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EfficiencyOne wants to run Nova Scotia Power’s smart meter conservation program

Nova Scotia Power has "a disincentive to make meaningful investments in energy efficiency programs" writes the province's energy conservation agency in a submission to the UARB.

January 23, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

The way Nova Scotia Power measures electricity consumption relies on a worker coming to your home to read the meter once every month or two. In the rest of Canada, the meters have gone digital and are using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to allow two-way communication via a wireless network to provide a continuous flow...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: EfficiencyOne, Jennifer Henderson, Nova Scotia Power smart meters, Utility and Review Board, Zigbee

Are the smart meters Nova Scotia Power wants to install on our houses smart enough?

Energy consultant Peter Ritchie claims the utility is dumbing down its tech upgrade so consumers won't conserve power.

January 19, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

Are smart meters Nova Scotia Power is proposing to install on every home over the next few years as smart as they should be? Will ratepayers get the best bang for their buck ($133 million to automate meter-reading and provide them with online read-outs of daily energy consumption), or is the utility missing an opportunity...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Bruce Outhouse, Emera, Jennifer Henderson, John Merrick, Nova Scotia Power smart meters, Peter Ritchie, Tiffany Chase, Utility and Review Board, Zigbee

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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