The extended shutdown of New Brunswick's Point Lepreau nuclear generating station will leave Prince Edward Island power customers on the hook for $14.5 million. 

Maritime Electric buys 30 megawatts — about 15 per cent of the P.E.I. utility's total electricity needs — from Lepreau.

The nuclear generating station went down for maintenance in April last year and didn't come back online until mid-December. During that time, Maritime Electric had to buy its power elsewhere.