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Home » Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Tag: Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB)

A man in the bucket of a yellow utility truck repairs power lines on the side of a rural road.
Posted inEconomy

Province asks feds for more troops to speed up power restoration efforts

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

With 80,000 people in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton still without power six days after tropical storm Fiona battered the province, the Houston government is calling on Ottawa to send up to 1,000 military personnel to help clear downed trees from roads and power lines.  More than 300 troops have arrived in the province […]

A blue vehicle makes a big splash on a dark day. The water from the blue vehicle is soaking the windshield of a taxi driving in the opposite direction. Behind the vehicles is a series of shipping containers on train tracks running parallel with the road.
Posted inBusiness and Development, Province House, Utilities

Nova Scotia Power’s request for ‘storm cost recovery rider’ could mean additional hike in power rates

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 21, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inUtilities

Nova Scotia Power rate-hike hearing begins today

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 12, 2022January 9, 2023
Two men in suits walking down the a street in downtown Halifax.
Posted inCOVID, Journalism, Labour, Morning File

Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

by Tim Bousquet September 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A rendering of a hydro dam with labels listing each part of the infrastructure
Posted inBusiness and Development, Economy, Province House

What politicians say they will do about higher power bills stemming from delays at Muskrat Falls

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 9, 2022January 9, 2023
The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke
Posted inClimate, Energy, Utilities

Despite receiving Muskrat Falls power, Nova Scotia is still burning biomass for electricity

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 24, 2022January 9, 2023
A grey building with a yellow sign reading 'CASHMONEY CHEQUE CASHING PAYDAY ADVANCE,' is seen on a sunny day.
Posted inEconomy

Nova Scotia UARB cuts payday loan interest rates

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 7, 2022January 3, 2023
a white middle aged man at a plexiglass podium
Posted inEconomy

Emera has record profits, but wants more from ratepayers to move off coal

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2022January 3, 2023
an older white man with glasses wearing a blue suit and tie standing in front of a bookcase
Posted inUtilities

Peter Gurnham steps down as chair of the Utility and Review Board

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson February 27, 2022December 21, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Province House

Nova Scotia Power: changing standards to match declining performance

by Stephen Kimber November 28, 2021October 20, 2022

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