructuring manager said that 315 people
will be hired for the mill, including some who will carry out capital
improvements at the mill.
