“#NovaScotiaPower is spending millions to install more resilient #ElectricalPoles, after several years of increasingly powerful storms and hurricanes. In its last application to the provincial government to increase power rates on consumers, it cited #ClimateChange as a reason.”

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Watch CBC #novascotia News at 6 for June 12, 2023

Get the latest on today's top stories: Tips on rebuilding after the #novascotia wildfires and some electricians complain new permitting at #NovaScotiaPower is short circuiting projects.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cbc-nova-scotia-news-june-12-2023-1.6874127?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#NovaScotiaPower's new permit system causing long waits for electricians

Electricians say a new phone-in process to obtain permits from #NovaScotiaPower is causing them significant delays.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/permit-system-for-nova-scotia-power-creating-long-waits-1.6871790?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Elver poachers forced #NovaScotiaPower to shut down hydro dam

An influx of unauthorized elver harvesters prompted #NovaScotiaPower to shut down one of its hydro dams last month, and the facility remains on reduced hours because of ongoing illegal fishing at the site.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/elver-poachers-nova-scotia-power-dam-1.6832981?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

9,000 without power in Clayton Park after unexpected substation damage

#NovaScotiaPower estimates power will return by 8 p.m. Friday

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-power-outage-1.6811066?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#NovaScotiaPower fined $10M for missing renewable-electricity targets

The provincial government has fined #NovaScotiaPower $10 million for missing renewable-electricity targets, a decision the company says it intends to appeal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/power-electricity-renewable-energy-tory-rushton-1.6809515?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

N.S. government wants fine for power outages to increase to $25M

The Houston government has introduced a bill to increase the maximum fine #NovaScotiaPower can face for poor performance from $1M to $25M, although the utility has never been fined the maximum amount.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-power-fines-utility-bill-house-of-assembly-legislature-uarb-1.6786990?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#novascotia amends cap-and-trade rules to deliver $165M in power utility and ratepayer savings

The Houston government has amended provincial cap-and-trade regulations to exempt #NovaScotiaPower and ratepayers from $165 million in pollution payments — the paperwork needed to deliver a promise it announced last year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-amends-cap-and-trade-rules-nova-scotia-power-1.6784978?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#truro bakery owner wants better communication of scheduled power outages

When Piper Bowes first learned her bakery was set to lose power multiple days this week, it wasn't from #NovaScotiaPower. Instead, she found out through one of her employees at Red Knot Bakery in #truro, N.S., who'd seen a post about upcoming street maintenance on the town's Facebook page.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bakery-owner-nova-scotia-power-upset-1.6781064?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#capebreton resident calls for more tree trimming to stop power outages

A Main-a-Dieu resident says the electricity has gone out more frequently in the #capebreton community since post-tropical storm Fiona hit last fall, and he's calling on #NovaScotiaPower to do a better job of trimming trees near power lines and utility poles.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/main-a-dieu-resident-tree-trimming-stop-power-outages-1.6779837?cmp=rss

Beaverton: Nova Scotia Power clarifies residents can always take their business to another monopoly https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/02/nova-scotia-power-clarifies-residents-can-always-take-their-business-to-another-monopoly/ #satire #canada #commentary #NovaScotiaPower #electricity #NovaScotia #utilities #ratehike #NSPower

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Man found dead behind #NovaScotiaPower substation in Stellarton

Police say a man has been found dead behind a #NovaScotiaPower substation, and they're investigating whether he may have been attempting to steal copper wire.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/theft-death-power-outage-nova-scotia-power-stellarton-1.6740137?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

'Not telling us the truth': NSP customers complain utility isn't transparent about outages

Some #NovaScotiaPower customers says the company isn't being transparent with the information it's providing about outages. Extreme cold and high winds caused a peak of 30,000 customers to be without power in recent days.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nsp-customers-complain-utility-isn-t-transparent-about-outages-1.6737752?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newfoundlandandlabrador

N.L. Hydro is now meeting its obligation to #NovaScotiaPower. But what about N.L.?

One of the lessons of the Churchill Falls project was to have a market for the electricity before starting construction. The Muskrat Falls project seemed to fit the bill. And while the project is now meeting its commitments to #novascotia, #NewfoundlandandLabrador isn't seeing the same good news, writes Larry Hughes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/muskrat-falls-hydro-larry-hughes-1.6734535?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Power bill hike another tough blow for Nova Scotians on fixed incomes

As if times weren't tough enough on the pocketbook for Nova Scotians, along comes another blow. #NovaScotiaPower customers learned on Thursday their power bills will be rising significantly by the end of 2024. The numbers are seven per cent this year and another seven per cent in 2024.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/power-bill-hike-fixed-income-nova-scotia-1.6735761?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Port Hawkesbury Paper sister company pitches Guysborough County wind farm

A sister company of Port Hawkesbury Paper wants to build a 29-turbine wind farm that would feed renewable energy into the #NovaScotiaPower grid.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/port-hawkesbury-paper-wind-farm-environmental-asessment-registration-1.6728108?cmp=rss

As of 1 p.m. today, #NovaScotiaPower was reporting around 140 outages due to high winds, affecting 2,165 customers

#novascotia #canada

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/thousands-of-maritimers-still-without-power-after-thursday-storm-1.6248711

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Heavy rain, high winds leave thousands of Nova Scotians without power

Thousands of #NovaScotiaPower customers in #capebreton and northern #novascotia have had their electricity restored after an outage Tuesday morning.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/thousands-without-power-wind-rain-1.6723906?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Transmission interruption causes power outages throughout N.S.

#NovaScotiaPower says a transmission interruption caused power outages throughout #novascotia early Monday.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/power-outages-nova-scotia-1.6715110?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

#novascotia's regulator approves $164M in Maritime Link costs for 2023

The UARB has approved a request from a #NovaScotiaPower subsidiary to have $163.7 million in costs related to Maritime Link recovered from ratepayers.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-s-regulator-approves-164m-in-maritime-link-costs-for-2023-1.6699161?cmp=rss