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Wayne O’Connor named Chief Operating Officer of Emera Energy Services

HALIFAX, NS, Friday, April 25, 2008 (TSX: EMA) - Chris Huskilson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Emera Inc, announced today that Wayne O'Connor, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Emera Energy Services.

“I am pleased to be leading Emera Energy into the next phase of its growth and development,” said O'Connor.  “Our team has built a strong business in Maritime Canada and New England over the past 5 years.  Now there are new opportunities, like the arrival of LNG to the region, and new markets to develop, in Ontario and the northeast US.  I am excited by the prospects for our business, and look forward to the challenge of turning opportunity into success.”

Emera Energy and its clients benefit from O'Connor's comprehensive knowledge of electricity and gas markets, derivatives, and risk management techniques.

O'Connor takes over from previous Chief Operating Officer, Todd Sattler who left the COO role earlier this month.

About Emera

Emera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with $4.2 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 . In addition to its electric utility investments, Emera has a joint venture interest in Bear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage hydro-electric facility in northern Massachusetts; a 12.9% interest in the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline; a 7.4% interest in Open Hydro and Emera Energy Services which manages energy assets on behalf of third parties. Visit Emera on the web at www.emera.com.

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Nicholson, CA
Director Investor Relations and Strategic Development
(902) 428-6347