Investigate assaults on NB Power workers amid rising utility rates

Multiple accounts describe incidents of both verbal and physical assaults on NB Power employees, with customers expressing extreme frustration over rising electricity rates. The confrontations underscore the tension between consumer dissatisfaction and employee safety as the utility navigates issues of escalating costs, prompting responses from police and calls for enhanced protective measures for workers.

globalnews.ca / Upset customers assaulting, threatening NB Power workers because of rate increases

NB Power says employees have reported an increase in physical threats and "verbal assaults." The utility says no one should feel unsafe while doing their job.

thestar.com / Upset customers assaulting, threatening NB Power workers because of rate increases

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Crown-owned electric utility says it understands some customers are frustrated with the cost of electricity, but NB Power says it's unacceptable that some people are turning to threats and violence.

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