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George Caines Appointed to Emera Inc. Board of Directors
George Caines Appointed to Emera Inc. Board of Directors
About this update from Emera Incorporated
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSep. 25, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- 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 EmeraEmera 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 Ener...