Tag: Electricity

N.S. Power wants $31M from ratepayers for Michelin plant upgrade | CBC News

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Nova Scotia Power applied to regulators Friday for permission to spend $31 million for an electrical upgrade at the Michelin Tire plant at Waterville. If approved, the French tire maker will benefit, but all ratepayers will share the cost because of what Nova Scotia Power says is an unprecedented performance standard imposed by the Houston government in 2022. The province says its standards are designed to help large industrial operations that have complained about brief power interruptions leading to production shutdowns and financial losses. Read full story here: N.S. Power…

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Task force recommends creation of independent N.S. energy operator | CTV News

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The Clean Electricity Solutions Task Force(opens in a new tab) is recommending the creation of an independent energy operator to oversee new infrastructure. According to the task force’s final report, the Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator (NSIESO) would be based on a not-for-profit model and would oversee “open competition for procurement of all new infrastructure, including generation, transmission, distribution, and storage.” The report says Nova Scotia Power would be able to bid in any competitive process overseen by the system operator. Rad full story here: Task force recommends creation…

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New year sees Nova Scotia Power rate increase take effect | CBC News

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Nova Scotia Power customers will pay 6.5 per cent more on average for electricity in 2024, after a rate increase took effect on Jan. 1. The rate hike was ratified in February last year as part of a 13.8 per cent jump to bills over two years. At the time, increases of 6.9 per cent were forecast each year, but that has changed slightly bringing this year’s change to 6.5 per cent. Read full story here: New year sees Nova Scotia Power rate increase take effect | CBC News

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Canadian home energy costs to spike by up to 100 per cent on average this winter: analyst | CTV News

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Most Canadians who pay for natural gas or electricity can expect their bills to rise by between 50 and 100 per cent on average this winter, according to one energy analyst. Some consumers could see their bills rise by as much as 300 per cent while others could see minimal increases, but the overall trend is clear, says EnergyRates.ca founder Joel MacDonald. “In general, Canadians join the global community in seeing exceptionally high electricity and natural gas bills,” MacDonald told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Friday. “There are a few provinces…

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N.S. Power Applies To Get Time-Of-Day Pricing To Give Option For Lower Electricity Prices | CTV News

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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power customers will soon be asked if they’re willing to do laundry late at night to save some money on their bills. With an electric scooter as a primary mode of transportation, Ed Julian is certainly aware of what he pays for power every month, and like many Nova Scotians, it’s too high for his liking. After being shelved for a while because of COVID-19, the power utility has ramped-up its smart meter replacement program again, with an aim to have half-a-million installed by next year.…

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Ontario Government Moves To Scrap Green Energy Act | CTV News

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TORONTO — The Ontario government has introduced legislation to scrap the Green Energy Act, which aimed to bolster the province’s renewable energy industry. Premier Doug Ford promised to repeal the act during the spring election campaign. The law was introduced by the previous Liberal government in 2009 under former premier Dalton McGuinty in a bid to grow the province’s solar and wind energy supply. Critics of the Green Energy Act have said it resulted in an increase in electricity costs and saw the province overpay for power it did not…

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Small Nudges Add Up To Big Electric Savings | Ars Technica

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Not all electricity is created equal. Utilities prioritize getting power from the cheapest sources available. That means that, as use rises to what’s typically a mid-afternoon peak, utilities end up sourcing ever more expensive supplies of electricity. By the time we reach the use typical of a late afternoon during a heat wave, the utilities have to call in the most expensive forms of power around—typically, the oldest, least-efficient, and most-polluting plants. So cutting down on energy use during these peak demand events is in a utility’s interests. And, since…

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Why Solar Is Likely To Power The Home Of The Future | The Verge

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Right now in America, there are about 2 million homes with solar panels. Considering there are about 90 million single-family homes, that doesn’t seem like a lot. But consider this: we’re now on track to start adding a million new solar-powered systems each year. It’s taken a while to get here, but solar is increasingly becoming a popular option to power the Home of the Future. The number of homes with solar “will tick up pretty quickly,” says Justin Baca, vice president of markets and research for Solar Energies Industries…

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Rooftop Solar Could Save Utilities $100 To $120 Per Installed Kilowatt | Ars Technica

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When you install rooftop solar panels, the electricity you create cuts into the amount of electricity the utility must provide to meet your needs. Add up the reduced demand of all the homes with solar panels, and you’ve got a pretty sizable amount of electricity that’s no longer needed. Lower wholesale prices “should ultimately reduce consumers’ costs through lower retail rates,” the researchers write (although whether and how those savings get passed on to retail customers is not discussed in the paper). The paper is location-specific and draws on historical…

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Canada Aligning With U.K. To Fight Global Growth In Coal-Fired Electricity – Politics – CBC News

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Canada is joining forces with the United Kingdom to push for a global crackdown on unabated coal-fired electricity. Eliminating, or at least reducing, the world’s reliance on coal is a critical step in the Paris climate change accord’s efforts to prevent the planet from warming more than two degrees Celsius over with pre-industrial times. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is on a two-day trip to the U.K. and Ireland this week, pushing Canada as a global leader on climate change action. On Thursday she will be in Ireland to be a panelist…

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