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Power rates are going up

December 9, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Power rates will go up an average of 1.5% in January and by the same amount for each of the next two years. The new rates were approved by the Utility and Review Board in a written decision released Friday. While large industrial customers such as Oxford Frozen Foods will pay 3% a year more,...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Air Quality Regulations, Bates White, Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM), Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB), power rates

Nova Scotia Power wants 1.5% rate increases for each of the next three years

October 16, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Nova Scotia Power (NSP) was before the Utility and Review Board yesterday asking for a rate increase that will see residential customers pay 1.5% more on their power bill in each of the next three years. Businesses and large industrial users could see their bills go up between 2 and 4% each year. NSP blames...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Bill Mahody, Chelsea Sawatzky, David Hoffman, David Landrigan, David Rodenhiser, Emera, Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM), Lower Power Rates Alliance of Nova Scotia, Nancy Rubin, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Peter Gurnham, Roland Deveau, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Despite warnings that burning biomass does not address climate change, Nova Scotia Power burned more biomass in 2018 than in 2017

April 2, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson 5 Comments

Citizens concerned about the amount of wood harvested (mostly clearcut) to be used as biomass aren’t going to be happy with the numbers contained in the 2018 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM) report filed last month with the regulator. When used for generating electricity, the efficiency of biomass is only 21-23% efficient. Last year, the biomass […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bev Ware, biomass, Brooklyn Energy, climate change, David Rodenhiser, Efficiency Nova Scotia, Emera, Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM), International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jeff Myrick, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Port Hawkesbury Paper, Renewable Energy Standards, Utilities and Review Board (UARB), woodchips

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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