Power Rates

• N.S. Tories noncommittal on 2024 pledge to cap power rate hikes to national average

  Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government is remaining noncommittal about the party's campaign promise to cap power rate increases to the Canadian average. 

  Politics

  Jan 6
  
• This N.B. landlord says she’s seeing unexplained spikes in property power bills

  Moncton landlord Susan Martin says there's no good explanation for her energy bills showing massive spikes in consumption. One of her vacant properties saw its consumption double.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2025
  
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• N.S. proposes taking on $117 million of utility’s fuel costs to reduce rate hike

  The Nova Scotia government says it intends to take on $117 million of the provincial power utility’s fuel costs in order to reduce the burden on ratepayers.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2024
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• Nova Scotia Power gives details of application to pass on Fiona damage to customers

  The filing before the provincial regulator says the utility wishes to defer passing along operational costs until 2025 after the expiry of a provincially legislated rate cap.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2024
• Premier tells party at AGM fixing health care in N.S. an ‘urgent’ priority

  Tim Houston's speech in the 2023 Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative AGM focused primarily on health-care issues in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2023
• NB Power seeks to offset part of rate hike in 2023 through legislative changes

  NB Power will seek to have one per cent knocked of the rate increase in 2023 through variance accounts set up through changes to the Electricity Act.

  Consumer

  Dec 15, 2022
• Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

  Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.

  Economy

  Nov 24, 2022
• Nova Scotia government passes bill capping power rate increase

  The Nova Scotia government has passed legislation to limit a pending power rate increase to 1.8 per cent over the next two years -- excluding increases linked to fuel costs.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
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• Nova Scotia legislation seeks to reduce impact of looming power rate hike

  Nova Scotia Power is currently before the provincial regulator and is asking for a general rate increase of nearly 14 per cent over the next two years.

  Economy

  Oct 19, 2022
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• Nova Scotia Power seeks 10 per cent rate hike and system to defer green energy costs

  Nova Scotia Power's rate increases are proposed to take effect in three stages, beginning this August and then on Jan. 1 for the next two years.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2022