Nova Scotia Power

• New boss at N.S. Power says he wants to rebuild trust after cyberattack

  The new CEO of Nova Scotia’s private electric utility says the firm has hit key milestones in its recovery from last year’s cyberattack.

  Canada

  Mar 31
  
• Hacked N.S. power firm agrees to beef up security after customer data breached

  Canada’s privacy commissioner says Nova Scotia’s largest power utility will strengthen its security following a cyberattack last year. 

  Canada

  Mar 25
  
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• Power rates will climb in Nova Scotia, but not as much as the utility wanted

  Residential power rates in Nova Scotia are going up, but not quite as much as the biggest utility in the province was hoping. 

  Canada

  Mar 25
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• N.S. premier fires off warning to incoming CEO at utility about relying on rate hikes

  Nova Scotia's premier has fired off a warning to the incoming CEO of NS Power, accusing the utility of relying on an outdated business model that requires rate hikes for customers.

  Canada

  Feb 12
• ‘I’m not a bank but I feel like one’: N.S. utility customers say billing issues unacceptable

  Frustration is growing in Nova Scotia as many Nova Scotia Power customers say they're struggling with record-high electricity bills after the utility company's cyberattack.

  Canada

  Feb 12
• Nova Scotia Power names new CEO as cyberattack scrutiny continues

  Nova Scotia Power has named a new chief executive as the utility deals with fallout from last year’s cyberattack and seeks a widely criticized hike in power rates.

  Canada

  Feb 10
• Regulator plans two-part inquiry into last year’s cyberattack at N.S. utility

  Nova Scotia Power said last week that 75 per cent of its metres had been transmitting accurate data by the end of January. 

  Canada

  Feb 9
• N.S. utility says billing issues will be fixed in March — one year after cyberattack

  Nova Scotia Power says it has been forced to estimate the electricity bills of some of its customers because its metres were not able to transmit usage data to the company.

  Canada

  Feb 6
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• N.S. premier calling on energy board to reject Nova Scotia Power’s ask for rate hike

  The province’s largest power utility has proposed residential rate increases of about eight per cent by next year. 

  Canada

  Jan 30
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• More than 13,000 customers still without power in Nova Scotia after storm

  As of Tuesday afternoon, most of the outages were clustered along the south shore in the Bridgewater, Shelburne and Liverpool areas. 

  Weather

  Jan 20