The Annual General Meeting of Emera Inc. — a company that grew out of Nova Scotia Power and has become a multinational business with $34 billion in assets and 7,000 employees — was a tame, well-scripted affair. There wasn’t a single question from shareholders about a controversial proposal to raise power rates by 10% in […]
Critics say PC government’s Nova Scotia Power accountability bill lacks teeth
The Houston government’s bill aimed at making Nova Scotia Power (NSP) more accountable to ratepayers and establish a program to help low-income ratepayers is poorly drafted and does not have the teeth to deliver on those promises. That’s the assessment of three speakers who appeared before the Law Amendments Committee Wednesday after the Progressive Conservatives […]