The Energy Accounts for the Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index

"The head of a Halifax-based organization that produced a report last fall that was highly critical of the provincial government and the province's monopoly utility, Nova Scotia Power, and which said Nova Scotians are among the highest per capita energy users in the world, with a reliance on fossil fuels it called “unsustainable,” says there are hopeful signs that things are changing in the province."

"Issues around energy affordability and environmental impact should take priority over hearings to consider a fuel adjustment mechanism, says a group of interveners who plan to file written submissions to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board this week. The group, which includes the Affordable Energy Coalition, the Ecology Action Centre, Genuine Progress Index Atlantic and a local resident, is questioning the need for the government regulator to hold hearings to consider a way to adjust fuel costs to power bills automatically."

"More green energy could have Nova Scotia Power customers seeing red. The province's largest electrical utility is forecasting higher power bills for consumers if it is forced to comply with new government targets requiring NSP to produce at least 20 per cent of its power from wind, solar and tidal power and other sources by 2013."