Nancy Tower, F.C.A. named Chief Financial Officer of Emera Inc.

HALIFAX, July 12 /CNW/ - (EMA-TSX): Chris Huskilson, President and Chief
Executive Officer, announced that Nancy Tower, presently the Vice-President
Customer Operations for Nova Scotia Power Inc., will assume the role of Chief
Financial Officer for Emera Inc. and Nova Scotia Power Inc. on an acting
basis.
Ms. Tower, a Fellow Chartered Accountant, joined Nova Scotia Power in
1997 and has held a number of increasingly senior financial positions in the
organization including Controller, prior to assuming responsibility for
operations. Prior to joining Nova Scotia Power, Ms. Tower was a Principal with
Ernst & Young.
Ms. Tower is active in the community, currently serving as a board member
for Nova Scotia Business Incorporated, the QEII Health Sciences Centre
Foundation and CAA Maritimes. In the past, she has served as president of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia and on the board of
governors of Dalhousie University.
Randy Henderson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of
Emera and its principal subsidiary Nova Scotia Power Inc. has decided to
resign and return to his home province of Alberta due to family reasons.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Henderson held a number of senior
financial positions in the electrical industry in Alberta and prior to that,
in the accounting profession in Alberta and New Zealand. Mr. Huskilson said "I
want to thank Randy for his support to me and to the business and wish him
success in his future endeavours."

About Emera Inc.

Emera Inc. is an energy and services company, with 570,000 customers and
$4.0 billion in assets. The company has two wholly-owned regulated electric
utility subsidiaries, Nova Scotia Power Inc. and Bangor Hydro-Electric
Company.


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