Electric power is a unique and challenging business venture.
The product can't be stored, but must be manufactured, transported
and distributed, all at the same moment it is consumed.
The demand for electricity is conrolled by the customers (not by the electric company).
The electric company's job is to provide generation that precisely matches the
demand that exists at each instant. At all times, the electricity generated
must be exactly equal to the existing demand – no more and no less.
Contents:
# Nova Scotia's Electric Power System
2015 Q3-Q4
2015 Q1-Q2
2014 Q3-Q4
2014 Q1-Q2
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2012
2011
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# Privately-Owned Electric Utility Companies
# Government-Owned Electric Utilities
# Renewable-Energy Electric Companies
# Inventory: Renewable Electric Generation, 2002-2012
# 1958: List of all electric utilities in Nova Scotia
# 2001: List of all electric utilities in Nova Scotia
# UARB electric power documents
# Recent additions to this list
# NS to manage own greenhouse emissions
# Notes
# Edison telegram, 31 July 1907
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Avon River Power Company Ltd.
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S.P. Benjamin Company Ltd.
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Berwick Electric Commission
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Black River Hydro Ltd.
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Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
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Canada Electric Company Ltd.
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Water Commissioners of the Village of Canning
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Town of Canso
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Cape Breton Electric Company Ltd.
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Chambers Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Cobequid Power Company Ltd.
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Dartmouth Gas & Electric Light & Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
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Digby County Power Board
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Dominion Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
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Eastern Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Eastern Utilities Ltd.
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Egerton Tramway Company Ltd.
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Emera Inc.
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Lower Churchill – Muskrat Falls project – Labrador
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Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company Ltd.
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Gaspereaux Valley Electric Light Company Ltd.
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Halifax Electric Tramway Company Ltd.
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Joggins Coal & Railway Company Ltd.
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Kentville Electric Commission
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Kentville Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Town of Lunenburg
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Town of Mahone Bay
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Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Ltd.
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Morgan Falls Power Company
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Municipal Electric Utilities of Nova Scotia Co-operative Ltd.
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New Glasgow Electric Company Ltd.
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Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Nova Scotia Power Commission (1919-1972) [government owned]
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Nova Scotia Power Corporation (1972-12 August 1992) [government owned]
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Nova Scotia Power Inc. (12 August 1992- ) [privately owned]
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Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Company Ltd.
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NS Power Holdings Inc.
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OASIS: Open Access Same-time Information System
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Pictou County Electric Company Ltd.
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Pictou County Power Board
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Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc.
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Riverport Electric Light Commission
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Seaboard Power Corporation Ltd.
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Stone & Webster
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Truro Electric Commission
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Western Nova Scotia Electric Company Ltd.
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Windsor Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Yarmouth Street Railway Company Ltd.
The full, official, legal name of each company is given.
This list is known to be incomplete (I'm working on it).
Where it appears below, "NSL" refers to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Unless otherwise stated, "Act" means an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
NSL 1883 chapter 64 — Act to incorporate the Acadia Coal Co.
NSL 1898 chapter 165 — Amendment, relating to electric power
The Acadia EL Co. reported that, during the year
1912, its operating revenue was $7,168.55 and operating expenses were
$5,362.64, and it paid out $1,600.00 in dividends.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
By 1917, the steam-driven electric generating plant of the Acadia Electric Light Company in Wolfville was 26 years old. Its maximum output was 55 kilowatts, the service operated only seven hours out of twenty-four, and, according to an ancient townsman (who was interviewed by Harry Bruce in the mid-1970s) "You could hardly see the light bulbs even when you turned them on," — translation: the voltage was well below the proper level which meant that the generating plant was overloaded, or the distribution circuits were inadequate, or both.
The Wolfville Board of Trade (whose secretary, incidentally, was George C. Nowlan, a federal cabinet minister forty years later) decided somebody had to do something about the electricity supply in Wolfville. It asked two of the sharpest young businessmen around town to investigate the Gaspereau River as a power source.
They were Charles H. Wright, a capable and popular building contractor, and Roy A. Jodrey, farmer, apple speculator, and fair-haired boy of the W.H. Chase organization. L.E. Shaw, a brick manufacturer who was also president of the Wolfville Board of Trade, wrote many years later that Jodrey and Wright "never came back to report. They found more than we had anticipated."
They found a waterfall, formed a company (Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company), built a dam, installed a powerhouse, and built electric transmission lines out across the Annapolis Valley. Wright and Jodrey's hydroelectric generating plant at Stivers Falls, White Rock, Kings County, began to operate on February 25, 1920. By May 1920, it was producing electric power for Wolfville, Greenwich, and Port Williams...
Source: Excerpted from pages 114 and 119, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
NSL 1887 chapter 94 — Act to incorporate the Amherst Electric Light & Water Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry numbers 1038957 and 2231779.
In the 1920s, the Associated Gas & Electric Company of New York was busily buying Nova Scotia utilities.
Source: Page 137, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
The Associated Gas & Electric Co. was broken up in the mid-1930s, under the U.S. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, which provided for the regulation of utility holding companies by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Title I of the Public Utility Act of 1935 is known as the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA). PUHCA was enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. A regulatory bargain was created between utilities and the government. In exchange for an exclusive service territory, utilities are required to provide reliable electric service to all customers at a regulated rate. A holding company under PUHCA is an enterprise that directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of stock in a public utility company. To eliminate the complex and confusing structure of holding companies that had made them almost impossible to regulate, Section 11b of Title I (the "Death Sentence Clause") of PUHCA abolishes all holding companies that were more than twice removed from their operating subsidiaries. All electric and natural gas holding companies are required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Under PUHCA, the SEC regulates mergers and diversification proposals of holding companies whose subsidiaries engage in retail electricity or natural gas distribution. In addition, PUHCA requires that before purchasing securities or property from another company, a holding company must file for approval with the SEC.
NSL 1916 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the Atlantic Power & Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1923 chapter 121 — Act respecting the Avon River Power Co. Ltd.
In 1921, the Avon River Power Company was incorporated by Roy Jodrey and Charles Wright. The company had its head office in Windsor.
The Avon River Power Co. bought the Windsor Electric Light
& Power Co. in November 1925, and the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat
& Power Co. in 1926.
In April 1929, the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co. bought
Avon River Power Co. and thereafter operated it as a wholly-owned
subsidiary.
During 1931, the Avon River Power Co. bought six small electric utilities:
Centreville Electric Light & Power Company,
Gaspereaux Valley Electric Light Company,
Lower Horton Electric Company,
Kingston Electric Light Commission,
the Town of Middleton's electric power system, and
Sheffield Mills Light & Power Company.
In August 1941, the Avon River Power Co. bought the electric
power distribution system owned and operated by the Canning Water
Commissioners.
Larger image Photograph of the original Nictaux hydro-electric power plant, probably taken in 1940. There is a rubber-stamped "Middleton, June 26, 1940" on the back of the print that was scanned for this gif file (probably stamped when the print was made). This plant was located at Nictaux Falls, about 4km south of Middleton, in Annapolis County. It was demolished in the early 1950s to make way for the construction of the new and larger hydro-electric power plant, also called Nictaux, that was built on this site by the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company, and put into service about 1956. It is believed that the original power plant was built to supply electric power to the iron mines at Torbrook, near Nictaux; it is not clear what company built it or owned it originally. At the time this photo was taken, the plant was owned and operated by the Avon River Power Company. The photo was taken from a position downstream from the plant, looking upstream over the tailrace toward the tailrace tunnels. The smaller tailrace tunnel, on the left in the photo, was for the original generating unit; the larger tunnel on the right, was for unit number two. The surface appearance of the tailrace clearly indicates that generator number one was running at the time the photograph was taken. [The print was generously made available to me in August 1997, by Mr. Jim Sangster, who hired on with Avon River in 1936, and was an operator at this plant in the late 1930s.]
NSL 1919 chapter 139 — Act to incorporate the Barrington Electric Co. Ltd.
Also see: Barrington MunicipalityThe Barss Corner EL Co. was incorporated on 23 June 1921. The BCEL Co. was purely a distributing company, meaning it did not generate any electric power; it purchased all of its electric power from J. Zwicker & Son of New Germany.
NSL 1899 chapter 137 — Act to change the name of the Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co to the Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co.
Also see: Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.NSL 1899 chapter 137 — Act to change the name of the Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co to the Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co.
Also see: Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.The ratepayers of Bridgetown, at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting upon the
purchase of the electric light system of that town on Tuesday evening [25 May, 1909 ?],
decided by a vote of 17 for and 4 against, the sum of $25,000. A vote of $20,000 was
passed, and Mr. Beckwith, representing the electric light company, has declined to accept.
The town is without lights, except lamps and candles.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 4 June 1909, (reprinted from the Yarmouth Herald) [This item is confused
about the amount of money, but the above is the complete text as printed in The Digby Weekly Courier.]
The street lighting question, which has been perturbing the citizens of Bridgetown for
so many weeks, is at last settled and the town will install its own lighting system.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 18 June 1909
NSL 1898 chapter 133 — Act to incorporate the Bedford Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 136 — Amendment
NSL 1901 chapter 171 — Amendment
NSL 1903 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 156 — Amendment
NSL 1908 chapter 137 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 131 — Amendment
NSL 1897 chapter 111 — Act to incorporate S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 165 —
This photograph appears on page 152 of "White Rock Past and Present"
by Doris Atwell, published 2004
This postcard was postmarked in Kentville in September 1915.
“Built on the banks of the Gaspereau River above
the White Rock bridge, the S.P. Benjamin grist
and lumber mill began operations in 1885...
Dictated perhaps by a dwindling timber supply,
this mill was closed after less than two decades
of operation. In 1900 the mill machinery
was dismantled and moved to Falmouth...”
—Source:
White Rock's grist and lumber mill
by Ed Coleman, 3 July 1998
Located where the Black River flows into the Gaspereau River, White Rock – often called White Rock Mills – has seen numerous mill operations, including that of S.P. Benjamin. About 1885 Benjamin bought out the Calder and Freeman mill along with much of the timberlands upriver and around the lakes. Running day and night with 75 men employed, in one year his operation shipped seven million board feet of lumber out of nearby ports. The route travelled by horse and ox teams over the Deep Hollow Road (paved now but not then) to Wolfville, Canning and Port Williams was no easy haul.
— Historic Kings County (booklet), Kings County Historical Society, 2004
A PUB report dated 30 June 1927 states that:
Mr. Norman Bethune, owner of the plant, told the PUB that the
generating equipment consists of one 15 horsepower oil engine
[probably a single-cylinder Diesel (compression-ignition) engine]
belted to a ten kilowatt Direct Current [DC] 110-volt
generator. The distribution system includes 1.5 miles [about
2.4 km] of line carried for the most part on poles owned by the
Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company, only fourteen poles having
been supplied by Mr. Bethune.
[Comment: Since this was a DC system, there were no transformers anywhere – the entire system operated at the generator voltage. A system operating at 110 volts DC could not serve customers located 1.5 miles from the generating plant – the voltage drop would be excessive – thus it can be inferred that the generating plant was located roughly at the geographic center of the service area, with distribution lines radiating in at least two directions, east and west, and probably in four directions, so that no customer would be much more than about 2000 feet [600 metres or so] from the generator. Even with this arrangement, the distribution system would not have been able to supply electricity to the farthest customer at satisfactory voltage. A ten kilowatt generator supplying 110 volts will be delivering about 90 amperes. Assuming the distribution system radiated in four directions, with the load divided equally among all four lines (the most favourable arrangement), each circuit would be carrying more than 20 amperes, and the voltage drop would be dramatic even over a distance of two or three blocks. Mr. Bethune's DC system, as he well knew, was not capable of reaching even to the town outskirts, but this was a startup operation, financed on a shoestring, and it was good enough to bring electric lights to the area for the first time.]
The PUB report continues: The total capital cost of plant installed
to date, including land and buildings, is approximately $4,000.
The system has been in operation for five months and has at present
23 consumers connected with the expectation of serving a total of
40 consumers, together with nine 60-watt street lights.
The operating expenses for the five months amounted to
$640.00, prorated for twelve months would total $1536.00. To this
should be added for interest, depreciation and return on investment
$480.00, making a total required annual income of $2016.00 (for a
sustainable continuing operation).
The revenue for the five months was $395.64, which would
amount to about $950.00 for the year, less than one-half the return
Mr. Bethune is entitled to. While slightly more than
one-half of the prospective consumers are at present being served, it
is doubtless true that the most profitable part of the load is
connected and the balance when connected will not yield revenue in as
great a proportion, while additional fuel cost will further increase
the operating costs...
However, Mr. Bethune has expressed a willingness to forego an
adequate return during the time the load is being built up, and it is
the feeling of the Board (that Mr. Bethune should be permitted to
continue his electric utility service)...
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1925, pages 117-118
NSL 1901 chapter 147 — Act to incorporate the Blockhouse Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.Electric utility companies were required to report annually to the PUB, certain basic statistics such as operating revenue, operating expenses, taxes, debt, and the like. For the year 1912, the Bridgetown EL Co.'s statistics are missing in the PUB Annual Report, and the note "burned out" appears on that line. There is no further information; this note may mean that there was a fire in the company's office and its records were destroyed.
NSL 1898 chapter 148 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.NSL 1898 chapter 150 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Water, Power & Light Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1891 chapter 148 — Act to incorporate the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 158 — Act to confirm the sale of the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co.
NSL 1897 chapter 103 — Act to incorporate the Bridgewater Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 158 — Act to confirm the sale of the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co.
NSL 1889 chapter 128 — Act to incorporate the Canada Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 167 — Act to authorize the Company to sell property to the Town of Amherst
NSL 1913 chapter 166 — Amendment
Her Majesty the Queen . . . . 2500 preferred shares
Her Majesty the Queen . . . . 8970 common shares
George I. Smith . . . . . . . 5 common shares
Harvey W.L. Doane . . . . . . 5 common shares
Ronald G. Smith . . . . . . . 5 common shares
J. Craig MacDonald . . . . . . 5 common shares
Roderick J. McSween . . . . . . 5 common shares
William L. Jodrey . . . . . . 5 common shares
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Total 9000 common shares
2500 preferred shares
Source: 1961 Annual Report of the Public Utilities Board, pages 86-87
This generating plant was located on the north side of Harrison Lake
GPS location: 45°42'54"N 64°16'57"W
Google map
NSL 1914 chapter 181 — Act to incorporate the Canadian Provincial Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1915 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1918 chapter 128 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 164 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 113 — Act to incorporate Canadian Tungsten Mines Ltd.
NSL 1912 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 188 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 173 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1915 chapter 94 — Amendment
In 1911 a company was incorporated under the name of
The Canadian Tungsten Mines Limited, which name was afterwards changed
more than once, and in 1913 it was called The Halifax Power Company
Limited. The Act of incorporation gave legal authority to the company
to engage in certain business activities, which included mining of
scheelite and tungsten, transportation of freight and passengers on
land or water from places in Nova Scotia, and the authority to
"generate, sell and deliver, electricity or electric energy generated
from steam or water power, and to build and maintain dams and make use
of water power, and generate, sell and deliver, energy generated from
water power."
Source: Excerpted from the decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court dated 18 September 1913, on the appeal of Miller versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and Thomson versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd., as reported on pages 394-408 of the Eastern Law Reporter, volume XIII number 5, 24 December 1913, published by the Carswell Company, Toronto.
Total pole line in service (April 1922) about 11 miles [about 18km], from the point of connection with Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company near Port Williams, to the customers in the serviced territory. Canard EL&P Co. never operated a generating plant; it bought its electric power wholesale from Gaspereaux River LH&P Co. Beginning in 1923, Canard EL&P Co. sold electric power wholesale to Centreville EL&P Co.
NSL 1893 chapter 158 — Act to incorporate the Canning Water & Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1900 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 159 — Change name to Cape Breton Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1902 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 136 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 115 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 197 — Amend chapter 130 of 1900
NSL 1900 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 159 — Change name to Cape Breton Electric Co. Ltd.
Cape Breton Tramways Ltd. operated an electric streetcar system within the Town of Glace Bay and an interurban line (public transit electric railway) between Glace Bay and Sydney. On 29 September 1944, Cape Breton Tramways Ltd. transferred all its property to the Cape Breton Bus & Tram Co.
The Cape Split Development Company was created in 1916 with a four-fold purpose:
• to examine the economic viability of the development of a hydroelectric power plant at Cape Split;
• to obtain an engineer's report;
• to carry out experimental work; and
• to raise the capital necessary to complete the project.
After raising its initial capital by selling shares, the company hired the services of the New York consulting engineers Bogart and Pohl, whose report emphasized the growing need for hydroelectric power in the Maritimes and the suitability of the Cape Split site for the generation of said hydroelectric power. Also hired was the consulting engineer Charles M. Allen, who conducted experiments on the efficiency of the Clarkson Current Motor prototype, which the company hoped to use, and gave an extremely favorable report. All was ready for the beginning of construction at the Cape Split site, except for the necessary capital. Unfortunately, the initial $31,000 raised through the selling of shares was the sum total of all of the company's capital, so the project fell through.
In 1928, the property was sold to Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, although the right to develop power on the property was retained by the company. This right was deeded to the Nova Scotia Power Commission in 1957.
Sources:
http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/acadia_archives/NSPC.pdf
http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/acadia_archives/Moir_Alexander.doc
NSL 1872 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the Carboline Gas Light Co. Ltd.
On 23 July 1923, Centreville EL&P Co. received official approval to issue 60 shares of common stock at a par value of $50.00 each, to raise $3,000 to pay for construction of its transmission line from "A.S. McDonald's corner, where connection is made with the Canard Electric Light & Power Co., into the district of Centreville, a distance of 2.3 miles [3.7km]. Construction materials included 90 cedar poles with cross arms and insulators, 2888 pounds [1307kg] of line wire, and seventeen 10-ampere kWh meters." In July 1923, seventeen consumers were connected, "with the prospect of eight additional later". Centreville EL&P Co. never operated a generating plant. From the beginning in 1923, Centreville EL&P Co. bought its electric power wholesale from Canard EL&P Co. Canard EL&P Co. bought its electric power wholesale from Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Co. In 1931, the Centreville EL&P Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1889 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Chambers Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 101 —
NSL 1901 chapter 172 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 177 — Amendment
NSL 1888 chapter 129 — Act conferring certain powers upon the Chandler Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 202 —
NSL 1910 chapter 128 — Act to incorporate the Chester Light, Power & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1924 chapter __ — Act to incorporate the Chester Light & Power Co. Ltd.
The Chester L&P Co. was incorporated in 1924, by Foreman Hawboldt, Carrol Manning, Roy Hennigar, Harold Hilchie, Owen Zinck, and Eugene Publicover. In November 1924, the Chester L&P Co. had 73 electricity meters in service, which indicates it had 73 paying customers.
In 1928, Chipman's Corner EL&P Co. bought $408.20 worth of energy from Avon River Power Co.
Source: Page 123, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
Cobequid Power Co. never operated a generating plant. When it started in business, it purchased all its electric power from The Falls hydroelectric generating station in Colchester County, owned and operated by the Northumberland Light & Power Co. To get this power from The Falls to its service area, it erected a 4-wire 3-phase 12.5 kV transmission line from The Falls 17.5 miles to Stewart's Bridge in Colchester County, and thence toward Truro. This transmission line bringing electric power from The Falls was the sole source of supply for the Cobequid Power Co. until 1 October 1933, when Cobequid ceased to draw its power from The Falls, and began purchasing it from the Truro Electric Commission. At that time, the transmission line became unnecessary to Cobequid's operation, and in May 1934 Cobequid applied to the PUB to sell part of this line, the 17.5 miles from the Falls to Stewart's Bridge, to Northumberland L&P Co. This transaction was complicated by the fact that this portion of the line served not only for transmission of wholesale electric power, but also supplied two domestic (residential) customers along the route. After extensive examination of the situation, on 27 July 1934 the PUB denied the application to sell the line.
NSL 1911 chapter 120 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth & Cow Bay Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1914 chapter 170 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Gas & Electric Light & Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1920 chapter 181 — Amendment
The Dartmouth GELHP Co. was incorporated on 17 April 1889, under chapter 132 of the 1889 Acts of the Legislature. On 25 February 1935, official approval was given by the PUB for the Dartmouth GELHP Co. to sell its entire property, assets and undertaking to the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co.
NSL 1861 chapter 76 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Gas Light & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 189 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Tram & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1867 chapter 55 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Water & Gas Co.
The Digby EL Co. reported that, during the year 1912, its operating
revenue was $5,941.68 and operating expenses were $5,324.52, and it
paid $108.87 in taxes.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
On 14 June 1922, the Digby EL Co. received official approval
from the PUB to sell the whole of its undertaking to the Town of Digby.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1922
Incorporated on 20 May 1913 as Waterford Public Utilities Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000914.
Name changed 24 November 1921 to Dominion Utilities Co. Ltd.
NSL 1882 chapter 61 — Act to incorporate the Eastern Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1883 chapter 71 —
NSL 1884 chapter 71 —
NSL 1885 chapter 99 —
NSL 1886 chapter 141 —
NSL 1890 chapter 181 — To extend powers, as to Gas Works and Water Works, etc.
Incorporated on 26 January 1911 as Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000776.
Name changed 9 June 1931 from Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd.
By Order In Council dated 9 June 1931, the name of the Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. was changed to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd., with head office in Sydney.
On 30th December 1966, all of the outstanding shares of Eastern Light & Power Company Limited were purchased by the Nova Scotia Power Commission at a cost of $3,900,000.
— Nova Scotia Power Commission Annual Report 1966, page 12
Eastern Utilities Limited was a holding company (it owned shares of other companies), not an operating utility company – it did not own any generating plants or transmission lines or any other equipment used in the production and/or distribution of electric power, it did not deliver electricity to anyone, and it did not send bills to electric power consumers. Eastern Utilities Limited was incorporated in Prince Edward Island; it is included in this history of Nova Scotia electric companies because it owned companies in the electric power business in Nova Scotia — Canada Electric Co. Ltd., Maritime Coal, Railway and Power Co. Ltd., and Joggins Coal Co. Ltd. (all three based in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia).
May 1940: Eastern Utilities Limited is an investment holding Company which owns all the issued shares of Canada Electric Company Limited; The Eastern Electric and Development Company Limited; and with the exception of 33 shares, all of the 11,254 shares (par value $100) of the Moncton Electricity and Gas Company Limited; also the majority of common (voting) shares of Maritime Coal, Railway and Power Company Limited; and all the issued shares of Joggins Coal Company Limited.
The Managing Director of Eastern Utilities Limited is J.H. Winfield
of Halifax. Other directors are: Hon. F.B. McCurdy, P.C. of Halifax; L.A. Lovett, K.C. of Halifax; Hon. C.W. Robinson of Moncton; and H.A. Forsythe, M.M. King, and M.K. Bell of Charlottetown.
Source: a prominent display advertisement in the Kentville Advertiser,
9 May 1940, by Johnston and Ward, a large Montreal brokerage firm, offering for sale shares of Eastern Utilities Limited. "The statements contained herein are based on information which we believe to be reliable..."
NSL 1892 chapter 155 — Act to incorporate the Edison Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd. of Springhill
NSL 1914 chapter 151 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 137 — Act to incorporate the Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 234 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 133 — Act respecting assessment of the Egerton Tramway in New Glasgow, Stellarton, and Westville
NSL 1906 chapter 160 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 142 — Act to confirm contract between New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd. and Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 143 — Amendment and name changed
NSL 1910 chapter 163 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 105 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 160 — Act to incorporate the Electric Association of Nova Scotia
Incorporated as 3021211 Nova Scotia Limited on 23 July 1998.
Name changed to NS Power Holdings Incorporated on 11 September 1998.
Name changed to Emera Incorporated on 17 July 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3021211.
On 2 December 1998 shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize Nova Scotia Power Inc. to create a holding company structure. This reorganization allows the regulated utility business of Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) to be held in a corporation separate from other business activities. On 9 December 1998 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ratified the new holding company structure. On 1 January 1999 all NSPI common shareholders exchanged their shares for NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares on a one-for-one basis.
Source: NS Power Holdings Inc. Annual Report 1998
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport98.pdf
NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares were approved for listing
on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges and began trading on
6 January 1999. The company name was changed to Emera Inc. on
17 July 2000.
Source: Emera Inc. Annual Report 2000
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport00.pdf
In early October 2001, final regulatory approvals for the
merger between the Bangor Hydro Electric Company and Emera Inc. were
received. On October 10, 2001, Emera completed the acquisition of all
of the outstanding common stock of the Bangor Hydro Electric Company
for US$26.806 per share in cash.
Source: Bangor Hydro Electric Company Annual Report 2001 (SEC form 10-K)
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020320/bgr.html
As of July 2002, Emera Inc., 1894 Barrington Street, Halifax, had the following subsidiary companies:
• Nova Scotia Power Inc. (wholly owned)
• Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (wholly owned)
• Emera Energy (wholly owned)
• Emera Fuels Inc. (wholly owned)
• Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline (12.5% interest)
• Sable Project (SOEP) (8.4% interest)
The SOEP infrastructure assets comprise a gas processing plant at
Goldboro, Nova Scotia; a natural gas liquids fractionation plant at
Point Tupper, Nova Scotia; a natural gas liquids pipeline connecting the
Goldboro and Point Tupper operations; offshore production platforms;
and sub-sea gathering pipelines.
Source: Emera's website http://www.emera.com/
Bangor Hydroservice area |
Bangor Hydro is an electric utility serving a population of about 192,000 in an area encompassing approximately 5,275 square miles 13,660 square kilometres in eastern and east coastal Maine. Bangor Hydro is a member of the New England Power Pool and is interconnected with other New England utilities to the south and with the New Brunswick Electric Power Corporation to the north.
Source:
http://www.bhe.com/about/body_news_000427.html
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company shares trade in the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BGR. NS Power Holdings Incorporated shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NSH.
Emera adds to wind holdings - Firm now owns Digby Neck wind farm Halifax Chronicle Herald, 3 February 2010
Nova Scotia Power Inc.'s parent company has gobbled up the remaining interests in a 20-turbine wind farm in Digby Neck. Emera Inc. announced Tuesday (2 Feb 2010) that it has purchased 100 per cent of the shares Scotian WindFields Inc. had in the project. Emera purchased the other half of the project in November 2009 from SkyPower Corp., which entered into creditor protection when owner Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. went bankrupt. "As we moved through that process, we started into meetings and discussions with Scotian. We ended up purchasing their interest as well," said Emera spokeswoman Sasha Irving... Emera finalized the purchase of Scotian Windfields on February 1st. The deal includes a development agreement that will see Scotian Windfields continue to work on the project in an unspecified capacity. Development costs on the Digby wind project were about $19.1 million when SkyPower filed for creditor protection in August 2009. The company also paid US$16.2 million towards the cost of purchasing 20 wind turbines from General Electric Co. The total cost of purchasing the turbines is about US$41.1 million, according to court documents. Dan Roscoe, chief operating officer of Scotian Windfields, said the project can now move toward completion. "We think this is a very positive move for our investors for what we had invested in to this project," he said Tuesday (2 Feb 2010)... The Digby wind project includes a 20-year power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. Last month, the utility announced it was spending $28 million to kick-start a stalled wind power project in Point Tupper. Under the agreement, Renewable Energy Services Ltd. of Lower Sackville will build and operate the wind farm in Richmond County and Nova Scotia Power will have a 49 per cent interest. Last year, Nova Scotia Power purchased the $120-million Nuttby Mountain project in Colchester County from EarthFirst Canada Inc. of Calgary. The project had stalled due to the global credit crisis.
Under the agreement with Emera announced on 17 November 2010, Nalcor will build the first phase of the Lower Churchill project, an 800-megawatt site at Muskrat Falls in Labrador, and the two companies will transmit the electricity to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by underwater cable. Nova Scotia Power Company – a subsidiary of Emera – will purchase some 20 per cent of the Muskrat Falls output for 35 years at a firm price.
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— Source: Globe and Mail page B6, 18 Nov 2010
Nalcor to provide Emera with approximately one terawatt hour per year for a term of 35 years. Emera will be granted transmission rights on the Maritime Link sufficient to deliver the Nova Scotia Block. All remaining Maritime Link transmission rights will be held by Nalcor. Emera will provide Nalcor with transmission rights from Cape Breton to the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border up to Nalcor's capacity on the Maritime Link. Nalcor will pay the Nova Scotia transmission tariff. Nalcor will be provided use of Emera's transmission rights to transmit power through New Brunswick with Nalcor paying the associated transmission tariff when used by Nalcor. If these rights cannot be acquired or extended, Emera will purchase the power Nalcor would have sold through New Brunswick. Alternatively, at Nalcor's option, Emera will provide Nalcor with the opportunity to acquire or use 300 MW of firm transmission if proposed Nova Scotia-New Brunswick transmission line is constructed...
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— Source: Backgrounder - Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. Term Sheet
Emera and Nalcor Energy have concluded agreement on a term sheet for the parties to bring energy from the Lower Churchill Project to Newfoundland and Labrador as well as to consumers in the Maritime provinces and New England. Chris Huskilson, President and CEO, Emera Inc. and Ed Martin, President and CEO, Nalcor Energy, made the announcement today (18 November 2010). They were joined by Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland and Labrador and Premier Darrell Dexter Nova Scotia. Nalcor will build generating facilities at Muskrat Falls. Emera and Nalcor will jointly develop transmission in Newfoundland and Labrador to enable the movement of Lower Churchill energy through a joint venture that is 71% owned by Nalcor and 29% by Emera which will establish a new, regulated transmission utility in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nova Scotia Power will develop agreements with Nalcor to build subsea transmission between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in return for 20% of the energy from Muskrat Falls for 35 years. This subsea transmission (the Maritime Link) will be 100% owned by Nova Scotia Power. The total investment by all parties into the project would be C$6.2 billion. Nalcor would invest $2.9 billion for the Muskrat Falls generation facility. The transmission link from Labrador to the island of Newfoundland will cost $2.1 billion and Emera is investing approximately $600 million. The Maritime Link connecting the island of Newfoundland to Nova Scotia is expected to cost $1.2 billion which will be funded 100% by Emera. Agreements resulting from this term sheet are subject to a number of conditions including final approval of the Boards of Directors of Emera and Nalcor Energy and by regulators in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador...
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— Source: Emera Inc. media release 18 Nov 2010
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Churchill Falls, Labrador c.1969
Geological Survey of Canada
• Lower Churchill Project Nalcor Energy
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The 13 formal agreements signed by
Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. on 31 July 2012
• Nalcor Energy
• Nalcor Energy Wikipedia
• Lower Churchill Project: Backgrounder - Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. Term Sheet
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lower Churchill Project: Backgrounder – Agreement with Innu Nation of Labrador
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Lower Churchill Project to Become a Reality;
Province Signs Partnership Agreement with Emera Inc. for Development of Muskrat Falls
Media release, 18 Nov 2010
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Brinco: The story of Churchill Falls
(book) by Philip Smith, 1975 Making Best Use of the Lower Churchill: The Muskrat Falls Development by David A. Vardy, August 2011 “...At this point in time it is difficult to undertake effective marketing, when the most cost effective transportation route (through Quebec) is precluded. The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador should be free to choose between the Quebec versus the so-called Anglo-Saxon routes on the basis of cost. If the Quebec route were an available option and if the cost were substantially less than the cost of the Anglo-Saxon route, with two submarine (underwater) crossings, then Newfoundland and Labrador might elect to maximize its economic rent by selling all Lower Churchill power west, meeting the energy requirements of the Island from facilities entirely located on the Island. When this choice is unavailable the Province is left with only one possible wheeling option to market energy surplus to its needs. Clearly there is a case for the exercise of national policy to ensure that efficient choices are made, within a free trade environment...” Presentation to the Public Utilities Board in the Matter of the Muskrat Falls Reference by Ron Penney and David Vardy, February 2012 “...the Muskrat Falls development is the most significant electrical generation and transmission project undertaken by the province (of Newfoundland and Labrador) in fifty years...” “...We are not opposed in principle to the project. Our main concerns are with the process and whether Muskrat Falls is the best option either now or later...” Planning for Prosperity: Building Canada's Low-Carbon Growth Plan National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy “...In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project is slated to come into production by 2017, and is intended to replace existing fossil fuel generation in that province, in Nova Scotia and potentially through into the rest of the Maritimes...” Independent Review of Manitoba Hydro Export Power Sales and Associated Risks 4.2.6 Construction Costs, Infrastructure Damage... Capital Investment, Inflation Risks, and Cost Overruns
The above were recommended by Pat Bates in his article
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• Emera Inc.
• Nova Scotia Power Inc.
• Strait of Belle Isle (a.k.a Labrador Straits) Wikipedia
• Strait of Belle Isle Land of First Contact
• Ferry across Strait of Belle Isle (Labrador Straits) Labrador Marine Inc.
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Red Bay National Historic Site (Strait of Belle Isle) Parks Canada
• Gulf of Saint Lawrence Wikipedia
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Cabot Strait Wikipedia
• Cabot Strait Telegraph Cable, 1856
• Coastal Charts for Atlantic Canada
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Marine Atlantic Wikipedia
• Churchill Falls Nalcor Energy
• Churchill Falls Generating Station Wikipedia
• Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Wikipedia
• (1) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• (2) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• (3) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• Power Politics and Questions of Political Will: A History of Hydroelectric Development in Labrador's Churchill River Basin, 1949-2002 Royal Commission Report, March 2003
• The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the Churchill Falls Contract Dalhousie Law Journal, Spring 2007
• The Churchill Falls Contract and Why Can't Newfoundlanders Get Over It Policy Options, September 2010
• Churchill Falls paper published in national public policy magazine
• The infamous Churchill Falls hydro agreement Montreal Gazette 20 Dec 2005
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Quebec's shameless exploitation of Newfoundland gets worse National Post 23 Nov 2010
• Churchill Falls Wikipedia
• Churchill River Wikipedia
Muskrat Falls Videos
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October 13th 1974, Labrador – work finishes on the
Churchill Falls hydroelectric power station, begun
in 1967 after years of complicated negotiations,
including the federal government having to mediate
a land dispute between the Quebec and Newfoundland
governments over ownership of the facility's territory.
While Daniel Johnson was in power, Hydro-Quebec finally
agreed to underwrite the venture, and in exchange for
doing so received and receives energy from the station
at a privileged rate for 40 years until 2016.
Location: 53°14'46"N 60°46'39"W
In 1917, electric power service in the town of Wolfville, supplied by the Acadia Electric Light Company in Wolfville was far from satisfactory. The Wolfville Board of Trade (whose secretary, incidentally, was George C. Nowlan, a federal cabinet minister forty years later) decided somebody had to do something about the electricity supply in Wolfville. It asked two of the sharpest young businessmen around town to investigate the Gaspereau River as a power source.
They were Charles H. Wright, a capable and popular building contractor, and Roy A. Jodrey, farmer, apple speculator, and fair-haired boy of the W.H. Chase organization. L.E. Shaw, a brick manufacturer who was also president of the Wolfville Board of Trade, wrote many years later that Jodrey and Wright "never came back to report. They found more than we had anticipated."
Wright and Jodrey found a waterfall, formed a company (Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company), built a dam (at Stivers Falls), installed a powerhouse, and built electric transmission lines out across the Annapolis Valley...
No one is precisely sure about the construction schedule of
the dam, powerhouse, and pulpworks that Wright and Jodrey built at
Stivers Falls, White Rock, Kings County, but two facts are known:
• Wright and Jodrey got provincial
approval for the dam on June 15, 1917. Charlie Wright had his
plans ready, and, that day, work began on construction of the dam.
• The hydroelectric generating plant
began to operate on February 25, 1920. By May 1920, it was
producing electric power for Wolfville, Greenwich, and Port Williams...
Source: Excerpted from pages 114, 118 and 119, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
In 1926, the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
Today, in 2014, Charlie Wright's dam at Stivers Falls still stands as solid as ever, and still produces daily revenue for the current owner, Nova Scotia Power Inc. It was built originally in 1917-19 to impound water to form the head pond* for the Stivers Falls generating plant. The Stivers Falls plant was demolished in the late 1940s, and was replaced by the modern White Rock generating plant, completed in 1950. The head pond for the modern White Rock generating plant is the same body of water that originally was the Stivers Falls head pond. Charlie Wright's dam today impounds the water that flows from the dam site along the White Rock canal to supply water to drive the turbine in the White Rock generating plant.
*NOTE: A "head pond" is the body of water located behind a hydroelectric dam, which is used for the generation of electricity. All hydroelectric generating plants require two separate bodies of water that exist at different elevations. Each hydroelectric generating plant is driven by the power of falling water – the water falling from the elevation of the head pond to the lower elevation of the "tail pond" or "tailrace". Water from the head pond enters a large pipe, often called a "penstock," that carries it downward to the turbine. As the water confined in the penstock falls under the influence of gravity, its pressure within the pipe increases substantially — at the rate of about one additional pound per square inch for each 2.3 feet [9.80kPa per metre] of vertical distance measured downward from the surface of the head pond. It is the pressure of this water that drives the turbine that drives the electric generator. After the water passes through the turbine it is released into the tail race. The power that can be generated by any hydroelectric plant is determined by just two facts: the available "head" (the vertical distance between the head pond surface and the tailrace surface) multiplied by the quantity of water available (measured in gallons per second, or litres per second, or cubic feet per second, or cubic metres per second, or a similar measure of flow rate).
On July 29, 1920, the Gaspereaux Valley EL Company applied to the Public Utilities Board for authority to issue 800 shares valued at ten dollars each, to get $8,000 to build six miles ten km of power line between the Stivers Falls powerhouse at White Rock and the village of Gaspereau.
Source: Excerpted from page 120, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
In 1931, the Gaspereaux Valley EL Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1905 chapter 136 — Act to incorporate the Gold River Mines & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1906 chapter 168 — Amendment
The Gold River Mines & Power Co. was incorporated under 5 Edw. VII c. 136, passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature on 7 April 1905.
The Habitant Electric Light Company Limited was incorporated in 1921.
The Habitant EL Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of Habitant Electric Light Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $800.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1913 chapter 141 — Act to authorize the Halifax Development Co. Ltd. to erect poles and wires
NSL 1913 chapter 142 —
NSL 1881 chapter 58 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 107 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Electric Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1896 chapter 87 — Amendment
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation of Halifax Gas light Co. with People's Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1902 chapter 180 — Act to amend chapter 107 of 1895
NSL 1906 chapter 66 — Act respecting taxation by City of Halifax
NSL 1911 chapter 11 — Of Street Railway Companies
NSL 1912 chapter 209 —
NSL 1912 chapter 78 —
NSL 1913 chapter 194 —
"The first trolley car started out on February 13, 1896," according to a technical paper Halifax Electric Tramway Plant and Steam Engineering read on May 7, 1907, by Philip A. Freeman, Chief Engineer of the Halifax Electric Tram Company, before the Nova Scotia Society of Engineers. It is unclear whether this was a test run or the beginning of regular service, but it is certain that the electric street railway was able to operate at least one car on the track on this day, meaning that the electric generating plant was operational, and the track and overhead trolley wire were in place and able to perform their intended functions.
There are very few soft coal regions where so little use has been made of coal gas and coke as is the case in Nova Scotia, notwithstanding that Nova Scotian coals are particularly suitable for gas manufacture, and are "fat" coals, yielding a larger percentage of by-products than any Canadian coals. The gas works of the Halifax Electric Tramway Company in Halifax, and the Yarmouth Fuel Gas Company, are the only gas works in the Province of Nova Scotia.
Source:—
page 37 The Coal-Fields and Coal Industry of Eastern Canada, A General Survey and Description
by Francis W. Gray, Canada Department of Mines, 1917
NSL 1872 chapter 94 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Consumers' Co.
NSL 1840 chapter 16 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Co.
NSL 1844 chapter 72 — Change name to Halifax Gas Light Co.
NSL 1857 chapter 71 —
NSL 1863 chapter 70 —
NSL 1864 chapter 64 —
NSL 1867 chapter 78 —
NSL 1874 chapter 85 —
NSL 1881 chapter 60 —
NSL 1887 chapter 123 —
NSL 1888 chapter 118 —
NSL 1889 chapter 122 —
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation with the Peoples' Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1840 chapter 16 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Co.
NSL 1841 chapter 19 — Amendment
NSL 1844 chapter 72 — Change name to Halifax Gas Light Co.
NSL 1911 chapter 113 — Act to incorporate Canadian Tungsten Mines Ltd.
NSL 1912 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 188 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 173 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1915 chapter 94 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 88 — Act to authorize the City of Halifax
to hold shares in the Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and to lend money thereto
NSL 1919 chapter 83 — Act to authorize and confirm agreement between City of Halifax and the Halifax Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1919 chapter 84 — Amendment
In 1911 a company was incorporated under the name of The Canadian Tungsten Mines Limited, which name was afterwards changed more than once, and in 1913 it was called The Halifax Power Company Limited. The company proposed to develop a water power site at St. Margaret's Bay, by damming the waters of North East River and diverting them into the bed of Indian River, the latter being dammed at various places.
Source: Excerpted from the decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court dated 18 September 1913, on the appeal of Miller versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and Thomson versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd., as reported on pages 394-408 of the Eastern Law Reporter, volume XIII number 5, 24 December 1913, published by the Carswell Company, Toronto.
A project called the St. Margaret's Bay hydroelectric system, using the waters of these rivers, was built by the Nova Scotia Power Commission, an agency of the Nova Scotia Government. This project, which began regular operation in the autumn of 1922, consists of three hydroelectric plants, Mill Lake and Sandy Lake (these two generating plants are in the same building but utilize water from two separate rivers, the Mill Lake plant working under a head of 162 feet 49.4 m and the Sandy Lake plant working under a head of 125 feet 38.1 m), and Tidewater (taking the combined flow from both rivers and working under a head of 91 feet 27.7 m). The total installed capacity of these plants is 15,700 horsepower 11,700 kW. In 2008 it is owned and operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc., a subsidiary of Emera Inc.
In 1933, the PUB officially declared that the Halifax Power & Pulp Company "is a public utility within the scope of the Public Utilities Act".
About 1915-1918, the steam-powered electric generating plant of the Hantsport Fruit Basket Company sold about $2,500 worth of electricity a year, to the town of Hantsport (probably mostly, perhaps all, for street lighting). The company burned slack coal and wood waste from its wood-working mill.
Source: Excerpted from page 114, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
The Hillaton EL&P Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of Hillaton Electric Light & Power Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $350. At the time of the sale, the Hillaton EL Company served 31 customers.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1902 chapter 145 — Act to incorporate the Inverness Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Ltd.
In November of 1897 the Joggins Coal and Railway Company which was operating a small electric generating plant at their mine offered to provide electricity to light the streets of Joggins. The only requirement was that the citizens provide the necessary poles, wire and lanterns (electric light fixtures). This was quite an achievement for a small town at this date as only the major centres had electricity. The citizens of Joggins were excited about this latest development in their fair town as travel out and about on the wooden sidewalks after dark would now be considerably safer.
Source:
History of Joggins by Dara Legere
http://www.geocities.com/dblegere/home.html
NSL 1891 chapter 149 — Act to incorporate the Kentville Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 175 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 187 — To amend chapter 149 of 1891
NSL 1850 chapter 25 — Act to incorporate the Kerosene Gas Light Co.
NSL 1851 chapter 8 — Amendment
On 27 September 1922, the Kingsport EL Co. received
approval to issue 30 shares of common stock of par value $100.00 each,
to raise $3000 for capital expenditures — the cost of construction of a
power line from Habitant to Kingsport and a distribution system in
Kingsport.
The Kingsport EL Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Habitant Electric Light Company.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the Kingsport Electric Light Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $2,600.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
(Note: Louisburg is the correct spelling for this company name, not Louisbourg.)
Cape Breton CountyNSL 1900 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Louisburg Electric, Water & Power Co. Ltd.
In 1931, the Lower Horton Electric Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1889 chapter 133 — Act to incorporate the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1897 chapter 124 — Amendment
NSL 1898 chapter 160 — Amendment
In spite of its name the Lunenburg Gas Company Limited sold electric power, not gas, at least in its later years.
NSL 1888 chapter 117 — Act to incorporate the Lunenburg Water, & Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 179 — Amendment
NSL 1892 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1894 chapter 104 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 130 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 134 — Act to incorporate the Maritime Fuel & Heating Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 196 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 102 — An Act to incorporate the New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 129 — Amendment, as to construction of Street Railways
NSL 1890 chapter 163 — Amendment, as to Powers of Directors
NSL 1891 chapter 178 — Amendment, as to borrowing money
NSL 1892 chapter 180 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1893 chapter 182 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1894 chapter 95 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1895 chapter 145 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1895 chapter 146 — Amendment, powers of Directors to borrow money
NSL 1896 chapter 110 — Amendment, limiting time for construction
NSL 1898 chapter 172 — Amendment, time for construction and completion
NSL 1909 chapter 142 — Act to confirm contract between New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd. and Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 143 — Amendment and name changed
NSL 1910 chapter 163 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 105 — Amendment
In 1925, the PUB wrote: Thomas G. Nichol of Mahone Bay... owns and operates a hydroelectric development at Canada Hill (in Shelburne County). In April 1924 (there seems to be some confusion in these dates) this plant was sold to the Town of Lockeport.
NSL 1888 chapter 124 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Electric Light & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1882 chapter 80 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Gas & Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 149 — An Act to incorporate anew
NSL 1890 chapter 170 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Water & Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1873 chapter 24 — Act to authorize the construction of a Tramway from White Rock Mills, by S.P. Benjamin and others
NSL 1897 chapter 111 — Act to incorporate S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 165 — Amendment, limiting service area to Kings
and Annapolis Counties, and respecting sale by S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 174 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 171 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 92 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Gas & Electric Light, Fuel & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 86 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia General Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1910 chapter 160 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Co. Ltd.
NSL 1911 chapter 146 — Amendment
Incorporated on 1 January 1914.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1001082.
NSL 1913 chapter 190 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Natural Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1916 chapter 117 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 193 — Amendment, authorize to purchase property of Halifax Street Railway Co.
NSL 1891 chapter 158 — Amendment
NSL 1892 chapter 184 — Amendment, as to claims upon the Halifax Street Railway Co.
“In 1992 the Province enacted the Nova Scotia Privatization Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia (S.N.S.), chapter 8 pursuant to which Nova Scotia Power Incorporated purchased the assets and undertaking previously used by the Corporation in the production and distribution of electricity.”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP)
—Source: Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 1992 Aug 13
Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI),
a new privately-owned electric utility company, began operating on 13 August 1992, the day after it bought the the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (NSPC), which was wholly owned by the Government of Nova Scotia.
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP). As the Halifax Chronicle-Herald reported the next day, Chuck MacNeil, Nova Scotia's Minister of Finance, "tightly clutching a $192,000,000 cheque, joined Premier Don Cameron" and New NSP President Louis Comeau "to officially close the deal to privatize the power utility... The province's $192,000,000 cheque was the government's profit from the sale of $851,000,000 worth of new NSP shares. The utility received a cheque for $557,000,000... from RBC Dominion Securities, the lead underwriter" of the share sale (RBC is a short form of 'Royal Bank of Canada').
See:
An Act to Permit the Corporate Reorganization of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated December 1998
http://www.canlii.org/ns/laws/sta/1998c.19/20041004/whole.html
Nova Scotia Power IncorporatedFuel Sources for Electric Power Generation for the 12 Months of the Calendar Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 (MWh) |
1993 (MWh) |
1994 (MWh) |
1995 (MWh) |
1996 (MWh) |
|
| Thermal, Coal Fired |
5,994,000 | 6,345,600 | 7,159,700 | 7,053,100 | 7,850,300 |
| Thermal, Oil Fired |
2,469,500 | 2,117,200 | 1,205,700 | 1,239,400 | 608,700 |
| Hydro | 875,000 | 877,600 | 1,012,000 | 883,200 | 1,111,600 |
| Purchased | 194,700 | 218,900 | 216,200 | 499,500 | 254,600 |
| Total Generated and Purchased |
9,533,200 | 9,559,300 | 9,593,600 | 9,675,200 | 9,825,200 |
| Less: Losses and Internal Use | 731,300 | 665,200 | 627,700 | 640,400 | 679,600 |
| Total Electrical Energy Sold | 8,801,900 | 8,894,100 | 8,965,900 | 9,034,800 | 9,145,600 |
|
Source: 1996 Annual Report, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated
[Note: The above figures, for 1 January 1992 to 12 August 1992, are those recorded by the Nova Scotia Power Corporation (NSPC), the former owner and operator of the electric power system which was sold to Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) on 12 August 1992.] |
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| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 365,672 | 371,270 | 375,553 | 380,055 | 384,856 |
| Commercial | 32,143 | 32,289 | 32,342 | 32,383 | 32,329 |
| Industrial | 1,533 | 1,537 | 1,581 | 1,633 | 1,686 |
| Other | 5,518 | 5,596 | 5,731 | 5,892 | 5,908 |
| Total | 404,866 | 410,692 | 415,207 | 419,963 | 424,779 |
Recent UARB electric power documents
On 2 December 1998 shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize Nova Scotia Power Inc. to create a holding company structure. This reorganization allows the regulated utility business of Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) to be held in a corporation separate from other business activities. On 9 December 1998 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ratified the new holding company structure. On1 January 1999 all NSPI common shareholders exchanged their shares for NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares on a one-for-one basis.
Source: NS Power Holdings Inc. Annual Report 1998
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport98.pdf
NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares were approved for listing on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges and began trading on 6 January 1999. The company name was changed to Emera Inc. on 17 July 2000.
Source: Emera Inc. Annual Report 2000
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport00.pdf
Recent UARB electric power documents
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Net Peak Load
Wed. 27 Dec 2006 1810 MW
Thu. 28 Dec 2006 1895 MW
Fri. 29 Dec 2006 2016 MW
Sat. 30 Dec 2006 1881 MW
Sun. 31 Dec 2006 1846 MW
Sun. 14 Jan 2007 1840 MW
Mon. 15 Jan 2007 1979 MW
Tue. 16 Jan 2007 1968 MW
Wed. 17 Jan 2007 2144 MW
Thu. 18 Jan 2007 2086 MW
Sat. 15 Dec 2007 2115 MW
Sun. 16 Dec 2007 2020 MW
Mon. 17 Dec 2007 2046 MW
Tue. 18 Dec 2007 2021 MW
Wed. 19 Dec 2007 2111 MW
Thu. 20 Dec 2007 2115 MW
Fri. 21 Dec 2007 2021 MW
Sat. 22 Dec 2007 1902 MW
Sun. 23 Dec 2007 1747 MW
Mon. 24 Dec 2007 1583 MW
Tue. 25 Dec 2007 1530 MW
Wed. 26 Dec 2007 1600 MW
Mon. 09 Dec 2013 1818 MW
Tue. 10 Dec 2013 1653 MW
Wed. 11 Dec 2013 1846 MW
Thu. 12 Dec 2013 1931 MW
Fri. 13 Dec 2013 1847 MW
Sat. 14 Dec 2013 1947 MW
Sun. 15 Dec 2013 1902 MW
Mon. 16 Dec 2013 1889 MW
Tue. 17 Dec 2013 1843 MW
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Thu. 19 Dec 2013 1858 MW
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“Net load” is the total of “net generated power” for
all generating plants within the system.
“Net generated power,” for an individual generator or power plant,
is the “gross generated power” less “station service.”
“Gross generated power” is the measured power output at the
terminals of the generator, either for an individual generator
or for several generators within one plant.
“Station service” is the electric power consumed by equipment
within the generating plant itself. For hydro plants,
station service is minimal: a few kilowatts to run the pump
to provide pressurized oil for the governor, a small air
compressor, and the plant lights. For coal-fired steam power
plants, station service consumes as much as eight percent of
the generated power, for power to drive conveyor belts, to
pulverize the coal, to pump large quantities of cooling water,
to drive the forced draft and induced draft fans, lighting,
and all the other equipment needed to operate the plant.
Note: The load on an electric power system is controlled by the
customers or consumers, not by the electric utility company.
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Nova Scotia Power Transmission System Information |
HALIFAX, Aug. 12 – Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) has among the most reliable electrical generation units in Canada, according to an independent industry analysis.
Four generators at the Point Tupper, Lingan and Tufts Cove power plants were ranked among the tops in their class in an annual review by the Canadian
Electricity Association (CEA).
"We're very pleased with these results," said Rick Janega, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nova Scotia Power. "These results are a tribute to the talented men and women at our generating stations and their dedication to maintaining our systems to ensure reliable service to Nova Scotians."
The CEA ranked the No. 2 generator at the Point Tupper generating station near Port Hawkesbury as the most reliable fossil fuel unit in Canada. Point Tupper No. 2 took top place for having both the highest "operating factor" and the "incapability factor."
"Operating factor" measures the percentage of time an individual unit was running. For Point Tupper No. 2, that percentage was 98.9%. The "incapability factor" measures the percentage of time a unit was unable to operate, not counting occasions when the unit was available but didn't operate because it wasn't needed. Point Tupper's percentage in this category was 1.5%.
The No. 1 generator at the Lingan generating station, near New Waterford, placed sixth for incapability factor (4.5%) and ninth for operating factor (95.5%).
Among combustion turbine generators, the No. 4 and 5 units at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth placed first and second for lowest incapability factor (1.2% and 1.3%). In the operating factor category, Tufts Cove No. 5 was second and No. 4 was third (34.8% and 31.5%). Combustion turbines are generally only run during times of peak demand.
Point Tupper No. 2 is a 150 megawatt unit commissioned in 1973. It originally burned oil, but was converted to coal in 1987. Lingan No. 1 is a 150 megawatt coal unit that began service in 1979. The combustion turbines at Tufts Cove both are 50 megawatt units added in 2003 and 2004. They are fueled by natural gas.
The CEA report analyzed data from 2007, and included results for 80 fossil fuel units and 29 combustion units.
— Source: NSP Media release, 12 August 2009
Nova Scotia Power: A Tidal Pioneer
The Annapolis Tidal Power Plant, diagrams and description
NSL 1902 chapter 178 — Act relating to Electric Light by the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. Ltd.
From 1919 to 1924, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. was under the management of Stone & Webster Inc., Boston.
In 1924, Isaac Walton Killam, through the Royal Securities Corporation, bought control of Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co.
In 1928, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Company Limited changed its name to Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited.
Incorporated as 3021211 Nova Scotia Limited on 23 July 1998.
Name changed to NS Power Holdings Incorporated on 11 September 1998.
Name changed to Emera Incorporated on 10 July 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3021211.
NS Power Holdings Incorporated (NSH), a holding company, was incorporated on 23 July 1998. (A holding company owns shares of other companies. That's all it does. A holding company does not own any physical assets and does not operate any business. NSH owns no generating plants, no transmission lines, and produces no electricity. NSH owns NSPI, and NSPI owns the generating plants and transmission lines, and produces the electricity.)
Effective 1 January 1999, the common shareholders of Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) exchanged all of their common shares for common shares of NS Power Holdings Inc. on a one-for-one basis.
Nova Scotia Power Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera Inc., is the dominant electricity supplier in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Power has 440,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers, and assets totaling $2,800,000,000. NSPI's operations are regulated by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, and include approximately 97% of the generation, 99%of the transmission and 95%of the distribution of electric power throughout Nova Scotia.
The wholly-owned subsidiaries of NS Power Holdings, in January 2000, were:
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Enercom Inc.
NSP Pipeline Inc.
NSP U.S. Holdings Inc.
Strait Energy Inc.
NS Power Services Inc., and
Stellarton Basin Coal Gas Inc. (SBCGI).
NSP Pipeline Inc. and NSP U.S. Holdings Inc. own a 12.5% equity
investment in Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, which is regulated by
the National Energy Board (NEB) in Canada and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the U.S. Enercom Inc. is an unregulated
subsidiary which has expanded NSH's energy product line to include
distribution of a full range of fuel oil products.
Sources:
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 18 and 23 February 2000
and SEDAR http://www.sedar.com/
NS Power Holdings Incorporated [RJSC ID#3021211] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of
17 February 2000, were:
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and CEO
• Derek Oland, New River Beach, New Brunswick
• George A. Caines, Q.C., Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Purdy Crawford, Q.C., Toronto, Ontario
• R. Irene d'Entremont, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• James K. Gray, Calgary, Alberta
• Thomas R. Hall, Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
• M. Edward MacNeil, Sydney River, Nova Scotia
• Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Kenneth C. Rowe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Rosemary Scanlon, London, England
• Paul D. Sobey, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary & General Counsel
Nova Scotia Power Incorporated [RJSC ID#1567820] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of
17 February 2000, were:
• Paul D. Sobey, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
• Thomas R. Hall, Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
• M. Edward MacNeil, Sydney River, Nova Scotia
• Derek Oland, New River Beach, New Brunswick
• Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Kenneth C. Rowe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Rosemary Scanlon, London, England
• George A. Caines, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• R. Irene d'Entremont, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• Purdy Crawford, Toronto, Ontario
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and CEO
• James K. Gray, Calgary, Alberta
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary & General Counsel
Enercom Communications Incorporated [RJSC ID#3028342]
(formerly Scotiacom Telecommunications) has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of 17 February 2000,
were:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Chairman and CEO
• Jay Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Vice President
• Wayne J. Crawley, Nova Scotia; Vice President
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary
Quality Connections Communications Incorporated
[RJSC ID#2267629] has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of 17 February 2000,
were:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Jay Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Wayne J. Crawley, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary
Enercom Mobile Communications [RJSC ID#3039357] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. As of 17 February 2000,
the RJSC lists no directors.
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith
Enovacom [RJSC ID#3039355] has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. As of 17 February 2000, the RJSC lists no
directors.
The recognized agent of this Partnership/Business is:
Richard J. Smith
Stellarton Basin Coal Gas Incorporated [RJSC ID#2230823] has
its registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's sole director, as of
17 February 2000, was:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and Secretary
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith
Nova Scotia Light and Power Company Limited [RJSC ID#1001082]
(previous name Nova Scotia Tramways and Power Company Limited) has its
registered office at 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The
company's directors, as of 17 February 2000, were:
• A.G. Manuel, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President
• C.H. Loveless, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Vice President Finance
• H.W.V. Matthews, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Treasurer
• James G. Spurr, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• George Perrin, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• A.L. Bruce, Truro, Nova Scotia
• J.G. MacDonald, Sydney, Nova Scotia
• G.J. McCulloch, Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia
• Barbara Walker, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
James G. Spurr
Sources:
Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/rjsc/
and SEDAR http://www.sedar.com/
NSL 1898 chapter 149 — Act to incorporate the C. O'Dell Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 170 — Amendment
NSL 1896 chapter 97 — Act to incorporate the Oxford Water & Power Supply Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 92 — Act to authorize the Village of Oxford to
purchase the Water Works of the Oxford Water & Power Supply Co.
Ltd.
In a report dated 12 October 1934, the PUB wrote: Cyril L. Parks, "is the owner of a shingle mill at Noel, and in response to the requests of the people of the Village of Noel, he has entered upon the business of supplying electric energy to the public, and therefore has become a public utility..."
The Paradise Electric Co. was incorporated on 22 May 1920.
On 10 November 1922, the Paradise West EL Co. received approval to issue 45 shares of common stock of par value $100.00 each, to raise $4500 to pay the cost of construction of a transmission line and electrical distribution system.
NSL 1893 chapter 157 — Act to incorporate the Peoples' Heat & Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 137 —
NSL 1896 chapter 102 —
NSL 1897 chapter 90 —
NSL 1897 chapter 91 —
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation of Halifax Gas Light Co. with the Peoples' Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1898 chapter 159 —
NSL 1899 chapter 162 —
NSL 1900 chapter 164 —
The Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company was incorporated in 1934. On 19 November 1934, the Pereaux EL&P Co. was authorized to issue 30 common shares at a par value of $100.00 each, to raise $3,000 to pay for construction of a transmission line and electrical distribution system.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1934
As of 28 March 1935, the total capital expenditure was $4,181.62, "and it appears that this is a reasonable expenditure considering the amount of work done." On this date, the Pereaux EL&P Co. had fifteen customers connected and taking electric power, 13 domestic (residential) and two commercial customers; fourteen of these customers were shareholders in the company. The largest commercial customer was the British Canadian Fruit Association.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1935, pages 46 and 47
On 13 May 1935, the Pereaux EL&P Co. got official approval for its schedule of rates:
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Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company May 1935
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Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report 1935
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $3,250.
See note 3
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1941, pages 82-88
In May 2005, research in the PUB records in Halifax turned up this: Mr. Francis J. Hewett was President and Managing Director of the Pereaux EL&P Co. in 1934 and 1935 (beyond 1935 is unknown).
NSL 1846 chapter 41 — Act to incorporate the Pictou Gas Light Co.
NSL 1851 chapter 10 — Amendment
NSL 1885 chapter 110 — Act to incorporate the Pictou Gaslight Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 162 — Act to incorporate the Port Hawkesbury Electric Co. Ltd.
Act to Incorporate PEL passed in 1924
NSL 1914 chapter 187 — Act conferring certain powers on the Sackville River Electric Co. Ltd.
On 25 February 1935, official approval was given by the PUB for the Sackville River Electric Co. to sell its entire property, assets and undertaking to the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1897 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the St. Croix Paper Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 169 — Amendment
NSL 1910 chapter 169 — Amendment
On 7 November 1922, the Sheffield Mills L&P Co. received approval from the PUB to issue 120 shares of common stock of par value $50.00 each, to raise $6000 for construction of a power distribution line. In 1931, the Sheffield Mills L&P Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1903 chapter 185 — Act to incorporate the Shelburne Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 151 — Act to incorporate the Shelburne Power Co. Ltd.
Approval issued by the PUB on 16 April 1934 to "Leonard Rodenizer doing business as the Sherbrooke Electric Company", engaged in the business of generating and distributing electric power to the public in the Village of Sherbrooke; Streetlighting Rate, operating from Twilight to Midnight, 60 watt lamps installed, maintained, and renewed by Sherbrooke Electric Co., $12.00 per lamp per year.
PUB reported that, as of 20 December 1909 the Standard Engineering Co. of Maccan in Cumberland County, supplied electricity to a "few houses" in Chignecto, Maccan, River Hebert, and Joggins.
In 1912 the Stewiacke Electric Light and Power Company was given a charter to sell power to the public in the town. During 1912, the first twenty electric streetlights were installed.
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Source: http://dalas3.wix.com/town-of-stewiacke-#!history-of-stewiacke-/cld6
Stone & Webster Management Association 1907
Stone & Webster Management Division 1917
Stone & Webster Incorporated 1929
Stone & Webster Service Corporation 1929
Stone & Webster Management Consultants Inc. 1968
Stone & Webster Wikipedia
Stone & Webster Robert Monks
Stone & Webster Time, July 1929
Stone & Webster The Boston Globe, March 2006
No adequate history of the electric power industry in Nova Scotia can be written without prominent mention of Stone & Webster. In the 1920s and 1930s, Stone & Webster had important financial and management associations with several Nova Scotia electric utility companies. For most of its existence the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Company was a direct subsidiary of the Stone & Webster electric utilities and railways empire.
From 1919 to 1924, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. was under the management of Stone & Webster. (In 1928, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. changed its name to Nova Scotia Light & Power Co.)
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In 1887, Frank J. Sprague demonstrated the first electric streetcar in Richmond, Virginia. His invention, known as electric traction, offered a new, much cleaner — compared to the horse-drawn streetcar services widely used until Sprague's new technology offered a reliable alternative — and more efficient way to move people which, combined with the safety elevator, would permit much denser urban development. It also created one of the first commercially profitable uses for electric power, becoming commercially feasible before such later developments as electric lighting, industrial machinery, and domestic appliances.
Urban and interurban electric railways played a major part in defining early twentieth century transportation routes and growth patterns throughout North America, at a time when highways were primitive. Two interurban electric railways were built in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s — the Egerton Tramway Company, incorporated 27 March 1902, built an electric streetcar line in Pictou County, Trenton - New Glasgow - Stellarton - Westville; and the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Company, incorporated 30 March 1900, built a high-speed electric interurban line between Sydney and Glace Bay. (There were serious plans made to build other electric railways in Nova Scotia, including a line between Halifax and Bedford along the west side of Bedford Basin, a line between Halifax and Lunenburg, and a three-mile line between Canso and Hazel Hill in Guysboro County. The Blomidon Railway Company Limited planned a line from Wolfville through Canning to Scots Bay, but financing problems caused delays which ultimately defeated these proposals.) Stone & WebsterAt this time, streetcar services and most other utilities were privately financed and owned, although their performance was subject to charters or franchises granted by cities and other local governments. The rapid multiplication of uncoordinated streetcar and interurban lines in the 1880s and 1890s begged for consolidation. This was initially achieved by the giant Stone & Webster Management Company, founded in Boston by engineer-entrepreneurs Edward Sibley Webster and Charles Augustus Stone, the central figures in the prestigious Boston engineering firm of Stone & Webster, the most famous enterprise of its kind in North America. They attracted large amounts of capital for acquisition and/or development of urban utilities and transportation systems across the United States and Canada.Stone & Webster and its backers wielded control through an array of interlocking holding and operating companies. By 1910, the company was widely known as "The Electric Octopus". In the United States, federal anti-trust regulators pulled the plug on Stone & Webster's giant utility cartel in 1934. Charles Augustus Stone (1867-1941) met his lifelong friend and partner, Edwin Sibley Webster (1867-1950), while they were studying electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, they followed the advice of a professor and each took a year to gain experience by working for existing firms – Stone worked for welding and manufacturing companies while Webster took up with Kidder, Peabody, & Company, a financial services organization. Their parents provided seed money in 1889, and they formed a consulting firm, the Massachusetts Electrical Engineering Company, whose first client was a paper mill in Maine in need of a hydroelectric plant for its power. Stone & Webster got into utility operating (as distinct from plant construction) indirectly through the panic of 1893. During this panic there was a general collapse in the stocks of public utility companies. Holders of utility stocks were approached by astute J.P. Morgan, who bought the apparently sinking ships for about one-third of their original values. Then he hired Stone & Webster to look over the properties acquired and report on their position and prospects. When Stone & Webster had completed their survey, Mr. Morgan offered them the Cumberland Light & Power Co. for the bargain price of $60,000. Borrowing the money, the partners bought the company, sold it some years later for $500,000. It was the profit on this operation that established Stone & Webster as a company of national scope...Public utilities seemed a logical niche for the firm, and they began managing them in 1895, financing them in 1902 through an in-house securities department, and constructing them throughout the firm's history. By 1912 the firm had 600 consultants housed in an 8-story building, yet Stone and Webster retained adjoining desks and jointly signed their letters. What we know today (1999) as Stone & Webster Consultants came into being on 30 September 1907 as Stone & Webster Management Association. In 1917 Consultants became the Management Division, and in mid-1929 changed names again to become Stone & Webster Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary but a separate entity from Stone & Webster. Its primary responsibility remained management services for utility companies, but it expanded in areas of general advisory services for the operation and development of transportation, natural gas transmission, and manufacturing. It remained that way through October 1, 1968, when, to better reflect its evolving services to client companies, it became the Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc. (also called Stone & Webster Consultants). New York, May 9, 2000 — The New York Stock Exchange announced today that trading in the common stock of Stone & Webster Incorporated will be suspended immediately. Following suspension, application will be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the issue. The Exchange's action is being taken in view of the fact that the Company announced on Monday, May 8, 2000 that it signed a letter of intent to sell substantially all of its assets and that it intends to file a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in connection with such sale... See: New York Times, 10 May 2000 Sources: http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/history/main.html http://www.historylink.org/output.CFM?file_ID=2667 http://www.blancmange.net/tmh/articles/hogisle.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0772572.html http://www.iwon.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,84,00.html http://www.eci-online.org/visitors/memdir/mem-ston.html http://www.nyse.com/press/NT0005E73A.html References: Stone & Webster websites http://www.swec.com/engineering/index.htm http://www.swec.com/engineering/power/index.htm http://www.stoneweb.com/whatsnew/index.htm http://www.stoneweb.com/management/index.htm http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/index.html http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/services/technology/regulate.html http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/services/energy/des.html |
NSL 1901 chapter 137 — Act to incorporate the Suburban Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 211 — Act to incorporate the Suburban Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 239 —
NSL 1872 chapter 95 — Act to incorporate the Sydney Gas Co.
NSL 1882 chapter 84 — Act to incorporate the Sydney Gas & Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 125 — Act to incorporate anew
Effective 26 March 1910: For electric power supplied by Sydney and Glace Bay Railway Co. to Gazette Publishing Company Limited, a "special power rate granted by reason of the fact that the Town of Glace Bay's municipal electric plant provides no day service, 12¢ per kilowatt hour".
(This power likely was 600 volts DC, taken directly from the overhead trolley wire. Direct current was ideal for running a printing press.)
Incorporated on 26 January 1911.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000776.
Name changed 9 June 1931 to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd.
The Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. reported that, during the year 1912, its operating revenue was $12,165 and operating expenses were $9,087, and it paid $300 in taxes.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
By Order In Council dated 9 June 1931, the name of the Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. was changed to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd., with head office in Sydney.
NSL 1919 chapter 90 — Act to authorize the Town of Antigonish to guarantee to James W. Taylor, owner of Electric Plant, a credit to assist him, etc.
NSL 1887 chapter 108 — Act to incorporate the Truro Electric Co.
NSL 1889 chapter 130 — Act relating to the purchase of the Truro
Electric Co. by the Chambers Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 101 —
NSL 1875 chapter 108 — Act to incorporate the Truro Gas Light Co.
Incorporated on 20 May 1913.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000914.
Name changed 24 November 1921 to Dominion Utilities Co. Ltd.
NSL 1922 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Waterville & Cambridge Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 131 — Act to incorporate the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 135 — Amendment
NSL 1923 chapter 144 — Act to incorporate the Westport Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 127 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 132 — Amendment
In 1925, the PUB reported, in connection with the Gaspereaux River LH&P Co., that "early records of the Windsor company were destroyed in the Windsor fire of 1897".
NSL 1874 chapter 84 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Gas Light Co.
Historical NotesNSL 1852 chapter 44 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Kerosene Gas Light Co.
NSL 1920 chapter 150 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Woodside to supply themselves with a system of Street Lighting
The Woodside EL Company never generated electric
power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water
Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official
approval for the sale of Woodside Electric Light Company to the Avon
River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova
Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price
was $800.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1914 chapter 190 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Fuel & Gas Co.
NSL 1916 chapter 121 — Amendment
NSL 1882 chapter 89 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Gas Light Co.
Historical Notes
NSL 1888 chapter 127 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Gas Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 134 — Amendment
NSL 1903 chapter 177 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 162 — Act respecting the Yarmouth Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1921 chapter 199 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 93 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Street Railway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 124 — Amend, limiting time for commencement of construction
NSL 1890 chapter 191 — Amend, extending time
NSL 1892 chapter 176 — Amend, as to quality of rails
NSL 1892 chapter 182 — Amend, further extending time
NSL 1893 chapter 186 — Amendments
NSL 1904 chapter 145 — Act to consolidate Acts relating to the Yarmouth Street Railway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1908 chapter 139 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 243 — Amendment
YARMOUTH, N.S.— Notice is given of the application to the Dominion Government for charters to confer power for building and operating electric railways between Yarmouth and New Brunswick. E. Franklin Clements, the applicant, says the idea is to follow the main line of travel from Yarmouth, skirting the shore to Weymouth, thence to Truro, Amherst, and into St. John, New Brunswick. Water power, and in many instances – by means of patented appliances – the tidal waters are to be utilized. The cost of travel, it is claimed, will be fifty per cent less than on any existing railroads.
— The Electrical World, New York, v24 n20 17 November 1894
In November 1944, the Zwicker EP Co. sold its electric power system to the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
NSL 1902 chapter 61 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money to extend Electric Light System
NSL 1903 chapter 118 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money for Electric Light System
NSL 1922 chapter 63 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money for Electric Light System, etc.
NSL 1919 chapter 129 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Aylesford to supply themselves with Electric Light and Power for public and domestic (residential) use
NSL 1918 chapter 73 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Barrington to supply themselves with Electric Light
Also see: Barrington Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 64 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bear River to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1910 chapter 63 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 14 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 156 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 130 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bedford to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1913 chapter 131 — Act respecting Electric Lighting, etc.
NSL 1914 chapter 89 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 145 — Amendment
NSL 1918 chapter 74 — Amendment
NSL 1920 chapter 147 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 125 — Amendment
NSL 1922 chapter 108 — Amendment
NSL 1923 chapter 114 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 131 — Act respecting Electric Lighting, etc. in the Town of Berwick
Also see: Town of BerwickThe Berwick L&W Commission was incorporated by chapter 131 of the Acts of 1913, and operated an electric utility system in and near Berwick 1913 - 1924.
The Berwick Electric Commission, owned by the Town of Berwick, serves the residents of Berwick and the surrounding areas of Hall Road, Lawrence Road, Rainforth Road, Taylor Road, and Windermere Road...
NSL 1919 chapter 131 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bible Hill to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1893 chapter 68 — Act to authorize the inhabitants to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1896 chapter 40 — Act to legalize the Assessment Rolls of the Electric Light District
NSL 1898 chapter 75 —
The ratepayers of Bridgetown, at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting upon the purchase of the electric light system of
that town on Tuesday evening [25 May, 1909 ?], decided by a
vote of 17 for and 4 against, the sum of $25,000. A vote of $20,000 was
passed, and Mr. Beckwith, representing the electric light company, has
declined to accept. The town is without lights, except lamps and
candles.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 4 June 1909, (reprinted from the Yarmouth Herald) [This item is confused about the amount of money, but the above is the complete text as printed in The Digby Weekly Courier.]
The street lighting question, which has been
perturbing the citizens of Bridgetown for so many weeks, is at last
settled and the town will install its own lighting system.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 18 June 1909
NSL 1900 chapter 93 — Act to provide for Electric Light and Water supply for the Town of Bridgewater
NSL 1904 chapter 108 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money for Electric Light and Water
NSL 1907 chapter 125 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money to improve the Electric Light system
NSL 1909 chapter 65 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 89 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money for Electric Power system
Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
Electric rates, September 1968
“Two cents per kilowatt hour”
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NSL 1941 chapter 62 —
NSL 1941 chapter 68 —
NSL 1951 chapter 119 —
NSL 1894 chapter 59 —
NSL 1919 chapter 132 —
NSL 1921 chapter 126 —
NSL 1922 chapter 109 —
NSL 1923 chapter 115 —
The Canning Water Commission never generated electric power. Until 1926, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company. After the Gaspereaux River LH&P Company was sold to the Avon River Power Company in 1926, the Avon River Power Co. became the supplier of electricity to the Canning Water Commission (but the hardware – generating plant and transmission line – remained the same).
On 28 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the electric power system operated by the Canning Water Commission to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $11,000.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941
See note 3
NSL 1914 chapter 96 — Act to authorize the Town of Canso to borrow money for Electric Lighting
NSL 1917 chapter 97 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 92 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 176 — Act to authorize the Village of Chester supply Electric Light, etc.
NSL 1913 chapter 135 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 92 — Act to authorize the Town of Clark's Harbour to borrow money to install an Electric Light Plant
NSL 1899 chapter 71 — Act to authorize the Town of Dartmouth to operate the Electric Light Plant
NSL 1876 chapter 56 — Act to provide for Lighting the streets of the Town of Digby
NSL 1912 chapter 105 — Act to authorize the Town of Digby to acquire Electric Light Plant, etc.
NSL 1922 chapter 66 — Amendment
On 14 June 1922, the Digby Electric Light Co. Ltd. received official approval from the PUB to sell the whole of its undertaking to the Town of Digby.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1922
NSL 1980 chapter 4 — Act Relating to Digby County Power Board and Electric Utilities of Municipality of the District of Digby, Municipality of the District of Clare, Town of Digby, and the Village of Weymouth
March 10, 1977: Digby town council endorsed a request by the Digby County Power Board that it be allowed to borrow an additional $150,000, but the Board also required approval from the three other municipal units, Weymouth, Clare and the Municipality of Digby. Councillor Eileen Chipman didn't object to the motion but suggested a recent study on the Power Board should be considered first. A consultant's report on operations of the Power Board noted that power line losses were contributing to the high cost of electrical energy in the county. The losses were blamed on underrated insulators, undersized transmission lines and a variety of other causes, and that losses in the whole system ran almost 17 per cent. By comparison, Nova Scotia Power line loss was in the order of nine per cent. The consultants estimated a capital requirement of $2.58 million to bring losses down to an average of ten per cent.
— Source: “35 Years Ago” Digby Courier, 8 March 2012 page 6
The Digby County Power Board is a body corporate, incorporated on March 19, 1926, by Chapter 113 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia 1926 and is a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilites Act as the owner and operator of transmission and other facitilies for the distribution and sale of electrical energy to wholesale and retail customers within the County of Digby, Nova Scotia. Customers being served under the Board's Alternating Current Power – Wholesale Rate are the Municipality of the District of Digby, the Municipality of the District of Clare, the Town of Digby and the Village of Weymouth, and all of these wholesale customers distribute electrical energy to retail customers within their respective territories. A small amount of energy is furnished by the Board to six Alternating Current Power – Retail customers...
Actual revenue from the Digby County Power Board's wholesale customers in 1972 was $705,415 and this revenue is estimated to increase to $782,000 in 1973 at existing wholesale rates to produce a 1973 operating loss of $22,300; and if the now-proposed increase of .06 cent per kilowatt-hour was approved and was in effect for the full year 1973 the total revenue from wholesale customers would be $815,000 to produce an operating profit of $10,700...
It is recognized that the Digby County Power Board is owned by the Municipal units it serves and that its position is somewhat unusual in that its policy is not directed toward a realization of maximum earnings. It is also known by the Public Utilities Board that the Municipality of the District of Digby and the Town of Digby are indebted to the Digby County Power Board for substantial sums of money that have been spent by the Board for capital additions to and replacements of plants owned by these two Municipal units...
The Public Utilities Board has carefully examined the evidence adduced and the exhibits filed herein and concludes that the proposed rate incease is entitled to approval... The Public Utilities Board will approve the increase in the Digby County Power Board's Alternating Current Power – Wholesale Rate energy charge from the existing 1.10 cents to 1.16 cents per kilowatt-hour for all consumption, the same to be effective on bills rendered on and after June 1, 1973.
Dated at Halifax, Nova Scotia, this 22nd day of May, 1973.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1973, pages 144-147
NSL 1909 chapter 77 — Act to authorize the Town of Dominion to borrow for Light and Water purposes
NSL 1909 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to supply Electricity to the Town of Dominion
NSL 1913 chapter 136 — Act respecting Street Lighting in Eureka
NSL 1921 chapter 134 — Act to authorize Cape Breton Municipality to levy a special tax for Electric Light on the Village of Florence
NSL 1901 chapter 88 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Glace Bay with Electric Light
NSL 1902 chapter 79 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 69 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light, etc.
NSL 1905 chapter 65 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light
NSL 1905 chapter 66 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 81 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 83 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light
NSL 1908 chapter 92 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to supply Electricity to the Town of Dominion
NSL 1910 chapter 69 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 106 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 100 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money to buy Electric Meters
NSL 1920 chapter 108 — Act relating to Lighting System
NSL 1920 chapter 113 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Meters
NSL 1923 chapter 76 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light and other purposes
NSL 1920 chapter 148 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Granville Ferry to levy a special tax for electric light
NSL 1845 chapter 30 — Act to provide for Lighting the City with Gas
NSL 1864 chapter 64 — Act relating to the Inspection of Gas
NSL 1917 chapter 88 — Act to authorize the City of Halifax to hold
shares in the Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and to lend money thereto
NSL 1919 chapter 83 — Act to authorize and confirm agreement between City of Halifax and the Halifax Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1919 chapter 84 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 142 — Act to ratify resolution passed by Municipal Council respecting erection of poles on public highways
NSL 1914 chapter 99 — Act to authorize the town of Hantsport to borrow money for electric lighting purposes
NSL 1923 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the town of Hantsport to borrow money for electric plant, power and lighting purposes
NSL 1917 chapter 161 — Act to authorize Hebron to levy tax for electric light
NSL 1918 chapter 113 — Act to authorize Hebron to levy tax for electric light
NSL 1907 chapter 121 — Act to authorize the town of Kentville to acquire, etc., electric light etc., system
NSL 1918 chapter 109 — Act to authorize the town of Kentville to borrow money for electric light purposes
NSL 1919 chapter 98 — Act to constitute the Kentville Electric Light and Power Commission
NSL 1919 chapter 98 — Act to constitute the Kentville Electric Light and Power Commission
NSL 1998 chapter 20 — Town of Kentville and Kentville Electric Commission Sale of Assets Act
The Kentville Electric Commission was incorporated under chapter 98 of the Acts of 1919, to distribute and sell electric energy within the Town of Kentville. In October 1998, the Kentville Electric Commission was sold to Nova Scotia Power Inc.
In 1931, the Kingston Electric Light Commission's electric power system was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
The Lawrencetown Electric Light Commissioners operated a small hydroelectric generating plant on the Annapolis River, within the town limits; this plant was reported to have been in operation during 1927, and probably before and after that year.
NSL 1917 chapter 133 — Act to authorize Cape Breton Municipality to levy a special poll tax on Little Bras d'Or for Electric Lighting purposes
NSL 1899 chapter 117 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Liverpool with Electric Light
NSL 1895 chapter 100 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Lockeport with Electric Light
(It was officially spelled "burg" at the time when
the Town operated its own municipal electric utility,
but now the "bourg" spelling is officially used.
Town of Lunenburg Electricity Rates (approved in 1993)
Domestic service
Base Charge: $6.31 per month where service is through a
two wire (120 volts) service. $6.87 per month where service is through a three
wire (240 volts) service.
Energy Charge: 7.8 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 200 kilowatt hours per month. 6.98 cents per kilowatt
hour for all additional consumption but in no case shall the average
price per kilowatt hour on the whole bill, including the base charge,
be less than 7.54 cents in any billing period.
Minimum Net Bill: $6.87 per month where service is through a two or three wire service.
General service light, heat, and power up to 3 kilowatts
Base Charge: $4.60 per month per kilowatt of connected load.
Energy Charge: 8.74 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of connected load.
5.79 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $8.59 per month or the Base Charge, whichever is the greater.
Light, heat and power over 3 kilowatts
Base Charge: $5.15 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Energy Charge: 8.74 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
5.79 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $15.15 per month or the Base Charge, whichever is the greater.
Installation of 250 kilowatts or over
Base Charge: $6.10 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Energy Charge: 7.41 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
5.25 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $6.10 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Industrial – (4,000 KVA and over) off the 69 kilovolt line
Demand Charge: $7.05 per month per kilovolt ampere of
maximum demand of the current month or the maximum actual demand of the
previous November, December, January or February occurring in the
previous eleven months. 30 cents per kilowatt (sic) ampere
reduction in demand charge where substation is owned by the customer.
Energy Charge: 4.33 cents per kilowatt hour.
Minimum Monthly Charge: The minimum monthly charge shall be the maximum demand charge.
The Town of Lunenburg owns and operates its own electric utility providing residential and commercial customers with significantly lower rates than NSPI in most rate classifications. The Lunenburg Electric Utility distributes electricity in its service district extending to Mason's Beach and Blue Rocks in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg. The Electric Utility also issues permits for and inspects all residential and commercial electrical work in the Town of Lunenburg and surrounding service district.
While the Lunenburg Electric Utility now does not generate its own electricity (now purchased from NSPI), its early founders did. The original “electric light” development in Lunenburg was a steam plant established by Mr. E.L. Nash in 1889 on a piece of land situated on the northern side of Creighton Street, Lunenburg, measuring 85 feet on Creighton Street and 65 feet in depth. A large, deep well was located on the land and an engine house was constructed with a boiler, two engines, four “dynamos” (electric generators) and other electrical instruments. On October 14, 1890, he was authorized to place electric light poles on Lincoln Street and wires across Town streets. Council ordered 30 street lights of 24 “candle power” (level of light intensity measured by a standard size candle) at a cost of $18.00 each per year.
In 1891, the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd. (“Company”), was incorporated under Chapter 133 of the Nova Scotia Acts of 1889. James R. Rudolf, David Smith, Alfred Heisler, A.J. Wolff, James A. Hirtle and George L. Rankin were authorized to supply the Town of Lunenburg, buildings and places within its corporate limits, with light, heat, and power, including electric lighting service, both arc and incandescent, and other improved systems of illumination, plus fuel, gas, natural gas, water gas, gas motor, and electric motor for supplying power for mechanical, manufacturing, industrial and domestic purposes. Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd.'s capital stock was $45,000 in shares of $20 each. The first Company meeting was on June 5, 1891, in the office of S.A. Chesley. Company by-laws were adopted and the following directors elected: Messrs. W.N. Zwicker; G.L. Rankin; J. Jos. Rudolf; W. L. Romkey; and E. L. Nash. At a meeting of the Board of Directors in August 1891, the following officers were elected: President - W.N. Zwicker; Vice-President - J. Jos. Rudolf; and Secretary-Treasurer-E.L. Nash.
Soon after, Nash offered to sell his property for $12,500 to Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd., including the engine house, well and equipment on Creighton Street, together with all electric light poles and wires on the streets. The Company unanimously accepted his offer. Nash agreed to stay on free of charge as the Company's Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager, in exchange for the supply of electric light for his shop and house until the Company was in a position to pay him a 6% dividend.
On January 17, 1892, it was agreed to supply 16 candle power lamps for bedrooms not used as sitting rooms for $2.50/annum. Customers using hall, sitting room, or other lights were charged the “regular rates”.
The Company's annual statement for the year ending August 1, 1892, was presented at a meeting held on August 9, as follows:
Receipts from Lighting $1,777.87
Working Expenses $1,402.60
Net Gain $375.27
The Company directors recommended that a dividend of 3¾% be paid on the stock sold to date.
The Company's business continued to increase and on July 27, 1898, it was decided to purchase for $3,500 from Mr. T.G. Nicol of Mahone Bay, his property and water privileges on Mush-a-Mush River at Clearland. It was further agreed to acquire other properties and water privileges, erect the necessary dams and provide adequate machinery to supply electricity to Lunenburg and Mahone Bay by water (hydro) power. The lands were acquired and the plant built for $21,000. Electricity rates were established:
1 X 16 candle power lamps - $5.00/annum
2 X 16 candle power lamps - $9.00/annum
3 X 16 candle power lamps - $12.50/annum
4 X 16 candle power lamps - $14.50/annum
5 X 16 candle power lamps - $15.00/annum
Each additional lamp - $3.00/annum
Each customer using 5 or more 16 candle power lamps, was supplied by meter at 8¢/kWh and 25¢/month meter rental.
At the Company's August 21, 1899, annual meeting of stockholders the following report was presented:
We are now supplying about 225 more lamps than at this season last year and though we, on January
1st, 1899, reduced the price on house lights from $5.00 to $3.00 (per year) and shop lights from $7.00 to $5.00 (per year), our income is larger than last year and our profits better. We expect a large increase in the number of lamps in use this fall and feel that the success of the company is assured and that in a short time the public will consider the stock of the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd., the most “gilt edged” of stock in Nova Scotia.
In 1906 the Company offered to sell its power development, franchises, etc., to the Town of Lunenburg for $45,000. The offer was voted down by the Town ratepayers. In 1919 the Company re-offered to sell to the Town for $65,000, but this was also rejected by ratepayers. Despite this, the Company's growth continued and on February 8, 1921, it sold its Mush-a-Mush River power plant to then Nova Scotia Power Commission (“NSPC”) for $55,000, representing more than one-half of the assets of the Company.
In 1921, the flat rate for electricity was discontinued and all customers were metered. NSPC supplied 224,000 KWH/annum to the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd. at 4.75¢/KWH. The Nova Scotia Board of Public Utilities approved the following rates for the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd.'s distribution to its 488 residential and 89 commercial customers:
For Lighting Purposes - 10¢/KWH
For Power Purposes - 6¢/KWH
On February 19, 1923, the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd.'s capital stock was reported as being reduced to $22,500. Complaints about utility service levels and high rates, led Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd. stockholders to sell their remaining electricity distribution system to the Associated Gas and Electric Co. Ltd., of New York, N. Y., on December 27, 1928.
Associated Gas and Electric Co. Ltd. tried to expand the utility system and increase load, including extending power lines to Blue Rocks and other rural areas. However, in December 1935, they decided to sell their Lunenburg assets to then Nova Scotia Light and Power Company Ltd. of Halifax.
Lunenburg Town Council subsequently reconsidered purchasing the Lunenburg electric utility distribution for the community. After many meetings with various individuals, Boards and Town ratepayers, on July 1, 1937, the Town of Lunenburg purchased the assets of the former Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd. from Nova Scotia Light and Power Company Ltd. for $60,000.
The Town continues to operate its own Electric Utility. It is now (2014) one of only six remaining Municipal Electric Utilities in Nova Scotia. The Town buys power from Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (“NSPI”, the successor of Nova Scotia Light and Power Company Ltd.) and distributes it to approximately 2,100 customers in the Town and vicinity.
—Source: Town of Lunenburg Electric Utility - History
http://www.explorelunenburg.ca/electricity.html
NSL 1919 chapter 122 — Act to authorize Cape Breton
Municipality to levy a special tax on a portion of Morien No. 12
District for providing Electric Light
NSL 1922 chapter 97 — Amendment
Incorporated on 14 October 1997.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3012874.
In November 1944, the Nova Scotia Power Commission bought the electric power system operated by the Zwicker Electric Power Company in New Germany.
In 1965, the NSPC bought the electric utility system owned and operated by the Town of Pictou.
In 1967, the NSPC acquired the shares of Eastern Light & Power Company Limited.
In 1972, the NSPC acquired 99.65% of the common shares and approximately 98% of the preferred shares of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited. The balance of the shares was acquired a year or so later.
In 1973, the Nova Scotia Power Commission was reorganized, and its name was changed to Nova Scotia Power Corporation.
Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc., 2003 Federal Court of Appeal 33
Background information contained in the judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on 23 January 2003
http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fca/doc/2003/2003fca33/2003fca33.html#par3
The electrification of Nova Scotia, 1884–1973:
Technological modernization as a response to regional disparity
by Lionel Bradley King
Ph.D. Dissertation, 369 p., 1999
Abstract (summary)
This dissertation investigates local attempts to use technology as a force for regional rehabilitation in the economically-depressed Maritime region of Canada. At the time of Confederation in 1867, the Maritime province of Nova Scotia was prosperous, progressive, and cultured. By the end of the 1910s, the province had entered a long period of economic and social decline. Recent historiography has shown that, far from passively accepting their fate, Nova Scotians and other Maritimers, actively resisted marginalization with political, cultural, or social action.
The thesis expands upon that literature by exploring technology-based strategies of provincial rehabilitation using Thomas P. Hughes's systems perspective and David E. Nye's semiotic approach. In doing so, it applies methods from the social constructivist school of the history of technology to the larger concerns of Maritime Canadian historiography.
In large part, the North American culture of technology determined the ways in which Nova Scotians applied technological solutions to provincial concerns. Technology has long been central to the Western idea of progress. As the "high technology" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, electricity reinforced that view: its ephemeral nature and silent efficiency led people to endow it with transformative, even mystical, powers.
As a result, Nova Scotians adopted a program of electrical modernization in the late 1910s as a remedy for regional disparity. The Nova Scotia government's first step was the creation of an Ontario-style hydroelectric commission designed to bring order to the province's fragmented and inefficient electrical network. Over the next few decades, the Nova Scotia Power Commission implemented rural electrification, home modernization, and regional system-building models that had already proven successful in Ontario and the United States. The system-building philosophies behind these programs were adapted to local conditions and disseminated throughout the province by politicians, engineers, businesspeople, and social reformers. Although electrical modernization failed to address the structural reasons for the province's decline, Nova Scotians continued to include it in their provincial rehabilitation plans until the 1960s. In sum, the electrification of Nova Scotia was not merely a technical event, but was shaped by the province's aspiration to regain its prior position in Confederation.
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“In 1973, the Government of Nova Scotia enacted amendments to the Power Commission Act, continued the Commission as the Nova Scotia Power Corporation and enacted many other changes...” —Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc., 2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
Nova Scotia Power Corporation (NSPCorp) was a crown corporation, owned by the Province of Nova Scotia. From 1973 to 1992, NSPCorp owned and operated most of the electric utility system in the province. On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Corporation sold all its electric utility assets to Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPInc).
“In 1973, the Government of Nova Scotia enacted amendments to the Power Commission Act, continued the Commission as the Nova Scotia Power Corporation and enacted many other changes...”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
“In 1992 the Province enacted the Nova Scotia Privatization Act, S.N.S., c. 8 pursuant to which Nova Scotia Power Incorporated purchased the assets and undertaking previously used by the Corporation in the production and distribution of electricity.”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP)
—Source: Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 1992 Aug 13
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Nova Scotia Power Corporation Energy Sold to the Independent Electric Utilities 12 Months Ending 31 March 1990
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In the early 1920s, the Town of Pictou operated a steam generating plant. In later years, the Town purchased all of its electric power from the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
In 1925, the PUB reported that the Town of Pictou had a special electric rate for the Canadian National Railway, for charging storage batteries; "these batteries are used in the operation of an electric railway car as a new and experimental service" (a daily commuter service operated by CNR) "between Pictou and New Glasgow".
In 1965, the Town of Pictou electric utility system – then serving 1360 customers – was sold to the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
— Nova Scotia Power Commission Annual Report 1965, page 3
On 1 July 1965, the "electric utility assets and undertaking" owned and operated by the Town of Pictou was sold to the Nova Scotia Power Commission for $300,000. "The Town of Pictou agrees to sell and the Nova Scotia Power Commission agrees to purchase all the undertaking, property and assets of the Town's electric utility including all its assets and undertaking, distribution system, plant, stores, buildings, lands, supplies and all the utility property but not including cash, accounts receivable and investments... The Town will be responsible for all accounts payable to the date of transfer..."
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1965, pages 246-250
NSL 1909 chapter 105 — Act to authorize the Town of Shelburne to acquire an Electric Lighting system
NSL 1909 chapter 106 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 111 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 126 — Act to authorize the inhabitants to provide themselves with street lighting
NSL 1919 chapter 112 — Act to authorize the Town of Sydney Mines to borrow money for generating Electric Current
NSL 1920 chapter 137 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 136 — Act to authorize the Town of Trenton to install... Electric Light
NSL 1923 chapter 102 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 75 — Act to authorize the Town of Truro to install an Electric Light, Heat and Power system
NSL 1917 chapter 128 — Act to constitute an Electric Light Commission
NSL 1917 chapter 129 —
NSL 1919 chapter 114 —
NSL 1920 chapter 142 — To authorize the Town of Truro to borrow money for Electric Light Extension
The electric plant originally owned and operated by Chambers Electric Light & Power Company, was acquired by the Town of Truro on 1 August 1916. The plant as operated by the Chambers Company "consisted of a number of small D.C. (direct-current) generators connected up with a five-wire distribution system". A new A.C. (alternating current) generator was installed at the town pumping station, and was put into service in May 1919. In 1920 an additional generating unit was installed, and in 1922 a boiler was added. This gave a total station capacity, in March 1923, of 675 kVA (about 600 kW), with two water-tube boilers of 400 horsepower each.
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The horsepower rating of steam boilers was/is an indirect matter — as
compared to the horsepower rating of a steam engine, which was/is a
simple matter of determining the torque available at the working speed,
then multiplying the torque (foot-pounds) by the speed (rpm) to obtain
the engine horsepower rating.
For a steam boiler, the concepts of torque and rotary speed do not apply. However, for the convenience of sellers and purchasers of steam machinery, in the mid-1800s the practice grew up of stating boiler capacity in horsepower, to make it easier to decide which boiler was needed to supply steam for a chosen engine. The idea was that if you wanted a boiler to produce enough steam for, say, a 200 horsepower engine, you could buy a 200 horsepower boiler (being sure to match the steam pressure of the boiler to that needed by the engine) and the boiler would be large enough to do the job. |
NSL 1922 chapter 104 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Upper Church Street to supply themselves with Electric Light
Photographed 16 July 2007
NSL 1913 chapter 117 — Act to authorize the Town of Westville to install an Electric Light Plant
NSL 1914 chapter 139 —
NSL 1915 chapter 73 —
NSL 1922 chapter 112 — Act to authorize the
inhabitants of the Village of Weymouth to supply themselves with a
Street Lighting system
NSL 1922 chapter 113 — Amendment
NSL 1907 chapter 122 — Act to authorize the Town of Wolfville to borrow money for an Electric Light and Power system
NSL 1920 chapter 145 — Act constituting the Wolfville Electric Commission
NSL 1920 chapter 146 — Amendment
NSL 1922 chapter 88 —
NSL 1920 chapter 145 — Act constituting the Wolfville Electric Commission
NSL 1922 chapter 88 —
The Wolfville Electric Commission was established on 27 April 1920.
NSL 1921 chapter 133 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Wood's Harbour to supply themselves with Electric Light and Power
NSL 1920 chapter 150 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Woodside to supply themselves with a system of Street Lighting
See: Woodside Electric Light Company Limited
NSL 1877 chapter 65 — Act to provide for lighting the streets of the Town of Yarmouth
NSL 1888 chapter 74 — Act to provide for lighting the streets of the Town of Yarmouth
NSL 1902 chapter 126 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Yarmouth with Light
NSL 1923 chapter 106 — Act to authorize the Town of Yarmouth to borrow money for Pumping and Lighting Plant
These companies are not electric utilities as defined by the Public Utilities Act, but recently – beginning in the mid-1980s with substantial activity since about 2000 – they have taken a place in the public consciousness as part of the overall system that supplies our electric power. There is no doubt that more companies like these will be formed in the future, and that renewable-energy companies will be increasingly important in years to come. Because they are not legally electric utilities, they are not required to report to the UARB in the way that is required of the traditional electric utilities, which means that reliable information about their ownership, management, financial circumstances and installed generating capacity is much more difficult to obtain than is the case for the traditional regulated electric utilities.
The traditional utility companies – those that do fit the legal definition of a "public utility" – are easy to identify. Every year since 1912 an official list has been published, initially by the PUB and since 1992 by the UARB, identifying all public utility companies in Nova Scotia. This annual list is the only reference one needs – if a company appears in this list it is legally a public utility, and if it doesn't then it isn't. But these renewable-energy companies do not appear on this official annual list, thus it is more difficult to determine whether a company belongs here. There are two main sources of information about these companies; the print media and Internet searches. The following list has been produced with care but it is unlikely that it is complete, and there may be a few companies shown here that do not belong. Such uncertainties are regrettable, but are unavoidable for electric power companies that are not legally classified as public utilities.
This list (below) of renewable-energy companies includes only one that was initiated before 1980, Minas Basin Pulp & Power Company. Other companies, active before 1980, that now would be classified as renewable-energy projects (for example, the Cape Split Development Company of 1916, or the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company of 1920) are listed above.
Wind farms and related renewable sources are proven technologies. They can provide clean, sustainable electrical supplies for generations to come. They can also carry substantial costs and financial risks to developers. The renewable portfolio standard and the introduction of competition for wholesale electricity will help reduce these risks. They will help provide certainty that there will be defined markets for independent power producers who want to develop new, renewable generation projects...
Hon. Cecil Clarke,
Minister of Energy
speaking on the floor of the Legislature, 27 September 2004
Electricity Marketplace Governance Committee Report, Oct. 2003
Bill 87, An Act Respecting Electricity: Submission to the Law Amendments Committee by Larry Hughes, October 2004
Renewable Energy Promotion in Atlantic Canada May 2005
Bill #87: As Introduced September 2004
Bill #87: As Proclaimed February 2007
Assuming that one MWh is worth about $50 (wholesale),
then 980 GWh is worth about $50 000 000.
980 GWh annually is worth about $6000 per hour or about $100 per minute, long-term average.
Incorporated and registered on 22 February 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3226185.
AWPC Nuttby Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Therefore
3226185 Nova Scotia Limited is a subsidiary of Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09)
NSPI Responses to NSUARB Information Requests (Response IR-23) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nsuarb/doc/2009/2009nsuarb179/2009nsuarb179.html
A Service Agreement between Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) and Atlantic Wind Power Corporation (2005) Ltd. (AWPC) was signed on 27 April 2009. This agreement with AWPC allows for the provision of services to NSPI related to assistance in construction, negotiation, equipment, material and services necessary to achieve completion of the Nuttby Mountain Wind Project...
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nsuarb/doc/2009/2009nsuarb179/2009nsuarb179.html
Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm: Project Fact Sheet NS Power (no date)
The Nuttby Mountain project received Environmental Assessment Approval by the provincial government in April of 2009. It will have 22 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 45 megawatts.
(1) Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm NS Power 4 Oct 2010
With five turbines energized, Nova Scotia Power's Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm is now providing power to homes and businesses in the province.
(2) Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm NS Power 4 Oct 2010
With five turbines energized, Nova Scotia Power's Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm is now providing power to homes and businesses in the province.
3G Energy Corporation Home page
Wall to wall windmills planned for Cumberland County Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
Proposed Higgins Mountain 100MW Wind Farm Expansion
Findlay confident about turbine bid Amherst Daily News, 3 August 2007
Higgins Mountain off wind farm list Amherst Daily News, 4 February 2008
When Nova Scotia Power announces the successful tenders to become part of its initial phase of wind farm electricity producers Higgins Mountain will not be on the list, says Graham Findlay, general manager for 3G Energy. After a year of working on its proposal the energy producers did not make the cut. That's not to say, however, the energy company hasn't cut new ground in the wind farm technology sector. "Nova Scotia Power is playing very tough with our industry," Findlay said addressing the Springhill Chamber of Commerce last week. "They have penalties for not delivering on schedule..."
Wind report has pros and cons; Concerns remain over setbacks and property value impacts Amherst Daily News, 11 February 2008
Proponents and opponents of wind farms in Cumberland County agree that a study on the industry is a good thing, but both feel it has more than a few drawbacks...
Incorporated on 25 August 2005. Revoked 1 October 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3104632.
Registered in Nova Scotia on 28 August 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3221927.
Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. is owned 100% by Acciona S.A., which is a group based in Spain dedicated to infrastructures and services aimed at sustainable development. Acciona Energy is a leader in the development, construction, operation and ownership of renewable energy projects. The company has installed 4,554 megawatts in renewables (as of January 2007) of which 3,228 MW belong to the group. In the field of wind energy, it has built 166 wind farms in twelve countries, either for its own or for other companies (almost all of them managed and operated by the company), representing total installed wind capacity of 4,410 MW. Through its subsidiary Acciona Windpower, it manufactures 1,500 kW wind turbines using in-house technology. It has 19 small hydro power plants, three biomass plants (one of them a 25 MW facility based on straw combustion, 29 MW in photovoltaic power installed and the equivalent to 25 MW of solar thermal capacity). It has also a biodiesel plant that uses first-use vegetable oils...
Amherst wind farm scheduled for 2008 start
A multi-million-dollar wind farm project put on hold just over a year ago is back on track. Acciona Energy and Wind Dynamics are proposing to construct and operate a 30-megawatt wind power facility on the marsh near Amherst, Nova Scotia, just west of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Nova Scotia Business Journal 31 October 2007
2008 May 1
Nova Scotia Power has selected Acciona Energy, a world leader in wind development, to build a 30 megawatt wind energy project at Amherst, in Cumberland County. Acciona will construct, own, and operate the Amherst Wind Energy Project. Nova Scotia Power and Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. have reached a 25-year power purchase agreement for up to 30 MW of wind power from the site. The Amherst wind park will have twenty 1500 kW ACCIONA wind power turbines. They will be in service by the end of 2009... The Amherst Wind Energy project is the result of a Request for Proposals from Nova Scotia Power for more energy from renewable sources. So far, the company has announced new power purchase agreements for 214 megawatts of wind generation. In all, Nova Scotia Power will sign contracts for at least 240 megawatts of new, renewable energy...
Amherst Wind Energy Project Nova Scotia Power Co. media release
Amherst Wind Energy Project N.S. Environment Department report
On 1 May 2008, Amherst Wind Power LP registered a wind energy project for environmental assessment, in accordance with Part IV of the Nova Scotia Environment Act. The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to construct and operate a 30 MW wind energy facility near the town of Amherst, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The scope of the proposed Project will involve twenty 1.5 MW wind turbine generators...
Amherst Wind Energy Project, Environment Assessment Approval 26 May 2008
Registered on 27 March 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3226982.
Acciona a Spanish company created by merger in 1997
Incorporated on 4 April 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3120588.
Registered on 11 April 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3227520.
Registered on 5 July 1996.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2502286.
2004 July
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. installed first 50kW net metered wind turbine in Nova Scotia
On 1 July 2004, the first 50 kW wind turbine installed in Nova Scotia was up and running for the Eskasoni First Nations community in Cape Breton. Perched atop a hill, the 50 kW turbine is powering the band office. Power from the wind turbine will be metered using Nova Scotia Power's new policy of 'net metering'. This means that their electricity meter will run 'both ways' measuring both power drawn from the grid and power generated by the wind turbine. In doing so, Eskasoni's wind power will be valued at full retail rates. "Net metering makes a big difference to the economics of such projects and allows a wind turbine to pay for itself in a shorter period of time" says David Lombardi, President of Atlantic Orient Canada Inc...
2005 April
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. wind turbine to power new Police Detachment at Amherst
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. in partnership with Black and McDonald is installing an AOC 15/50 wind turbine at a new RCMP detachment in Amherst, Nova Scotia. With above average wind speeds at the site, the new wind turbine is expected to provide more than half of the buildings electrical requirements. A new monopole tower will replace the standard lattice type structure and the turbine will be equipped with a web-enabled remote status and monitoring system. A kiosk will be installed at the nearby Nova Scotia Tourist Information center which will allow visitors to access the operating history and current operating parameters of the wind turbine...
Wind turbine will remain inactive Amherst Daily News, 11 August 2008
The wind turbine at the Cumberland RCMP detachment (in Amherst, Nova Scotia) likely won't be spinning anytime soon. Detachment head Staff Sgt. Frank Kingston said Thursday he is awaiting word from the company on what caused a fire in an electrical panel before he allows the turbine to be reactivated. "We had a fire in one of our panels and subsequently it has been shut down," Kingston said. "I'm waiting for a report from the company as to the cause of the fire. Until I get the engineer's report, I don't want it operating." The multi-million-dollar turbine installed as part of construction of the new detachment in 2005 went offline earlier this summer. It's the second time the 50-kilowatt, 24-metre tall turbine has gone on the fritz. Last summer, the turbine's electrical components were damaged by what was believed to be a lightning strike during a fierce thunderstorm. When it was repaired last fall, improvements were also made to the turbine's braking system. Kingston is unsure when the engineering report will be received. "I'm a police officer, not an engineer, but I want to make sure it's working properly before we turn it back on," Kingston said. The turbine, developed by Atlantic Orient in conjunction with Black and MacDonald, is expected to save the RCMP approximately $13,000 annually in energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 150 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
Incorporated and registered on 2 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3058821.
Atlantic Wind Power Corporation website
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093398.
A Service Agreement between Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) and Atlantic Wind Power Corporation (2005) Ltd. (AWPC) was signed on 27 April 2009. This agreement with AWPC allows for the provision of services to NSPI related to assistance in construction, negotiation, equipment, material and services necessary to achieve completion of the Nuttby Mountain Wind Project...
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSPI%20(NSUARB)%20IRs%201-43%20REDACTED.pdf
Incorporated on 3 October 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3082197.
Barrington Wind Energy Limited, founded in 2003, is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based developer of primarily wind-based electricity generating stations employing third-generation wind turbine converters. The first project is with the Town of Canso, and plans are being developed for seven more sites in Nova Scotia...
References:
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. 1801 Hollis Street, Halifax
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. Management
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. Corporate profile
Canso Wind Farm
In November 2003, Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. and the Town of Canso signed an agreement to initiate the wind power project. A 50m wind test tower was erected and equipped with multiple sensors and an electronic data logger with remote access capabilities to study the wind regime at Canso. In June 2004, the environmental field survey program was initiated. The field surveys were necessary to gather the information required to prepare the Environmental Impact Statement for the combined federal and provincial environmental assessment... There will be eight turbines with a capacity of 1.5 or 1.8 MW each, and a total capacity between 12.0 and 14.4 MW.
Canso Wind Farm
Canso Wind Farm
2006 April 25 Four Nova Scotia Towns Choose Wind Energy
Barrington Wind Energy Limited (BWEL) is pleased to announce that it has signed wind power agreements with four Nova Scotia towns. BWEL will generate power, under Financial Bilateral Contracts, for the towns of Antigonish, Berwick, Canso, and Mahone Bay, from their wind farm project in Canso, anticipated to be a minimum of 12 MW installed capacity. This is enough power to supply electricity to approximately 3,300 homes in an average year. The Canso wind farm has been in the planning stage for over two years. It will be built in and around the Town of Canso, on both public and privately-owned lands. The wind turbine generators will be state-of-the-art towers. BWEL anticipates that the project will be in service in 2008...
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Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. press release 25 April 2006
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Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. has entrusted the writing of its media releases to someone who obviously has no understanding of electric power. "This is enough power to supply electricity to approximately 3,300 homes in an average year." "in an average year"? That could not have been written by anyone who understands what a megawatt is. By the way, Barrington Wind Energy's press releases repeatedly misspell the name of that important power unit. |
Halifax Enters Into Long-Term Wind Energy Contracts 11 January 2007
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, has agreed to enter into long-term agreements with two wind-generation power companies to purchase between 22 GWh and 25 GWh annually for the next 20 years. HRM staff forecasts that these agreements will result in a saving of $8.3 million to $28 million in electricity costs through the life of the contracts with Nova Scotia-headquartered Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. and Ontario-based Ventus Energy Inc. "The contracts, when finalized, will probably allow HRM to meet its goal – of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent – earlier than originally targeted," says Councillor Linda Mosher, co-chair of HRM's energy and underground services committee. "We are definitely one of the first municipalities in the country to be going wind power in a substantial way." These two contracts are a result of HRM's request for proposals that was issued last summer to companies interested in providing wind-generated electricity to the municipality. The two successful companies scored 90% on three deciding factors: experience, timeliness and financial/contract terms. HRM adds that final approval of the contracts is contingent on necessary amendments to the provincial Energy Act, as well as required Nova Scotia Utility and review board hearings and approvals.
— North American Windpower, Zackin Publications Inc., 11 January 2007
Canso Wind Farm: Environmental Impact Statement Barrington Wind Energy Limited, April 2006
Incorporated on 12 January 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3052435.
More about The Bay Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 27 September 1983.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1537416.
In 1984, Black River Hydro Limited built a 230 kW hydro-electric generating plant in Melford, Guysborough County. The plant went into operation (first sale of electricity through the meter to Nova Scotia Power Inc.) on 4 July 1984. Since that time it has operated the generating station, and sold electricity to Nova Scotia Power Inc., on a contract term that now (2006) entends to 2023. Black River Hydro Ltd. was the first small-scale privately-owned company in Nova Scotia to successfully negotiate a contract to sell hydroelectric power to the provincial utility. The company is a leader in proving that small companies can own and operate small electrical generating facilities and sell power to the local electric utility company.
Black River Hydro Ltd. is a one-man company. According to the official records of the Joint Stock Registry (August 2006), Neal Livingston is the sole director, president, secretary, and treasurer of the company.
Reference: Profile
Incorporated on 1 April 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3099657.
On 17 October 2005, Black River Wind Ltd. registered the Wind Energy Project, Creignish Rear Site for environmental assessment, in accordance with Part IV of the Environment Act. The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to erect six 1.2 MW wind turbines at Creignish Rear, Inverness County, Nova Scotia. Three turbines will be installed beginning in spring 2006 and three will be installed in a later project phase.
Reference:
Wind Energy Project, Creignish Rear Site
Hansard, 28 October 2005:
Hon. Angus MacIsaac: Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:
Whereas the province recognizes the economic and environmental benefits of wind energy to generate electricity; and
Whereas the Department of Natural Resources, together with the Department of Energy, developed a policy in order that Crown land might be made available for wind energy generation in accordance with certain policies and procedures; and
Whereas the department's first lease agreement for wind energy generation on Crown land was signed with Black River Wind Limited of Inverness County on May 19, 2005;
Therefore be it resolved that all members of this House congratulate Black River Wind Limited for obtaining the first lease for wind energy generation on Crown land at Cape Mabou Highlands, Inverness County and recognize the importance of the wind energy industry in the future production and use of energy in the province...
Source:
Nova Scotia Legislature, Resolution No. 4954
Incorporated on 04 February 1994. Struck off 07 February 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2291457.
Registered on 17 November 1993. Inactivated 01 September 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2305412.
In business since 11 March 1994. Revoked 02 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2375135.
Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership was registered as a Nova Scotia Limited
Partnership on 17 November 1993 with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. Its registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Brooklyn Energy Centre was registered as a Business Name on 10 June 1994 with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. Its registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
On 11 March 1994, Energy Initiatives Inc. (EI) entered into an agreement with Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Inc. to invest up to US$9,700,000 of equity in Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership.
The equity was to be used toward the construction and operation of a 24 MW wood and oil-fired cogeneration facility, which was/is located in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. Commercial operation of the facility was scheduled to commence in 1996. EI Services Canada Limited was formed to provide operations and maintenance services to EWGs in Canada.
General Public Utilities Corporation (GPU) holds
100% of the equity in EI Services Canada Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Canada Holding Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Brooklyn Investment Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Brooklyn Power Ltd.; and
75% of the equity in Brooklyn Energy LP.
EI Services Canada Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EI Canada Holding Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Initiatives Inc. The remaining 75% of the equity in Brooklyn Energy LP is held by Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Incorporated and Brooklyn Cogen Limited, which are incorporated in Canada.
On 11 March 1994, a letter of credit in the face amount of US$9,700,000 was issued by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in favor of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada to support EI's equity commitment to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership. The letter of credit carried a fee equal to 0.625 of 1 percent per annum of the face amount, and expired on 11 December 1996. GPU entered into the related reimbursement agreement.
On 11 December 1996, a letter of credit in the face amount of $9,700,000 issued on 11 March 1994 and scheduled to expire on 11 December 1996, was extended to 11 June 1997. The letter of credit was issued by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in favor of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada to support GPU International's equity commitment to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership. The letter of credit carried a fee equal to 0.625 of 1 percent per annum of the face amount. GPU entered into the related reimbursement agreement.
Date: 4 April 1997 — GPU International has agreed to contribute C$12,944,000, or approximately US$9,700,000, in equity and an additional C$1,000,000, or approximately US$700,000, in subordinated debt to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership, which owns a 24 MW wood and oil-fired cogeneration facility located in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. Commercial operation of the facility commenced in April 1996.
Sources: Official reports dated 27 Jan 1994,
30 Aug 1995, 16 Nov 1995, 1 Apr 1996,
8 May 1996, 31 May 1996, 30 Aug 1996,
27 Feb 1997, 4 Apr 1997, 2 Jun 1997,
9 Aug 1997, 21 Aug 1997, 3 Dec 1997, and
4 May 1998,
by General Public Utilities Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey
to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
http://www.bandwidthmarket.com/resources/sec/
General_Public_Utilites_Corp/0000040779-94-000004.txt
General_Public_Utilites_Corp/0000040779-95-000062.txt
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General_Public_Utilites_Corp/0000040779-97-000058.txt
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EI Brooklyn Power Limited [RJSC ID#2322117] was incorporated
on 23 December 1993. Its registered office was at
791 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
As of 5 January 2001, the company's sole director was
• Bruce L. Levy, Pomona, New York; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
EI Brooklyn Investments Limited [RJSC ID#2285241] was incorporated on 3 March 1994. Its registered office was at 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
EI Services Canada is closing its operation of the
Brooklyn Energy Centre and is looking to its investors to pick up the
pieces. Due to continuing financial losses, the wood-fired electric power generating station will no longer be run by the company as of the end of February. Company spokesperson Pat Doll says contracts to supply electric power and steam to its customers are not enough to keep the operation afloat. He noted that start-up problems have been a thorn in the company's side since the plant began operation in 1996. The plant has a 20-year contract to supply steam to Bowater Mersey, and a 33-year contract to supply 22 megawatts of electric power to Nova Scotia Power Inc. Bowater relies on the plant for about 75% of the steam it needs for its pulp and newsprint manufacturing operations.
"EI Services Canada has announced it will cease providing
operating and maintenance services to the Brooklyn Energy Centre on or
before 1 March 1998. This decision has resulted from the inability of the owner, Brooklyn Energy Partnership, to pay certain amounts which are due to EI Services Canada," said a release sent out by fax on 7 January 1998.
Although EI Services, a subsidiary of Polsky Energy
Corporation of Illinois, will no longer operate the plant, the door is
open for the investors to restructure the plant's operations, Doll
said. "The lending institutions will now decide its future," he said. "Our hope is that they would continue its operation under new management. It is a very good plant." 28 people work at the plant, which has a payroll of around $1,000,000 annually. Layoff notices were issued on Monday, 29 December 1997, and are effective in eight weeks.
The plant is located in Brooklyn, Queens County, across
Highway 3 from the Bowater Mersey paper mill. It burns wood products
such as bark and other wood scraps from Bowater Mersey and other
producers of wood waste, and supplies steam to Bowater for use in the
mill's operation. The plant's electrical output is purchased by Nova
Scotia Power Inc., and is fed into the provincial electrical grid. A
group of companies invested close to $80,000,000 to build the Brooklyn
generating station. Federal, provincial, and municipal governments
invested more than $12,000,000 in the project.
Excerpted from the Liverpool Advance, 7 January 1998, and
the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 8 January 1998
Incorporated on 21 May 1998.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3023263.
The Brooklyn Power Corporation was incorporated on 21 May 1998. As of 2 December 2001, its registered office was at 67 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and the company's directors were:
• William Sutherland, Waterloo, Ontario; President
• Jerry Domanus, Montreal, Quebec
• Luc Fournier, Levis, Quebec
• Kelly Kwan, Toronto, Ontario; Secretary
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
The final sale of the Brooklyn Energy Centre is complete. The plant has been sold to the original lenders of the project, a group of large insurance companies. The plant will continue to be operated by South Shore Power Service.
[Bridgewater Bulletin, 24 February 1999]
The McCarthy Tetrault law firm acted on behalf of a syndicate of life insurance companies in connection with the acquisition and financing of the Brooklyn Energy Center.
The Brooklyn Energy Centre is a $75,000,000 waste wood co-generation facility supplying electrical energy to Nova Scotia Power Inc. and steam energy to Bowater Mersey Paper Company. The plant's electrical capacity is 28 MW gross (electrical output of the turbine generator) or 22 MW net (after deducting the plant's internal use of power for electric motors for pumping boiler feedwater, driving conveyor belts, processing fuel, rotating field excitation, lighting, etc.)
http://access.nscc.ns.ca/Industry/students.htm
November 2001 — Brooklyn Power Corporation, which supplies steam to the Bowater Mersey paper mill, is suing Bowater for six million dollars. In papers filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Brooklyn Power claims Bowater owes it $6,100,000 in payments dating to May 2000. That's when the province forced the steam plant to use a higher grade of fuel to fire its boilers to supply Bowater.
The steam plant, located across Highway 1 from the Bowater mill at Brooklyn in Queens County, has been supplying Bowater with steam since 1993, first under the ownership of Brooklyn Energy and recently under the ownership of Brooklyn Power. Brooklyn Power's fuel is mainly wood waste — tree bark and wood scraps — it gets from Bowater. Bowater agreed to pay Brooklyn Power "at a price determined in part by the actual average weighted cost of fuel oil Brooklyn Power uses," the power company's statement of claim says.
The Environment Department originally allowed Brooklyn Power to burn number 6 fuel oil, commonly called Bunker C. In 2000 the department amended its permit forcing Brooklyn Power to use higher grade number 2 oil, which costs more than bunker C.
Since the revised permit went into effect, Brooklyn Power has sent Bowater monthly invoices with the recalculated amount, but "Bowater has refused to pay the extra costs associated with the required change in fuel oil," Brooklyn Power said in its statement of claim. Bowater has until early December to file a defence.
In 1998, Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership, which designed and built the steam plant and operated it for the first few years, went bankrupt. A year later, a group of insurance companies that had been among its secured creditors, bought it.
Last month, Finance Minister Neil LeBlanc wrote off $911,527 the defunct partnership owed the province.
[Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 21 November 2001]
Incorporated on 19 December 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3224792.
Incorporated on 10 November 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3095413.
30 May 2006:— Barrington Wind Energy Limited (BWEL) affiliate Canso Windfield One Inc. has signed an agreement with Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. to provide wind power from BWEL's proposed Canso facility. BWEL will generate power from its Canso-based wind farm project under a financial bilateral contract with Michelin. Michelin will not receive direct delivery of energy produced by the Canso wind farm project. The Canso wind farm project would sell energy to a transmission company. This contract is for 12 MW of installed capacity. Michelin and BWEL have been in discussions for more than a year to enable this project in the Town of Canso, the companies say...
Source:— Canso Wind Farm Project
Incorporated on 1 March 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3087092.
Cape Breton Explorations Limited proposes to develop a hybrid wind/hydro pump storage power generating facility on the hills above Lake Uist. The reservoir, the penstock, the hydro turbines and most of the wind resource are located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM); however, two or three turbines may be located in the Municipality of the County of Richmond...
References:
Official Public Notice of Proposed Pump Storage Facility 3 Dec 2007
Official Public Notice: NS Royal Gazette Part I, v216 n50 12 Dec 2007
Draft Terms of Reference, Environmental Assessment 8 Dec 2007
Final Terms of Reference, Environmental Assessment 28 Feb 2008
Deputy warden questions C.B. wind farm proposal Halifax Chronicle Herald, 13 February 2008
The deputy warden for Richmond County says he's concerned that a proposed green energy project might do more harm than good. Clair Rankin said Tuesday he's skeptical about a wind farm that Cape Breton Explorations hopes to build around Bras d'Or Lake...
Cape Breton Explorations Limited has proposed a 200-megawatt hybrid wind hydro-power development at Lake Uist. The project would feed wind-generated power from 44 wind turbines directly into the electrical power grid during the day when demand is high. At night, during off hours, the wind turbines would supply power to pump water from Lake Uist through a buried penstock to a reservoir three kilometres away and more than 100 metres higher. Pumped water would later flow back down the penstock to drive turbines to generate electricity before dispersing into the lower lake where it originated.
Source: Cape Breton Post, 22 June 2008
This is an example of a "pumped storage" system, a method of storing energy at a time when lower-cost electrical power is available (usually at night) and making it available during the day when electric power demand is high. Pumped storage has been known for more than fifty years as as a feasible and practical technology for effectively storing large quantities of energy. It is needed because energy in electrical form can be stored only in very tiny quantities. There is no technology available now or in the foreseeable future that could store energy in electrical form in the quantities that pumped storage facilities routinely handle. This Lake Uist system will use wind to generate electrical energy at night when it is not needed on the grid, and store it as elevated water for recovery to meet heavy demand the following day.
Incorporated on 12 June 2007
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3218364.
Incorporated on 29 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3089142.
Cape Breton Power Ltd. now (July 2008) has 17.4 MW of wind energy in production.
Cape Breton Power Limited Website home page
On 21 October 2005, Cape Breton Power Ltd. registered the 4 MW Lingan Wind Power Project for environmental assessment. The plan is to erect two 2 MW wind turbines on the coastal barrens northwest of the Lingan power station in Cape Breton Municipality. Cape Breton Power Ltd. plans to begin construction in the fall of 2005 and operation to begin in early 2007.
Cape Breton couple says wind turbines behind home making life miserable Canadian Press, 7 October 2010
The Lingan wind farm's seven turbines have lined the shore facing the North Atlantic since 2006, producing 16 megawatts with a yearly output of about 55,000 megawatt hours... The turbines were part of the Glace Bay-Lingan wind farm that had been operated by Cape Breton Power Ltd., before being sold to Confederation Power a couple of years ago...
Confederation Power Inc. Glace Bay projects
Incorporated on 4 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062147.
Incorporated on 4 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062148.
More about The Chebucto Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 6 October 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3107115.
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093515.
Incorporated on 8 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3088533.
Incorporated on 23 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093888.
More about The Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Inc.
Wind farms construction guidelines get positive reaction Truro Daily News, 1 February 2008
Nova Scotia municipalities now have some model guidelines to follow when dealing with proposals to construct wind farms in their communities. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities released the model wind bylaws Friday to help municipalities establish rules around where wind turbines can be erected. And that's good news for such elected representatives as Colchester County Councillor Doug Cooke who believes the municipality should begin drafting its own bylaws as soon as possible, in light of the growing number of wind farm projects being proposed. ...
Up to municipalities to set turbine rules, report says Halifax Chronicle Herald, 2 February 2008
A new report prepared for the group representing Nova Scotia municipalities concludes there are no internationally accepted standards for dealing with the controversial issues around wind energy. The 117-page study by environmental consultant Jacques Whitford outlines a broad range of possibilities available to host municipalities but says it will be up to elected officials to decide how restrictive they want to be in their approach to regulation and the specifics of their bylaws. Setting rules governing the location of wind turbines is up to the municipality...
No single answer for wind farm rules: report CBC News, 6 February 2008
Nova Scotia municipalities grappling with questions about wind turbines near homes will not find a templated solution in a new report prepared for the group representing them. A consultants' report suggests the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities choose land-use bylaws or development agreements to make rules dealing with noise from wind turbines and the distance they should be from homes...
Incorporated 21 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3097629.
On 23 October 2006, the Nova Scotia Environment Minister formally approved the 3.5 MW Higgins Mountain Road wind power project initiated by Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Limited.
Ref:
Environmental Assessment with Conditions: 3.5MW Wind Power Project, Higgins Mountain Road
Ref:
Official Approval: 3.5MW Wind Power Project, Higgins Mountain Road
In November 2006, this company (under its former name Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Limited) installed three 1200 kW wind turbines, for a total installed capacity of 3.6 MW, at Higgins Mountain Road, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. These turbines were put into operation in December 2006, with the generated energy being bought by Nova Scotia Power.
GPS location: 45°34'18"N 63°37'04"W
Google map: Higgins Mountain Wind Turbine Site
Company wants more wind power Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
An Ontario company is planning to invest $200 million in the expansion of two separate wind farm projects in Cumberland County. Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Ltd., represented by 3G Energy Corp., is holding a pair of public meetings in Rodney and Westchester next week to discuss the addition of 72 turbines between the two locations before 2010...
Confederation Power Inc. core projects
• 24 MW of operating wind capacity in Nova Scotia. All power is sold to Nova Scotia Power Inc. under long-term power purchase agreements;
• 18 hydroelectric sites in development located in British Columbia representing over 150 MW of capacity;
• Expansion potential of over 250 MW at the Nova Scotia wind farms; and
• Two wind power development sites in Saskatchewan representing 40 MW of capacity.
Confederation Power Inc. Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
Confederation Power Inc. Springhill projects
Confederation Power Inc. Glace Bay projects
Cumberland County welcomes more wind power: Higgins Mountain 21 Nov 2006
Wall to wall windmills planned for Cumberland County Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
Shadow Flicker Report, proposed expansion of Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
Higgins Mountain Off Wind Farm List Amherst Daily News, 4 Feb 2008
Incorporated 13 October 1999.
Registered in Nova Scotia 19 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062668.
Registered in Nova Scotia 16 December 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3084624.
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Commences Strategic Review and Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results and Restates Previous Quarters Creststreet press release 8 November 2007
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") reported electrical based revenue of $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2007 compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 2006 due to improved operating performance despite a 20-day curtailment to 25 MW by Hydro Quebec. Revenue for the nine month period ended 30 September 2007 increased to $12.5 million from $10.8 million in 2006 as both wind energy projects had improved turbine availability for the nine month period. For the three and nine month periods ended 30 September 2007 the Partnership's production was approximately 17% and 6%, (2006: 17% and 17%) respectively below the independent engineer's long-term projection. The third quarter is traditionally the lowest season for wind speeds for the wind farms... Pubnico Point and Mount Copper delivered an aggregate 50.0 gigawatt hours of electricity during the third quarter of 2007 to Hydro-Quebec and Nova Scotia Power pursuant to their long-term power purchase agreements compared to 48.7 gigawatt hours in 2006. For the nine months ended 30 September 2007 the Partnership delivered an aggregate of 192.6 gigawatt hours compared to 168.4 gigawatt hours in 2006... For the nine months period ended 30 September 2007, Pubnico Point's production was 8% below the independent engineers projection compared to 7% below in 2006. During the third quarter of 2007, Pubnico Point's production was approximately 27% below the independent engineer's long-term projection compared to approximately 17% below in the prior year. This deviation was principally a result of lower wind speeds in the quarter. Turbine availability was in line with the Manager's expectations for the three and nine months period ended 30 September 2007...
Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project Halifax Chronicle Herald, 7 February 2008
Atlantic Canada's largest wind farm is up for sale. Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the $50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government's decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2007 Financial Results Creststreet press release 27 March 2008
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") today reported its fourth quarter and 2007 annual financial results. Electrical based revenue for the year ending 31 December 2007 was $17.6 million, an increase from $15.3 million for 2006 due to improved operating performance. The increase of $2.3 million over 2006 revenue was primarily due to higher wind speeds in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006 and improved turbine availability. The Partnership's production was approximately 6% (2006: 17%) below management's long-term projection. The wind energy projects delivered an aggregate 271 gigawatt hours compared to 238 gigawatt hours in 2006 of electricity to Hydro-Quebec and Nova Scotia Power in 2007 pursuant to their long term power purchase agreements... For the year ended 31 December 2007, Pubnico Point's production was 5% below management's long term projection compared to 6% below in 2006. The majority of the deviation in energy production was the result of wind speeds that were below the projected long-term average. The improvement from the prior year related to improved turbine availability. Pubnico's turbine availability for the year at 97.5% exceeded Management's expectations and warranted levels...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Announces Completion of Sale of its Windpower Subsidiaries Creststreet press release 27 June 2008
CALGARY — Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") announced that it has completed the sale to an affiliate of FPL Energy LLC of the shares of the Partnership's two operating subsidiaries: Mount Copper Wind Power Energy Inc. (54MW) and Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (30.6MW), for $121.6 million...
Incorporated on 23 September 2004.
Name changed 24 August 2006 to The Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Inc.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093888.
Incorporated on 1 January 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3228505.
Incorporated on 14 May 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3217284.
On 17 June 2008, 3217284 Nova Scotia Limited (a subsidiary of EarthFirst Canada Inc.), registered a wind energy project for environmental assessment. The proposal is to construct and operate a wind energy facility on Nuttby Mountain, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, involving 18 wind turbine generators for a combined capacity of 45 megawatts.
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Public Notice
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Environmental Assessment
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Nuttby wind farm project approved
Premier Rodney MacDonald is coming to Truro today (18 March 2008) to announce approval of a 45 megawatt wind farm on Nuttby Mountain. The project will see approximately twenty 120-metre-tall windmills constructed near the top of the highest point on mainland Nova Scotia. While officials were keeping mum about precise details surrounding the announcement, the Truro Daily News has learned the premier will confirm approval of a proposal put forth last fall by Cobequid Area Wind Farms Inc. Nova Scotia Power has called for proposals for alternative energy sources to meet a provincial objective to have nearly 20 per cent of the province's electricity come from green sources such as wind by 2013...
— Truro Daily News 18 March 2008
EarthFirst buys out Nuttby wind farm
EarthFirst Canada Inc., a newly created wind company, announced it has bought the proposed 45-megawatt Nuttby Mountain wind energy project in Colchester County from Atlantic Wind Power Corp. and its partner, Cobequid Area Windfarms. EarthFirst paid $75,000 cash, along with $374,400 in shares (based on 192,000 EarthFirst shares at $1.95 each) and a small share of gross revenue over the life of the project, Derren Newell, vice-president finance, said in a telephone interview from Calgary. Nova Scotia Power will purchase the wind-generated power but details of that agreement, including the price paid per kilowatt-hour, were not disclosed. The wind farm, with up to 22 turbines, will cost $90 million to $100 million and will be located about four kilometres north of the village of Nuttby and six kilometres east of Earltown...
— Halifax Chronicle-Herald 19 March 2008
Windmill won't be constructed at top of Nuttby Mountain
Fears that a scenic lookout point on the top of Nuttby Mountain would be ruined by the installation of a huge wind turbine have been laid to rest. Clair Peers, president of Cobequid Wind Power, a development partner in the Nuttby Mountain project, confirmed Thursday afternoon (15 May 2008) that a turbine would not be constructed on the mountain's highest point. "The thing is with this particular high spot is it's just not a stable enough location," said Peers. He did say, however, there would most likely be a windmill constructed near the peak, but was unsure exactly how close it would be...
— Truro Daily News 16 May 2008
Incorporated on 1 February 2001. Revoked 3 April 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3053098.
Incorporated on 28 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222750.
Registered on 2 August 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3221133.
Incorporated 25 June 1998.
Registered in Nova Scotia 26 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222632.
(Name changed to NextEra Energy Power Marketing LLC on 12 March 2009)
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FPL Energy Inc acquires Mount Copper Wind Power Energy from Creststreet Power & Inc Fund Thomson Financial Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, 27 June 2008
On this day FPL Energy Inc., a unit of FPL Group Inc., acquired all of the outstanding stock of Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (an electric power company operating 17 wind turbines located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada) from Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (based in Calgary, Alberta). FPL Energy is the power generation arm of FPL Group, a publicly traded energy company with US$16 billion in assets. It has 55 wind farms in 16 states and is the largest generator of wind power in North America and the second largest in the world, behind Acciona Energy of Spain.
Incorporated on 19 December 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3224812.
Registered on 9 March 1993.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2245098.
Incorporated on 19 May 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3149371.
Incorporated on 10 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3096309.
4MW Lingan Wind Power Project N.S. Environment Department report
Incorporated on 13 March 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3076593.
Incorporated on 6 September 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3104972.
More about The Glooscap Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093531.
More about The Gold Coast Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 23 November 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3095649.
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Incorporated 9 March 1927.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1001762.
Location near Parrsboro in Bay of Fundy eyed for electricity project:
...Last year, the Nova Scotia government announced successful bidders who will put pilot demonstration turbines in the Bay of Fundy in the spring. Simon Melrose, an expert in ocean applied science with Oceans Limited, is carrying out oceanography for the tidal project for Minas Basin Pulp and Power. The Hantsport firm won the contract to build a tidal energy test facility, a large part of the project that includes designing and operating a structure to receive electricity from the turbines and process data. Scientists have been busy searching for a level spot for the turbines about 40 to 50 metres underwater, where the tide flows in a linear direction instead of swirling in numerous directions, Mr. Melrose told the Canadian Underwater Conference and Exhibition in Halifax on Tuesday... Scientists with the project have found the tidal currents are moving much faster in the Bay of Fundy than previously thought, which could mean more electricity if the energy can be harnessed...
— Source: "Tidal turbine spot found" Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 10 Sep 2008
In business since 5 May 1994.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2366771.
The Morgan Falls hydroelectric generating plant began regular operation in January 1996.
Government press release 17 October 1996
Amalgamated on 1 January 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3085119.
The Newpage paper mill (formerly Stora Enso) at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, is planning a 60 MW biomass project, expected to be in operation late in 2010.
2008 May
Newpage Corporation is the largest North American manufacturer of coated paper products, currently with a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.3 million short tons of coated paper, which represents approximately 32% of 2007 North American production capacity and net North American imports of coated paper, according to RISI Inc.
Source:— Newpage Corporation official prospectus dated 6 May 2008
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Incorporated 8 May 2006.
Registered in Nova Scotia 2 June 2009.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3237232.
(formerly FPL Group)
NextEra Energy Canada ULC is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., which itself is a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light Company. NextEra Energy Inc. is a leading clean energy company with 2009 revenues of more than $15 billion, nearly 43,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 28 states and Canada. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, NextEra Energy's principal subsidiaries are NextEra Energy Resources LLC, the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and Florida Power & Light Company, which serves approximately 4.5 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the country. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy collectively operates the third largest U.S. nuclear power generation fleet.
NextEra Energy Inc.
Incorporated 25 June 1998.
Registered in Nova Scotia 26 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222632.
Incorporated on 27 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093968.
More about The Northumberland Wind Field Inc.
Registered on 31 October 2002.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3071971.
The
Electricity Act, which opened the Nova Scotia electricity market to wholesale competition, went into effect on 1 February 2007.
Wholesale Electricity Market: Rules and Procedures
Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS)
Standards of Conduct...Wholesale Electric Transmission...
The Nova Scotia Power Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) came into effect on November 1st, 2005.
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Registration number 404462 (Ireland)
2008 February 20
Emera Inc. has invested €10.2 million (C$15 million) to acquire a 7.4% interest in OpenHydro Group Limited, an Irish renewable tidal energy company. OpenHydro designs and manufactures marine turbines for harnessing energy from tidal currents in the world's oceans. Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of Emera Inc., selected OpenHydro's Open-Centre Turbine technology in 2007 for deployment in a tidal energy demonstration project in the Bay of Fundy. The Province of Nova Scotia recently announced that the technology proposed by Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro is among those that will be tested in the Bay of Fundy starting in 2009. The Nova Scotia Power - OpenHydro demonstration project has been approved for funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada that provides funding to emerging clean technologies. Emera will hold one seat on OpenHydro's seven member Board of Directors.
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Open-Centre Turbine is designed to be deployed directly on the seabed. Installations will be silent and invisible from the surface. They will be located at depth and present no navigational hazard.
Twice a day, in accordance with nature's clock, the Atlantic Ocean pours through the Bay of Fundy with a controlled fury that is unmatched anywhere in the world... Two weeks ago (in February 2007), Nova Scotia Power selected an Irish company called OpenHydro to be its partner in this endeavour over 20 other potential suppliers, including a couple of local consortiums. The plan is to have what would be one of the world's largest single underwater turbines in the six-kilometre-wide Minas passage by late 2009...
The Resurgence of Tidal Power CBC News, 26 Feb 2007
The Open-Centre Turbine, with just one moving part and no seals, consists of a rotor with a solid-state permanent magnet generator encapsulated within the outer rim, minimizing maintenance requirements.
OpenHydro was formed in 2005 following the acquisition of the technology rights to the Open-Centre Turbine. As of May 2008, the company, which has 26 employees, has raised over €50 million in funding since 2005 for the development of its turbines.
2007 March
OpenHydro Group Limited has been awarded a major contract with Alderney Renewable Energy for the development of tidal farms in the Channel Islands. The exact size of the investment in the deployment of the turbines has not been disclosed but it is exected to run to several million euros with the turbines expected to be deployed in 2008/2009. As part of the contract, OpenHydro will install an array of its Open-Centre Turbines mounted on the sea bed near Alderney, generating electricity.
2008 May
OpenHydro has become the first tidal energy company to complete the connection of a tidal turbine to the UK national grid and commence electricity generation. This is a first for both the UK and Ireland and in doing so OpenHydro has now become one of the first companies in the world to reach this stage of technical maturity. OpenHydro's 250kW Open-Centre Turbine, which is installed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off Orkney, Scotland, commenced generation onto the grid on 26 May 2008 and this was independently witnessed by representatives of EMEC. EMEC is the only independent and publicly financed facility in the world for testing tidal and wave technologies. The company has been testing the power generation of its Open-Centre Turbine over the past 18 months at EMEC. The most recent tests were performed with the turbine connected to the UK's electricity grid onto which power was generated for the first time.
Incorporated on 22 June 1992. Struck off 30 June 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2158296.
The Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Inc. was incorporated on 22 June 1992. Its
registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax , Nova Scotia, and the company's sole director was:
• Michael P. Polsky, Northbrook, Illinois; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
Incorporated and registered on 2 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3058821.
Incorporated on 28 August 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3082427.
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Pubnico Point Wind Farm registered for Environmental Assessment 19 Sep 2003
Pubnico Point Wind Farm: Project Approval 7 Nov 2003
Pubnico Point Wind Farm: Project Description (no date)
Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project Halifax Chronicle Herald, 7 February 2008
Atlantic Canada's largest wind farm is up for sale. Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the $50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government's decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Announces Completion of Sale of its Windpower Subsidiaries Creststreet press release 27 June 2008
CALGARY — Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") announced that it has completed the sale to an affiliate of FPL Energy LLC of the shares of the Partnership's two operating subsidiaries: Mount Copper Wind Power Energy Inc. (54MW) and Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (30.6MW), for $121.6 million...
FPL Energy Inc acquires Mount Copper Wind Power Energy from Creststreet Power & Income Fund Thomson Financial Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, 27 June 2008
On this day FPL Energy Inc., a unit of FPL Group Inc., acquired all of the outstanding stock of Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (an electric power company operating 17 wind turbines located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada) from Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (based in Calgary, Alberta). FPL Energy is the power generation arm of FPL Group, a publicly traded energy company with US$16 billion in assets. It has 55 wind farms in 16 states and is the largest generator of wind power in North America and the second largest in the world, behind Acciona Energy of Spain.
Incorporated on 20 December 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3051882.
Renewable Energy Services Limited Website home page
Renewable Energy Services Limited Completed installations
2006 July 31
Nova Scotia Power and Renewable Energy Services Limited announced today a further addition to wind power generation in Nova Scotia... Renewable Energy Services Ltd. now (July 2006) operates four wind turbines in Nova Scotia: at Goodwood and Brookfield in Halifax Regional Municipality, on Fitzpatrick Mountain in Pictou County, at Point Tupper near the Strait of Canso. Construction is underway at a site in Digby. Nova Scotia Power has agreed to buy power from an additional three turbines that RESL will install this fall... Renewable Energy Services Ltd., founded in 2000, is a vertically integrated renewable energy company.
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Goodwood Announcement N.S. Power media release, 31 July 2006
Listed in order, west to east:
GPS location: 44°38'58"N 65°47'59"W
Google map: Digby Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 44°36'28"N 63°40'42"W
Google map: Goodwood Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°16'02"N 63°15'07"W
Google map: Brookfield Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°45'28"N 63°06'08"W
Google map: River John Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°37'32"N 62°54'16"W
Google map: Fitzpatrick Mtn. No. 1 Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°38'14"N 62°53'11"W
Google map: Fitzpatrick Mtn. No. 2 Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°34'32"N 61°20'13"W
Google map: Point Tupper Wind Turbine Site
Incorporated on 18 December 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3198354.
2008 March RMSenergy wind farms in Pictou and Antigonish Counties
Nova Scotia Power has signed a long-term agreement with RMSenergy for wind farms in Pictou and Antigonish counties. The wind farm in Pictou County will be located on Dalhousie Mountain. 25 kilometres west of New Glasgow. The project will consist of 34 turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 51 megawatts. The other project will be located near Maryvale, 15 kilometres north of Antigonish, with up to four turbines with a nameplate capacity of six megawatts.
— Nova Scotia Power press release 20 March 2008
Incorporated on 14 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3130721.
Schneider Power Inc. is an Ontario-based energy company that is interested in developing a wind power project on Goodwin's Island in Shelburne County. President Thomas Schneider says the firm currently has two projects in operation and eight others in development in Canada, the U.S. and Germany. Schneider Power Inc. is a private, Canadian owned and operated company with a focus on developing renewable energy electricity generation by investing directly in clean energy projects. Started in 1892 in Germany, by Schneider's great-great grandfather, the company has a long history of providing electrical power. Schneider wants to develop a small-scale – fewer-than-five-turbine – wind power project on Goodwin's Island. The company, which has owned the island since the 1990s wants to feed electricity from the turbines directly into the Nova Scotia Power grid. Goodwin's Island is located in the Municipality of Barrington, about a kilometre offshore from Lower Woods Harbour.
— Shelburne Coast Guard, 18 September 2007
Incorporated on 25 October 2002.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3071812.
More about Scotian WindFields Inc.
Incorporated on 21 March 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222988.
Amalgamated on 9 June 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3161252.
Shear Wind Inc. website home page
Shear Wind Inc. Board of Directors
2008 April 2
Mike Magnus, President and CEO of Shear Wind Inc. is pleased to announce that Shear Wind has entered into a 60 megawatt Power Purchase Agreement with Nova Scotia Power in connection with a 20-year power supply commitment to Nova Scotians. The 60 MW of clean electricity will be produced at the Glen Dhu Wind Park in Pictou County, near Merigomish, Nova Scotia. Shear Wind is planning to erect thirty Enercon E-82, 2 MW turbines that will meet the energy demands of 17,500 homes per year [sic]. The Glen Dhu Wind Park represents a $150 million investment for Shear Wind in Nova Scotia...
Shear Wind Signs 60 MW Contract Shear Wind media release, 2 April 2008
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Shear Wind Inc. has entrusted the writing of its media releases to someone who obviously has no understanding of electric power. "Shear Wind is planning to erect thirty Enercon E-82, 2 MW turbines that will meet the energy demands of 17,500 homes per year." "per year"? That could not have been written by anyone who understands what a megawatt is. In fact, the original release even manages to misspell that unit (but this mistake has been corrected here). |
2007 October: Shear Wind Buys Merland Wind Project
Shear Wind, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-headquartered renewable energy developer, submitted a bid to Nova Scotia Power's Request For Proposals at the end of August 2007 for a 50 MW to 150 MW wind farm at the company's north central Nova Scotia project site, called Glen Dhu. The company has since purchased the Merland Wind Project from Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. The Merland, Nova Scotia-based project, which has 50 MW of generation potential, complements Shear Wind's Glen Dhu site and provides strategic options for future expansion of Glen Dhu or for developing a stand-alone project, according to Shear Wind's President and CEO Michael Magnus.
— Smart Dolphin GmbH
2007 September 17: Shear Wind Acquires Wind Project
Mike Magnus, President & CEO of Shear Wind Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of a wind project site in Nova Scotia. Shear Wind has been successful in purchasing the Merland Wind Project site previously owned by Barrington Wind Energy Limited. The project is wind tested and has the potential for developing 50 megawatts of electrical generation. The location of Merland, Nova Scotia is complimentary to Shear Wind's Glen Dhu site, and will provide Shear Wind with strategic options for future expansion of Glen Dhu or for developing a stand alone project. Mr. Magnus states, "Shear Wind has a mandate to increase its 'pipeline' of economically viable wind resource properties across Canada, and this acquisition represents a key strategic asset in our quest to provide a long term supply of renewable energy to the Province of Nova Scotia". Mr. Magnus also announces that Shear Wind has successfully submitted its proposal for the Glen Dhu, Nova Scotia project to Nova Scotia Power in response to their Request For Proposal (RFP) which solicited 130 MW of renewable energy that is required to be operational by the end of 2009.
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Shear Wind press release 17 Sep 2007
Another windfarm blowing into Pictou County
On a morning where wind gusts reached 34 km/h, Halifax-based company Shear Wind Inc. announced plans to build the largest Nova Scotia wind turbine park to date near Merigomish. Glen Dhu wind park will be located on 2,420 hectares of privately owned land on Browns Mountain, off Baileys Brook Road. The 30-turbine project will generate 60 megawatts of electricity. Construction is expected to begin in 2008, to be complete in 2009.
Plan to build 30-turbine park in Merigomish area
— New Glasgow Evening News, 2 April 2008
Shear Wind announces Alberta projext
Nova Scotia-based Shear Wind has secured a 100 MW build-out position on the existing Alberta electrical grid for the Glenridge Project located in southeastern Alberta. The Alberta Electric Supply Operator confirmed positive conclusions for interconnection to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. With the recently awarded 60 MW power purchase agreement for Shear Wind's Glen Dhu Project in Nova Scotia, the company now has two projects totaling 160 MW in build-out positions and equating to a capital investment of over $350 million upon completion.
— North American Windpower, Zackin Publications Inc., 6 June 2008
SkyPower is a leading developer of renewable energy projects. The company has interests in over 200 projects at various stages of development, representing over 11,000 MW of potential nameplate capacity. SkyPower is developing significant renewable energy projects in Canada, the United States, India and Panama...
Skypower Corporation 250 Yonge Street, Toronto
Skypower Corporation Board of Directors
Skypower Corporation Senior Management Team
Skypower Corporation Renewable Energy Projects
2007 June 4:— Skypower sells equity stake to Lehman Brothers
SkyPower Corporation, one of Canada's leading renewable energy companies with a substantial portfolio of wind and solar projects across Canada, has announced today that Lehman Brothers and its Private Equity business have acquired a significant equity stake in the company. The investment includes an up-front acquisition payment, commitments to future project financing as well as other investment opportunities in the renewable energy sector...
A portion of the up-front payment will be used by the Adler Renewable Energy Foundation (AREF) a foundation which is being formed to help provide select schools and needy communities in Canada the ability to benefit from clean renewable power by having solar or wind power to augment or replace where possible their current power needs. The current SkyPower management team, led by its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kerry Adler, will continue to be responsible for and oversee all ongoing day-to-day operations as well as the strategic direction of the company.
Kerry Adler, President and CEO of SkyPower commented: "This is an important milestone for SkyPower, our stakeholders and our partners. This transaction with Lehman Brothers provides us a unique solid platform whereby we can accelerate the growth of our business. We believe that we will be better positioned to capture increased opportunities as part of our mandate and commitment to help Canada become a global environmental leader by developing our vast natural renewable power resources and generating clean, green renewable power. Lehman Brothers has clearly demonstrated its leadership and environmental responsibility, and speaking on behalf of the entire SkyPower team we are proud to be affiliated with an organization that is as committed to addressing the issues of climate change."
"We are excited to partner with the SkyPower management team in embracing the dynamic growth opportunities available in wind and solar energy," said Michael Odrich, global head of Private Equity for Lehman Brothers. "This investment is consistent with our Private Equity strategy of backing premier management teams and underscores the Firm's commitment to renewable energy."
Stated Theodore Roosevelt IV, chairman of Lehman Brothers' Council on Climate Change, "Our investment in SkyPower demonstrates the necessary linkage between sound financial decisions and a better environment."
Since its inception in 2003, SkyPower has focused on developing wind and solar power projects and has focused on a community-based development strategy which aims to include the First Nations of Canada and local municipalities in their renewable energy efforts. The extensive background of the SkyPower team and advisors of over 40 strong and growing, is the cornerstone and most critical component of SkyPower's strategic plan...
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Scoop, New Zealand http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0706/S00027.htm
Lehman Brothers 745 Seventh Avenue, New York City
Lehman Brothers Board of Directors
Lehman Brothers Senior Management
Lehman Brothers History from 1850
2008 September 15:— Lehman Brothers Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
2008 May 15:—
Joint venture partners SkyPower Corp. and Scotian WindFields Inc. announced that they have been awarded a long term Power Purchase Agreement by Nova Scotia Power for power produced by a wind project located near Digby, Nova Scotia. Skypower and Scotian WindFields have been awarded a 20-year contract to develop a 30-megawatt wind park in the Municipality of Digby. The 2700-acre wind park is expected to become operational in 2009.
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Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement Awarded by Nova Scotia Power14 May 2008
Incorporated on 10 February 1998.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3016025.
South Shore Power Services Incorporated was incorporated on 10 February 1998. As of 2 December 2001, its registered office was at 1601 Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the company's directors were:
• A. Stephen Probyn, Toronto; Chairman
• Peter Keskinen, Willowdale, Ontario; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093529.
More about The Sou'wester Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated 21 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3097629.
Incorporated on 30 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3122439.
Registered on 19 December 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3122474.
Registered on 23 January 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3205232.
Amalgamated on 15 October 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3223056.
Registered on 11 April 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3219040.
Registered on 02 March 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3213905.
Incorporated on 17 February 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3137373.
Wind Prospect Inc.
Wind Prospect Inc. Canadian projects
Wind Prospect is an independent and privately owned wind energy specialist. Expertise offered includes operations, construction management, risk assessment and mitigation, wind resource and energy yield, engineering, contracts, health and safety, leases and rights-of-way, performance analysis and operations. Wind Prospect has played a leading role in the evolution of wind energy in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The company's civil, electrical and mechanical engineers have overseen the commissioning of over forty wind farms and have been involved in operating fifteen projects. Wind Prospect's core business areas are wind farm development, construction and operations – with interests in advisory services and marine renewables. Wind Prospect has formed financial and risk-sharing partnerships with other companies to make significant investments in development in Australia, the UK and China. The Wind Prospect Group has offices in China, Hong Kong, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. By capacity installed, Wind Prospect is the most successful developer in the southern hemisphere.
Wind Prospect Limited 7 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, England
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Wind Maps and Approval Guidelines The Nova Scotia Department of Energy (NSDOE), in conjunction with researchers from Universite de Moncton and the Applied Geomatics Research Group at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), has released maps illustrating provincial wind resources that, if developed for wind power generation, could help the province meet a 20% renewables mandate. As the province gears up for new generation development, the government is working quickly to provide the municipal entities in charge of approving new wind farm proposals with recommended siting and approvals best practices. The new wind resource maps, which are available online to the general public for download in portable document format (.pdf) at no charge, show wind speeds at three elevations, 30 metres above the ground surface, 50 m and 80 m and include data for up to ten kilometres offshore. The NSCC group soon will update the wind map website to include interactive geographic information system options. "The interactive portion of the website will allow users to gain access to the wind resource modeling that was done and view that information with a number of other layers, such as roads, lakes, rivers, transmission lines and provincial national parks," says David Colville, NSCC lead researcher on the project. "Users can browse any portion of the province to locate areas by way of the various features and get a sense of the wind potential with respect to other features that one needs to take into account when looking at developing a project." The wind maps will allow developers to identify potential project sites for development to help the province meet a target of obtaining 20% of Nova Scotia's electricity from renewable resources by 2013 that was set by the government in January 2007. To move the province closer to reaching that target, in March 2007 Halifax-based Nova Scotia Power issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 130 MW of renewable energy. The deadline for proposals to reach NS Power was August 31, and the utility plans to announce the winning bidders by the end of the year or as soon as power purchase agreements have been secured for the proposed projects, according to a spokesperson for NS Power. Projects under the RFP must be in service by November 2009 – a fast approaching deadline that is putting pressure on the municipal authorities charged with reviewing new generation development applications from the RFP's winning bidders. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM), in cooperation with the NSDOE and Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, released an RFP for consulting services to develop model wind turbine zoning by-laws and best practices for Nova Scotia's municipalities. According to the UNSM RFP document, the task of defining how new wind power projects will fit into Nova Scotia's communities falls to municipalities. The RFP document also notes that "very few municipalities in the province are prepared if wind turbine sites are identified for location in their areas." A draft model and guidelines are due under the RFP by 23 November 2007, with a final report due before the end of the year. There is "some urgency" to this initiative, says Peggy Crawford, municipal sustainability coordinator for UNSM. "We want to coordinate the guidelines for the municipalities to have as the NS Power proposals are being considered," she adds... — North American Windpower, Oct 2007, Zackin Publications Inc. — Smart Dolphin GmbH |
2007 September 18 Nova Scotia Wind Atlas Now Available
Nova Scotia's world-class wind resource now comes with its own map. "By 2013, nearly 20 per cent of all Nova Scotia's electricity will come from green sources like wind," said Energy Minister Bill Dooks to government, business and environmental representatives at the Power of Green conference in Halifax, today, Sept. 18th. "Our wind resource is a tremendous opportunity for clean power, and now we have a map to show us that opportunity in detail." Supported by a $78,000 grant from the province, researchers from Universite de Moncton and the Applied Geomatics Research Group at the Nova Scotia Community College have created a wind atlas that illustrates how much wind is available, and where to find it. The atlas will serve as a valuable tool for future wind policy and planning. It will also assist smaller-scale wind developers without resources for mapping to assess the viability of potential projects...
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Province Offers Wind Atlas, Encourages Local Growth Government press release 18 Sep 2007
For the tax year 2006-07, the wind turbine facility tax rate is $5,500.00 per megawatt. For subsequent years, the wind turbine facility tax rate is $5,500.00 per megawatt plus an inflation adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for Canada.
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Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act
Proclaimed: 12 January 2007 In force: 12 January 2007
Tax Legislation Will Promote Wind Energy press release 6 Nov. 2006
Energy Resources Conservation Act
2010 estimates:
— 311 megawatts of wind supply
— 550 kilotonnes annual emission reduction
2013 estimates:
— 22 per cent total electricity supply from renewables
— 581 megawatts of wind supply
— 1,300 kilotonnes annual emission reduction
Province Can Meet Wind Targets...Study Says press release 16 May 2008
Unless otherwise stated, "Act" means an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Where it appears above, "NSL" refers to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
In the old days, Acts were often dated not by the calendar year but by the year of reign of the current sovreign. Example: The Act to incorporate the Kerosene Gas Light Company is often listed as "13 Vic. c. 25", meaning chapter (Act) number 25 passed in March 1850, the 13th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. The legislative references above have all been converted to the calendar year, but the reignal year may be needed if you want to look up the original Act. Example: to find the 1840 Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Company you will need to ask for 3 Vic. c. 16. The conversion between a reignal year and a calendar year is not just a simple addition or subtraction, because the beginning of a reign rarely coincides with the beginning of a calendar year.
"3 Wm. IV" means 26 June 1832 to 25 June 1833
"6 Wm. IV" means 26 June 1835 to 25 June 1836
"5 Vic." means 20 June 1841 to 19 June 1842
"10 Vic." means 20 June 1846 to 19 June 1847
"15 Vic." means 20 June 1851 to 19 June 1852
"20 Vic." means 20 June 1856 to 19 June 1857
"25 Vic." means 20 June 1861 to 19 June 1862
"30 Vic." means 20 June 1866 to 19 June 1867
"35 Vic." means 20 June 1871 to 19 June 1872
"40 Vic." means 20 June 1876 to 19 June 1877
"45 Vic." means 20 June 1881 to 19 June 1882
"50 Vic." means 20 June 1886 to 19 June 1887
"55 Vic." means 20 June 1891 to 19 June 1892
"60 Vic." means 20 June 1896 to 19 June 1897
"4 Edw. VII" means 22 Jan. 1904 to 21 Jan. 1905
"8 Edw. VII" means 22 Jan. 1908 to 21 Jan. 1909
"5 Geo. V" means 6 May 1914 to 5 May 1915
"10 Geo. V" means 6 May 1919 to 5 May 1920
NS wins right to manage
own greenhouse emissions
Halifax, 19 March 2012: The federal government will allow Nova Scotia to manage its own emission regulations for coal-fired power plants, with an exemption from federal rules that will serve as a precedent as Ottawa moves to impose new greenhouse gas targets on the energy sector.
Environment Minister Peter Kent was in Halifax on Monday (19 March 2012) to announce the two governments have agreed in principle on an “equivalency” arrangement in which a province can opt out of federal regulations so long as it has its own measures to achieve the same results.
Nova Scotia has pledged to reduce emissions in its electricity sector by 25 per cent by 2020, and under the federal deal will extend its target to 2030. Rather than regulate each coal-fired plant; it expects to meet its target through renewable energy and partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador's Nalcor Energy in developing the Lower Churchill project which will include an undersea direct current cable to Cape Breton.
Mr. Kent said he expects to publish final regulations by the end of June which would require all new coal-fired plants to meet emission levels generated by the most efficient gas-fired plants. Existing coal plants will have to be shut down at the end of their 40-year commercial lifespan unless refitted with carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS).
The equivalency agreement “allows the province of Nova Scotia to manage its own house” the minister said in an interview from Halifax. “It's not a complicated concept – it requires a partner province to recognize the national targets but fill in the details on its own”...
—Source: Report on Business, page B3, Globe and Mail, 20 March 2012
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of five small electric power companies in Kings County, to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The companies, and the sale price of each, were:
• Habitant Electric Light Company, $800 (incorporated 1921)
• Hillaton Electric Light & Power Company, $350 (31 customers)
• Kingsport Electric Light Company, $2,600
• Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company, $3,250 (incorporated 1934)
• Woodside Electric Light Company, $800
An individual ruling was given for each company; all five decisions are dated 21 August 1941. In each case, approval was given for the sale of "all of its property and assets of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate, including the whole of its undertaking". None of these companies generated electric power; all five bought their electricity wholesale from the electric utility system operated by the Canning Water Commissioners, which got it from the Avon River Power Company.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
Note: The following is the text of a letter to the editor (which was not
printed in the newspaper), written in response to a letter
published in the Halifax Daily News, May 20th, 1999:
Dear Editor: In their letter (the Daily News, May 20th, 1999) J--- and C---- Fraser complain about the cost of having the local electric power line extended to serve their new home. They chose to build at a location where electric power was not available, and now expect Nova Scotia Power to extend the line more than half a kilometre without cost to them.
They wrote: "We understand that what they're doing is perfectly legal, since the company privatized several years ago and the Public Utilities Act was revamped..."
Apparently they think this charge is a recent innovation which came into effect in 1992, when NSP was privatized and the Public Utilities Act was rewritten.
In fact, this policy is far older. For many decades, the practice in Nova Scotia, and throughout North America, has been to charge the homeowner for residential line extensions beyond a certain fixed distance.
The following is quoted directly from the 1958 Annual Report of the Nova Scotia Public Utilities Board, which reported the Board's approval, effective April 14th, 1958, of the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company's rates and regulations. On page 139 we find:
"Service extensions shall be erected, owned and maintained by the Company over a cleared right-of-way provided by the customer. The length of a service extension shall be the distance from the center of the highway opposite the Company's nearest line pole to the customer's service entrance. When the use is domestic and the length of the service extension is greater than 300 feet, the customer shall contribute to the cost of the service extension fifteen dollars for each fifty feet, or part thereof, by which the length of the service extension is greater than 300 feet..."
This 1958 rule provided the first 300 feet free of charge. 300 feet converts to 91.4 metres. In 1999, according to the Frasers' letter, the first 92 metres is free. The length of the free extension has been unchanged for more than forty years.
This 1958 decision applied to the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company, but the other 27 electric utilities then operating in Nova Scotia all had similar rules for residential line extensions. Space does not allow me to quote them all.
In 1999, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's rule for residential line extensions, which the Frasers complain of, is identical to the rule in effect for the other six electric utility companies now operating in Nova Scotia.
The Frasers wrote: "We think the public has a right to know...". The public does know. For many decades, for all electric utilities in Nova Scotia and throughout North America, these rules have been in effect and on the public record. They are neither new nor secret nor unfair.
Ivan Smith, Canning, Nova Scotia
1958
The above letter refers to "the other 27 electric utilities" (in addition to NSL&P).
The complete list of 28 electric utilities operating in Nova Scotia in 1958 is as follows:
[G means government-owned; P means privately owned (non-government)]
1. G Town of Antigonish
2. G Town of Berwick
3. G Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
4. G Caledonia Power and Water Board, Glace Bay
5. P Canada Electric Company Limited
6. G Town of Canso
7. G Municipality of the District of Clare
8. G Digby County Power Board
9. G Town of Digby
10. G Town of Dominion
11. P Dominion Utilities Company Limited
12. P Eastern Light & Power Company Limited
13. P Edison Electric Light & Power Company Limited of Springhill
14. G Kentville Electric Commission
15. G Town of Liverpool
16. G Town of Lunenburg
17. G Town of Mahone Bay
18. P Milton Hydro Electric Company Limited
19. P Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited
20. G Nova Scotia Power Commission
21. G Pictou County Power Board
22. G Town of Pictou
23. G Riverport Electric Light Commission
24. P Seaboard Power Corporation Limited
25. G Town of Shelburne
26. G Truro Electric Commission
27. P Western Nova Scotia Electric Company Limited
28. G Commissioners for the Village of Weymouth
—Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1958, pages 449-450
(The PUB list omits the Nova Scotia Power Commission, which was exempt from PUB supervision.)
2001
The complete list of seven electric utilities* operating in Nova Scotia in 2001 is as follows:
[G means government-owned; P means privately owned (non-government)]
1. G Town of Antigonish
2. G Town of Berwick
3. G Town of Canso
4. P Emera Inc. (Nova Scotia Power Inc.)
5. G Town of Lunenburg
6. G Town of Mahone Bay
7. G Riverport Electric Light Commission
* NOTE: This list includes entities regulated as public utilities under the Public Utilities Act,
it does not include everyone who generates electricity.
Two new electrical public utilities were organized during the
year 1934, namely Cyril L. Parks serving the district of Noel in Hants
County, and the Pereaux Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd. serving the
district of Pereaux in Kings County. Two electrical public utilities
which have operated for a long time in Nova Scotia disappeared during
the year 1935, namely Dartmouth Gas, Electric Light, Heating &
Power Company Ltd, and Sackville River Electric Company Ltd.
—Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Reports, 1934 and 1935
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At the beginning of the twentieth century this rapidly growing area (Amherst, Nova Scotia) was in great need of electrical energy. Through the persistence of Hance Logan K.C. of Amherst, Mr. Edison was approached at his home in Orange, New Jersey for permission to test a theory in Nova Scotia regarding electrical output. Mr. Edison had suggested it would be cheaper to set up electrical generators at the source of fuel supply – rather than hauling coal to generating plants, wires would transport the power back to the factories. The Cumberland delegation was warmly received. Mr. Edison was enthusiastic about the matter, though unknown to the men, the key word was 'Nova Scotia' in their introduction. John Edison, Thomas Alva's great-grandfather, then living in New Jersey, barely escaped the hangman's noose at the time of the American Revolution (1776-1783). He had been imprisoned as a Tory sympathizer. By some unrecorded means his wife Sarah managed to rescue him. Ordered from the rebellious Thirteen Colonies, they fled to Digby, Nova Scotia. Their eldest son, Samuel, married in Nova Scotia; his sixth son Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. was born in August 1804. They emigrated to Ontario. Samuel Jr. grew up near Otter Lake, Ontario and took Nancy Elliot as his bride. To them was born a son which Samuel recorded in his family Bible: Thomas Alva Edison born Feb. 11, 1847. They had by now settled in Milan, Ohio. Grandfather Samuel is recorded as having told Thomas Alva of his Nova Scotia roots. The theory tested in Chignecto proved successful. Thomas Edison was invited to the grand opening event of the historical first electrical power plant at the source of fuel supply, a coal mine – the beginning of present day generating plants. This was in April 1907. The fact that Mr. Edison was vacationing in Florida* was all that prevented him from arriving in this little mining community. When he arrived home the following telegram was sent: Permit me to congratulate your board of trade and Senator Mitchell on the inauguration of the first power plant on the American Continent for the generation of electricity at the mouth of a coal mine and the distribution of same to distant commercial centres. It is a bold attempt and I never thought it would be first accomplished in Nova Scotia where my father was born over one hundred years ago.
Thomas A. Edison
Source: Cumberland County Genealogical Society
http://www.ccgs.ednet.ns.ca/cumb/cumbco.htm
* This was 1907. There were no airlines flying passengers anywhere.
Long-distance travel by highway was slow, tedious, and difficult.
The best passenger transportation service available was the railways.
Mr. Edison would need four days to travel from Florida to Nova Scotia
and another four days to return.
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2015 Nov 09 A New Electricity Plan for Nova Scotia Energy Minister Michel Samson released Our Electricity Future: Nova Scotia's Electricity Plan, the province's 25-year electricity plan today, November 9th, at the NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth. The plan reflects findings from the year-long Electricity System Review, which heard from more than 1,300 Nova Scotians and technical experts. For the first time, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board will set clear performance and reliability standards for Nova Scotia Power with regular reporting requirements. Under the plan, Nova Scotia Power could face penalties of up to $1 million annually if it does not meet performance standards. Penalties will not impact rates, but will be paid for by shareholders. Power bills have two parts. The general rate charged by Nova Scotia Power and a base fuel cost. Through legislation, government will bring in a new three-year rate stability period, from 2017-19, during which power rates will be known by Nova Scotians upfront. To achieve this, Nova Scotia Power will have until April 30 to request a change to the general rate for non-fuel costs during this period. This year, Nova Scotia reached its target of generating 25 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources, like wind, hydro and biomass. The plan includes the government's decision to allow renewable generators to sell directly to customers. N.S. Energy Department |
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2015 Sep 04 Emera Inc. to purchase TECO Energy for $10.4B US Will be one of the 20 largest energy utilities in North America The parent company of Nova Scotia Power, Emera, is acquiring U.S. energy company TECO for $10.4 billion US. The deal has been approved by TECO's board of directors and is expected to close by mid-2016, once it has been cleared with federal regulators as well as state regulators in Florida and New Mexico where TECO has operations. More than half of Emera's assets – 56 per cent – will now be in Florida, followed by 23 per cent in Canada, ten per cent in New England, six per cent in New Mexico and five per cent in the Caribbean. Emera says the sale will make it one of the 20 largest energy utilities in North America. CBC News |
2015 Sep 07 TECO Energy to be Scooped Up by Canadian Utility Emera Shares of Tampa, Florida-based TECO Energy, Inc. jumped 23.4% in after hours trading on Friday, September 4th, when the company announced that it is in talks to be acquired by Canada-based Emera Incorporated for a deal valued at about $6.48 billion in cash. Head- quartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Emera is an energy holding company that conducts business in electricity generation, transmission and distribution as well as gas transmission and utility services. This geographically diversified energy company has about $10 billion in assets and generated revenues of nearly $3 billion in 2014. Nasdaq News, New York |
2015 Sep 14 Nalcor preparing for land cable installation in Shoal Cove Cables for Strait of Belle Isle Nalcor was moving huge cable reels along route 430 on the Northern Peninsula last week, from St. Barbe to it's Shoal Cove location on the south shore of the Strait of Belle Isle, as part of the construction of the high voltage underwater cable crossing of the Strait, to bring 900 megawatts (1 200 000 horsepower) of electric power from Muskrat Falls to Newfoundland Island. Northern Pen, St. Anthony |
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2015 Aug 26 Lingan to feel effects of green power shift Tony Stevens, born and raised in Glace Bay, started his career at the old Seaboard (since-demolished) coal-fired generating plant in Glace Bay in the 1980s. He has since worked as a millwright all across the province for Nova Scotia Power during his 28-year career with the company. He recently returned home to oversee the rebuilding of one of Lingan power plant's four generators and to take one offline in anticipation of hydroelectric power coming in 2017 from the Muskrat Falls project in Newfoundland and Labrador. Stevens started his career at the old Seaboard (now-demolished) coal-fired plant in Glace Bay in the 1980s. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Reference: • Tony Stevens returns to Lingan Nova Scotia Power, September 2, 2013 |
2015 Aug 28 Point Tupper plant can't meet targets Point Tupper biomass-fueled generating plant can't meet targets Nova Scotia Power Inc.'s under-performing biomass plant in Point Tupper will save ratepayers more than $9 million in annual fuel costs, starting in 2016, because it is incapable of meeting its output targets. The plant is operating at about 70 per cent of its gross capacity of 63.8 megawatts. At its best, it can produce 80 per cent of the power originally required under Renewable Electricity Regulations, according to recent evidence [2016 FAM Base Cost of Fuel Application – filed August 10th with the UARB – available in the Board's website as Exhibit N-1 under Matter Number M06962] on fuel costs prepared by the utility for a forthcoming hearing on fuel costs. “Plant maintenance” and “moisture” levels in the fuel stock have reduced the output of the plant, according to the utility [see page 50 of Exhibit N-1 under M06962]. In a filing made to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board on August 10th, in relation to resetting the base cost of fuel, the utility said it expects the biomass plant will continue to operate at these low levels “in 2015 and 2016” [see page 50 of Exhibit N-1 under M06962]. The shortfall in power from the plant will be met by other forms of renewable energy, and the utility says it can still hit provincial targets for renewable energy. Less power coming from the costly biomass plant means less money is being spent on fuel stock, so NSPI ratepayers will be charged less for the fuel component of their bills when the utility resets the base cost of fuel in 2016. But even though about $9 million will be subtracted from the utility's annual fuel costs, starting next year, the base cost of fuel will still be set $111.4 million higher than in 2014, when the base cost of fuel was set at $450.7 million. Variations above or below the base cost are added to or subtracted from power bills in the following year. Nova Scotia Power owns the Port Hawkesbury biomass plant (PHB) – including the boiler, the fuel-handling and preparation equipment, the steam turbine and the electric generator. It is annexed to the mill owned by Port Hawkesbury Paper LP, which pays for steam drawn from the plant but not for electricity generated at the plant. Power produced from the biomass plant is more costly for ratepayers than power generated from coal and sometimes also from natural gas, but the government requires the utility to operate the plant regardless of cost. The Nova Scotia Renewable Electricity Regulations require NS Power to operate PHB “as a base-loaded unit producing as close as practical to the rated output on a continuous basis” [see page 50 of Exhibit N-1 under M06962]. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Cost of Electricity supplied by Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) to Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) in Q2 (April-June) 2015 • See “PHP LRT Q2 2015 Report Appendix B” Page 1 of 6 Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) Load Retention Tariff (LRT) Source— Letter from NSPI to UARB dated July 31, 2015 [Exhibit N-14 (9 pages) under M05803]
LOAD RETENTION TARIFF PRICING MECHANISM
0.150 cents/kWh = 0.00150 dollars/kWh 0.117 cents/kWh = 0.00117 dollars/kWh 0.20 cents/kWh = 0.0020 dollars/kWh Summary of PHP's Cost of Electricity supplied by NS Power for the Q1 (January-March) 2015 Billing Period Total Billed = $ 12 366 856 • UARB Decision - Pacific West Commercial Corporation - 2012 NSUARB 126 In the spring of 2010 NewPage Paper and Nova Scotia Power Inc. reached agreement to develop a 60 megawatt biomass co-generation plant at the NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Part of this agreement between the two parties included the purchase of the Number 3 power boiler by NSPI from NewPage. Babcock and Wilcox was contracted to perform an inspection of all accessible boiler components during the week of December 16th, 2011. The findings from this inspection are discussed in the B&W report [available as part of Exhibit N-8 (55 pages) in Matter Number M05998]. Under normal full-load working conditions, this boiler operates at a pressure of 7000 kilopascals [1015 pounds per square inch] with an evaporation rate of 60 kilograms [62 litres] per second. Previously Secret Documents to be Released
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2015 Aug 23 Two lightning strikes affect thousands of power customers in N.S. Power outages for tens of thousands in the Dartmouth-Halifax area A Nova Scotia Power spokesman said crews were working to restore electricity Sunday, August 23rd, after lightning hit the high-voltage grid transmission line that runs along Magazine Hill to the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth. CTV Atlantic News |
2015 Aug 26 Nova Scotia Power says IT issue reason for communication failure The Utility and Review Board wants an explanation from Nova Scotia Power Nearly 100,000 Nova Scotia Power customers without power after two lightning strikes on Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23. But there wasn't an outage listing when one customer without power went on the Nova Scotia Power website. Several people reported being unable to find information about the outage online or by phone. "We apologize for the inconvenience our customers experienced," Nova Scotia Power said in a statement (sent to CTV News, but not to the affected customers, not made available to the public, and not posted anywhere in the NS Power website). "We had an IT (information technology) problem Saturday afternoon (August 22nd) that prevented information from getting to our website. We had the issue fixed Saturday evening and systems were all working later that evening." Following post-tropical storm Arthur in July 2014, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board asked the power company to review its communications systems. Now it's asking them to do it again. Nova Scotia Power has not commented on what kind of IT issue occurred. The Utility and Review Board has asked for a full explanation. CTV Atlantic News The Board is aware there was a significant power outage on Saturday afternoon, August 22, 2015, as a result of a lightning strike. At 5:35pm that afternoon the NSPI website was checked and no outages were shown on the outage map. The Board believes at that time, however, a substantial number of customers were still without power. The Board requests an explanation with respect to the apparent failure of the outage map to show the Saturday afternoon outages. Next above is the complete text of a letter on the letterhead of the Nova Scotia and Review Board, dated August 25, 2015, emailed to Nova Scotia Power Inc. A copy of this letter is available to anyone interested, in the Board's website under Matter Number M06321 “Board Letter inquiring about the August 22nd Power Outage” |
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2015 Aug 19 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: June 2015 [53 pages] This report covers construction activities
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2015 Aug 15 Strait of Belle Isle cables - Manufacturing Site Visit Independent Engineer's Report - Strait of Belle Isle underwater cables On March 19, 2015, the Independent Engineer (IE), MWH, together with Lower Churchill Management Corporation (LCMC) and Nippon High Voltage Cable Corporation (NVC) representatives, performed plant and project equipment inspection at the NVC fabrication facility in Fittsu-Shi, Yokohama, Japan. The purpose of this plant inspection was to verify the status of NVC's work on the Strait of Belle Isle (SOBI) underwater cables under the Lower Churchill Project (LCP) Contract and to review their Quality Assurance/Control process for the manufacture of the three SOBI underwater cables as well as the High Voltage underground cables for the shoreline (landfall) drilled tunnels. Submarine and High Voltage (HV) Underground Cable manufacturing is a continuous, conveyer-based process that requires extreme precision, controlled and at many stations a dust-free environment. The tour started at the Drawing and Stranding operation where the profiled copper wires are fed into the conveyer in a proper sequence forming a tightly wound internal core – the main copper conductor. Following this is the Paper Lapping operation where the main insulation layer (multiple layers of special high-density craft paper) is created. The process continues into the Drying and Impregnation operation... The cable then moves into the PE (polyethylene) Taping, galvanized steel wire Armoring and finally PE Jacketing operation. After the PE tape installation, and before the steel armoring, a fiber optic system/cable is also fed into the conveyer and integrated into the main cable system. The fiber optic cable is the main communication and temperature monitoring system... One matter discussed was the recent introduction of a mid-point field joint splicing of the submarine cables... MWH Independent Engineer's March 2015 Visit to NVC Plant in Japan |
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2015 Aug 14 Innu continue protest against alleged racism at Muskrat Falls A blockade at the Muskrat Falls construction site continued Friday, August 14th, amid charges of racism at the work site. Innu began protesting after a worker was allegedly kicked in the head by another worker. The NunatuKavut Community Council has added its voice to the protesters. • NTV News video clip 0:56 |
2015 Aug 14 Point Tupper paper mill enjoys NSP cost shelter Utility's major client billed mostly for thermal power; others pay more for renewables. Nova Scotia Power Inc.'s largest customer, Port Hawkesbury Paper LP, is being shielded* from mounting fuel costs falling on other ratepayers. The formula for calculating the mill's cost of fuel excludes renewable energy. While Port Hawkesbury Paper is billed primarily for cheaper thermal power, the rest of us pay for the boutique stuff coming from small-scale renewable energy projects. The utility made this clear in a document [2016 FAM Base Cost of Fuel Application – available in the Board's website as Exhibit N-1 in Matter Number M06962] filed Monday, August 10th, with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to support an increase in the base cost of fuel for 2016. Nova Scotia Power predicts the base cost will rise $111.4 million above the previous base rate of $450.7 million set in 2014. Due to outstanding debits and credits in the fuel accounts managed by the utility, this overall increase in fuel costs will have varying effects on ratepayer classes. Industrial ratepayers and larger commercial classes will likely see increases of up to four per cent in the fuel component of rates, while smaller commercial class and residential ratepayers will see slight reductions. The paper mill in Point Tupper, however, has a favourable* contract with the utility that protects it from the escalating cost of premium-priced renewable energy being supplied to the utility through the Community Feed-in Tariff Program (COMFIT) — which the province cancelled on August 6th due to pressure on power rates — and several large renewable energy projects. About two-thirds, or $77 million, of this forecast increase in base fuel costs reflects a tenfold increase in the amount of electricity sourced through the renewable energy program. Because the formula for calculating the mill's cost of fuel excludes renewable energy and is heavily weighted to cheaper fuels, other "customers are therefore responsible for costs associated with more expensive generation from renewables such as COMFIT," Nova Scotia Power stated (on page 41) in its 265-page application [Exhibit N-1 in Matter Number M06962]. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax * Port Hawksbury Paper relies on the load retention tariff. This rate is granted to existing large industrial customers only in circumstances where retaining the customers' load, at the price offered by this rate, is better for other electric customers than losing the load in question. Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) is the single largest consumer of electric power in the province, with estimated peak hourly load of 132 MW. Source— Footnote 4 in "Market Trends for the Supply and Demand of Electricity in Nova Scotia" [available in the Board's website as Exhibit E-66 in Matter Number M06733] References
M06023 Port Hawkesbury Paper LP - Load Retention Tariff Pilot
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2015 Aug 12 Utility Board sides with EfficiencyOne on program spending Agency to deal with 10 per cent budget reduction The province's Utility and Review Board has sided with EfficiencyOne in its battle with Nova Scotia Power over how much should be spent on electricity conservation programs. EfficiencyOne has won its battle with Nova Scotia Power over how much should be spent on electricity conservation programs, although the agency will get to spend 10% less than it had proposed. The provincial Utility and Review Board approved a $102.1 million, three- year spending plan Wednesday, August 12th, for the non-profit agency. EfficiencyOne's budget will be $33.2 million next year, $34 million in 2017 and $34.9 million in 2018. Even with the lower approved amount, spending is still higher than the level wanted by the power company and the Energy Department. The $35 million being spent on conservation programs this year was legislated by the province when it restructured efficiency programs. The amount will be covered by ratepayers over an eight-year period, starting in 2016. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax UARB Decision Table of Contents
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2015 Aug 12 UARB sets cost of Nova Scotia Power's energy efficiency programs The provincial regulator has sided with a non-profit agency and ordered Nova Scotia Power to spend more than $33 million annually on energy efficiency programs over the next three years. In a decision released Wednesday, August 12th, the Utility and Review Board rejected a proposal from the power company to spend just $22 million per year on its 2016-18 Demand-Side Management plan. "While NSPI's Plan may meet the test of short term affordability, it does not do it in a manner that is in the best interests of Nova Scotia Power Incorpor- ated's customers, who also must be given the opportunity to achieve long-term cost savings," states the Board in its decision. The Board notes in Wednesday's decision that Nova Scotia Power customers have been paying about $40 million per year for Demand-Side Management since 2011. CTV Atlantic News References: • Nova Scotia Consumer Advocate defends EfficiencyOne Nova Scotia Power says Energy conservation programs are just too expensive. Nova Scotia's consumer advocate John Merrick disagrees. CBC Information Morning audio clip 7:14 June 8, 2015 • Deadline looms for public intervenors as Nova Scotia Power tries to cut EfficiencyOne At issue is a $16.5 million difference of opinion. NSP declined an interview request, but in its submission [available in the Board's website as Exhibit E-8 in Matter Number M06733, dated April 10, 2015] to the Review Board, it called EfficienyOne's proposal "neither cost-effective nor affordable" and said its own proposal "mitigates rate pressure for customers." Global News, June 8, 2015 |
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2015 Aug 06 Nova Scotia program to encourage small-scale energy producers ended by province The Nova Scotia government has ended a program that guaranteed small-scale energy producers a sustainable price for their electricity, saying to continue the program would result in rising electricity prices. Energy Minister Michel Samson said the Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) program has served its purpose by encouraging renewable energy projects capable of producing 125 megawatts of electricity by the end of this year. Samson said a review by his department found no new generation is needed and that Nova Scotians pay more for energy from small-scale, community- based projects than from other sources. He said effective immediately, no new appli- cations will be considered, while unapproved extensions and lapsed permit renewals will be considered on a case-by-case basis and processed within 60 days. Global News |
2015 Aug 08 Digby Port Days focusing on renewable energy Digby County aiming to become the “greenest county” in Nova Scotia "Ride the Green Wave" is the theme for this year's Digby Port Days and Renewable Energy Symposium scheduled for Sept. 17-19. The theme is based upon Digby County's aspiration to become the "greenest county" in Nova Scotia, say organizers. With With the upcoming tidal projects in the Bay of Fundy, Port Days will continue the tidal discussion and also take a look at other influences on the port of Digby. Digby Port Days will be opened by Energy Minister Michel Samson on Thursday, Sept. 17th. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2015 Aug 12 Aecon riding wave of tidal power Aecon in Pictou continues to boom In April 2015, Aecon Atlantic Industrial Inc. – with manufacturing operations in both Pictou and Dartmouth – was awarded a contract through Emera and OpenHydro for the con- struction of underwater turbines amounting to almost $25 million, shared with Lengkeek in Dartmouth for barge design services. This project has seen the hiring of 100 new employees between Dartmouth and Pictou. A total of 150 employees in the Pictou Aecon location and 100 employees in the Dartmouth plant are working on the construction of the barge, turbine underwater bases, rotors andstators, end caps and recovery frame. Located at the Bay of Fundy FORCE site, near Parrsboro, the first phase of Cape Sharp Tidal will see the construction of two underwater turbines by Aecon. Aecon has been contracted to construct the barge as well as the turbine components. Assembly of the turbines will begin within the next couple of weeks. Aecon's work involved in creating the first two turbines and the barge amounts to about 140,000 hours. The Advocate, Pictou |
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2015 Aug 05 Middle Sackville residents upset about noise from Hefler biomass project More than 25 residents of the Middle Sackville area have complained to Councillor Brad Johns about the noise being generated by the biomass project at Hefler Forest Products. Councillor Brad Johns (Upper/Middle Sackville-Beaver Bank, Halifax Regional Municipality) said Wednesday, August 5th, he started getting complaints in late June 2015 about the release of steam from the new biomass plant at Hefler Forest Products. The sporadic noise, which occurs day and night, sounds like a jet engine and can last for up to three hours, Johns said. The Hefler operation recently installed the biomass generator, which is fueled by sawmill waste – bark, slabs and edgings from the first cuts off a debarked log, sawdust, planer shavings – to fire a high-pressure boiler to run a steam turbine driving an electric generator, with exhaust steam from the turbine used for heating its drying kiln. Surplus power from the Lucasville Road site will be fed to the provincial grid as part of the province's Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) program. Johns said Hefler officials said a month ago the noisy steam release would continue for a couple of weeks while the generator was temporarily off-line due to an equipment problem. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax The Hefler plant will generate 3.1 megawatts (4100 horsepower). The COMFIT rate paid by Nova Scotia Power to community- based Combined Heat and Power (CHP) biomass-fueled generating plants is $175 per megawatthour (17.5¢ per kWh) References: • Sackville Green Energy Project Approved Nova Scotia Department of Energy, August 2, 2013 • Biomass project gets OK from province Halifax Chronicle-Herald, August 2, 2013 • Sackville's Hefler Forest Products receives COMFIT approval Hefler Forest Product Ltd., located at 230 Lucasville Road, received approval today (Aug. 2, 2013) to outfit their operation with a small biomass power plant, as part of the province's Community Feed-in Tariff program. • Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee, HRM Halifax Regional Municipality, May 2, 2013 Hefler Forest Products regarding COMFIT Application • KMW Energy system, modules based on standard components KMW's proprietary moving grate combustion system is the most fuel-efficient system available |
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2015 Jul 22 Church goes green, sells unused energy to Nova Scotia Power A Nova Scotia church is going green with heat pumps and solar panels. The Cornerstone Wesleyan Church in Hammonds Plains, Halifax Regional Municipality, is believed to be the first church east of Ontario to be producing energy and selling what it doesn't use. As of last week, the church is producing power through 44 solar panels on the roof. The utility company says about 180 customers across the province are using their own source of renewable energy to help power their homes and businesses. CTV News |
2015 Jul 29 Link + tidal could power Nova Scotia with 100% renewable energy By spring, Chris Huskilson of Emera may know whether his vision of renewable energy generation for Nova Scotia will be realized within a few years. Emera, Nova Scotia Power Inc.'s parent company, is in a joint venture with Irish company OpenHydro that plans to generate tidal energy for the Nova Scotia power grid beginning late this year. If Cape Sharp Tidal succeeds, tidal power could take off. In an editorial board meeting at The Chronicle Herald earlier this month, Huskilson said the fluctuating nature of tidal power is a perfect fit with the Maritime Link, now being built to connect Nova Scotia to Labrador's Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. The Link is to bring hydroelectric power from Labrador into the Nova Scotia grid in 2017. With hydroelectric power providing 70 percent of our renewable energy, tidal power could provide another 30 percent, with the possibility of complete renewable energy in the province in the not-too-distant future, says Huskilson. Excess renewable power could be sold in the New England market, where clean air legislation is coming into effect. This all, of course, hinges on the success of two 300-tonne turbines, each 16 metres (52 feet) in diameter, that will sit about seven metres off the ocean floor on 700-tonne triangular bases. The turbines and a specialized barge are being built by Aecon Group Inc. in Pictou. Hawboldt Industries of Chester is designing and building heavy-lift winches. Cape Sharp's contracts to date are worth more than $30 million. The two-MW turbines are to go into the water late this year. James Ives, CEO of OpenHydro, refers to the Bay of Fundy as a signature tidal power site. Off Black Rock, the maximum water flow is four cubic kilometres per hour, estimated to equal the average flow of all the world's rivers and streams combined. Cape Sharp plans to generate four megawatts (5400 horsepower) of power from its two turbines this winter and is committed to installing an array of turbines, perhaps at another site, to produce a total of 16 megawatts (21 500 horsepower) in 2017. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Jul 20 “These are first steps towards creating a national grid”: Ontario in talks to buy power from Newfoundland Ontario is the latest customer to line up to purchase Newfoundland and Labrador's growing supply of hydroelectricity in a move that could one day lead to a “national grid.” The nearly $7.7-billion Muskrat Falls project includes new transmission lines through Nova Scotia, which will also buy a chunk of the power churned out. Those lines continue into many northeastern U.S. states, some of whom have also expressed interest or signed up to buy some of Muskrat Falls' over 800 megawatts of power once it's online in 2017. The Gull Islands project, which is still in planning stages, would add another 2,250 megawatts to Newfoundland's generation capacity around the end of the decade. National Post |
2015 Jul 20 Provinces working together on deal to transfer hydroelectric power Days after Ontario's Premier toured Muskrat Falls, Ontario's Energy Minister and Newfoundland and Labrador's Natural Resources Minister have created a working group to study buying power from Muskrat Falls. • NTV News video clip 2:44 |
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2015 Jul 20 Newfoundland to examine potential hydro sales to Ontario The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is exploring the idea of selling electricity to Ontario. NL Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley says the commitment was made today with Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli at the 2015 Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference in Halifax. Dalley says the announcement follows last week's agreement by provincial premiers meeting in Newfoundland on the Canadian Energy Strategy. He says the two provinces will discuss opportunities presented by the $8.6 billion Lower Churchill hydroelectric project in Labrador and other options. Globe and Mail |
2015 Jul 20 Premiers impressed by Muskrat Falls during tour Ontario premier calls Muskrat Falls an example of a “national project” The four premiers who attended the tour, along with Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley and Justice and Public Safety Minister Darin King, first flew over the Muskrat Falls tour by helicopter. They then did a tour by bus, seeing the construction of the massive spillway and powerhouse facilities. The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
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2015 Jul 18 Premiers' clash leads to unprecedented energy agreement A national energy strategy was the big item on the agenda during the annual summer meeting for Canada's premiers, held this year in St. John's. Despite heated discussions, tough words and "frank", "vigorous" debates, Canada's premiers compromised this week to create a long-anticipated national energy strategy. CBC News |
2015 Jul 19 Nalcor CEO says Astaldi picking up pace at Muskrat Falls Nalcor CEO Ed Martin says contractor Astaldi has picked up the pace at the Muskrat Falls project, which is running behind schedule. • NTV News video clip 2:23 Reference: 2015 May 14 Muskrat Falls transmission corridor under construction on Northern Peninsula Construction continues for the biggest public works project in the province's history. The Muskrat Falls worksite extends all the way from central Labrador to the Avalon Peninsula on the eastern side of Newfoundland Island. • NTV News video clip 2:07 |
2015 Jul 20 Ontario eyeing Lower Churchill hydroelectric power from Labrador Energy ministers from Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario say the two provinces are working together on a deal to transfer hydroelectric power. Ontario's Bob Chiarelli and Newfoundland and Labrador's Derrick Dalley said in a joint statement Monday they are "committed to exploring opportunities for importing clean and reliable electricity" that would be generated through the Lower Churchill hydroelectric project. Such an arrangement would include the as-yet-undeveloped Gull Island project in central Labrador, which is three times the size of the Muskrat Falls power project now under construction near Happy Valley-Goose Bay. CBC News |
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2015 Jul 17 National energy strategy OK'd at meeting of premiers Canada's premiers and territorial leaders have reached a deal on a Canadian energy strategy they say supports common energy interests and addresses climate change, after two days of intense and at times tense discussions in St. John's. Agreement on a national plan to guide future energy projects while also protecting the environment ha s been on the premiers' agenda since 2012. CBC News Finding online copies of official documents in the UARB website |
2015 Jul 17 Maritime Link expropriation opposed by 16 landowners in Cape Breton 300 property deals already settled for Maritime Link power corridor Proponents of the Maritime Link will ask the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to determine a fair market value for 16 properties in Cape Breton County that have been earmarked for expropriation. The Maritime Link – bringing electric power from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador – will cross Cabot Strait in two underwater high-voltage cables and will come ashore in Cape Breton at the Point Aconi generating station. There the cables will be connected to an overhead power line carried on steel towers, and pass over private properties about 37km to Woodbine. Emera will own the Maritime Link and has been working for months to secure a corridor (right-of-way) in Cape Breton. The company says it has already settled with 300 landowners. There are 16 holdouts... CBC News
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2014 July 31 Application for Expropriation Pursuant to the Maritime Link Act Before the building of the Maritime Link begins, Nova Scotia Power Maritime Link Inc. (NSPML), a subsidiary of Emera Inc., has begun to acquire easements over the land necessary to build the transmission line for the project from Point Aconi to the Woodbine substation and a smaller grounding line from Woodbine to Big Lorraine. The requested easement gives NSPML a right-of-way to put up power poles and towers, as well as the legal ability to access, secure and maintain that infrastructure. NSPML has been negotiating easements for more than 300 properties over the past two-and-a-half years and has reached agreement, or is close to agreement, with many property owners. NSPML applied for expropriation of 57 properties on May 9, 2014 and was approved by the Governor in Council (the Nova Scotia government) on July 15, 2014. The Maritime Link project has submitted a second application to expropriate easements in 30 properties in Cape Breton. On July 31, 2014, the Maritime Link project submitted a second application to expropriate easements in 30 properties in Cape Breton. Most of the properties are along the low-voltage grounding line from Woodbine to Big Lorraine, and six properties along the high-voltage transmission route from Point Aconi to Woodbine. Over the past 30 months the project has been negotiating easements for more than 300 properties and has reached agreement, or is close to agreement, with many property owners... The location of the new properties listed can be viewed online at energy.novascotia.ca/maritimelinkmap or at the Land Registration Office for Cape Breton County at 380 Kings Road in Sydney. Nova Scotia Department of Energy, July 31, 2014 References: • Maritime Link expropriation opposed by 16 landowners in Cape Breton Percy MacKenzie of George's River is one of 16 Cape Breton residents resisting having their land expropriated for the Maritime Link CBC News, July 17, 2015 • Maritime Link expropriation compensation to go to Review Board The Utility and Review Board (UARB) will determine the compensation owing to Margaret Rose Jessome for expropriation of a transmission line easement over land located at 57 Point Aconi Road, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton County. The transmission corridor runs close to her one-storey, three-bedroom home on Point Aconi Road. Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 26, 2015 • Compensation for Land - Who Decides the Final Value? In all jurisdictions in Canada, if the authority and the landowner cannot reach an agreement on compensation, the parties have a right to have the issue determined... The forum in which a case is heard is determined by the governing expropriation legislation of the specific Province... The discretion that a Court or tribunal can exercise requires expropriation lawyers presenting cases to be very familiar with the rules of evidence and the forms of evidence that establish the value of land or injurious affection... The evidence establishing comparable sales, legal permissibility, physical possibility and other elements of value must be placed before the Court or tribunal and preferably from independent sources outside of the landowner and the appraiser... Patterson Law Expropriation Blog, February 6, 2015 • Landowners ask UARB to resolve Maritime Link expropriation dispute Cape Breton Post, December 22, 2014 (Re: A Claim by Arthur Alexander Ormiston and Elaine Frampton, c/o Cupids Cove Developments Ltd. regarding the expropriation of land by NSP Maritime Link Inc. UARB Matter Number M06608, December 18, 2014) • New properties to be expropriated as part of Maritime Link Cape Breton Post, August 7, 2014 • Application for Expropriation Pursuant to the Maritime Link Act Nova Scotia Department of Energy, July 31, 2014 • Land expropriation application approved for Maritime Link Cape Breton Post, July 18, 2014 • Robert Pineo with Patterson Law in Halifax spoke with Reporter Joan Weeks He says landowners who could have land expropriated for the Maritime Link project should seek legal advice before they sign any deal. [Audio 5:38] CBC Radio One, July 8, 2014 • Maritime Link Granted Expropriation Power The Nova Scotia government has approved the Maritime Link project that will see hydroelectric electricity produced at Muskrat Falls, in Labrador, transmitted to Nova Scotia and points west of the province. To accomplish the construction of the Maritime Link, the Nova Scotia Government passed the Maritime Link Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia (SNS) 2012, chapter 9 in 2012. The Maritime Link Act provides the power of expropriation to the developer of the Maritime Link. The power of expropriation granted in the Maritime Link Act is broad: "any land that [Maritime Link Incorporated] considers necessary or useful" may be expropriated... Patterson Law Expropriation Blog, June 18, 2014 • Engineering Review of the Maritime Link Project [104 pages] Hatch Ltd., January 26, 2013 • Maritime Link Act, chapter 9 of the acts of 2012 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia, May 17, 2012
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2014 Jul 16 Nalcor Energy Marketing looks to ship it out to Boston Massachusetts governor says Canadian hydro key to meeting climate change goals In its Lower Churchill project agreements, Nalcor Energy secured 330 megawatts of firm transmission capacity from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, through to the Maine border – pay-as-you-go. On July 9th, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker introduced the "Global Warming Solutions Act" legislation that would require electric distribution companies to take on more hydroelectric power from Canada, under long-term contracts of 15 to 25 years. "The (climate change) goals we chose were aggressive ones – a reduction of 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and a reduction of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050," he said, in a statement introducing the bill. The assumption in the state's climate change plan, the governor said, was Massachusetts would take in as much as 1,200 megawatts of hydro from Canada by 2020. The new legislation is meant to kick-start the securing of that power and more. The Pilot, Lewisporte References: • An Act Relative to energy sector compliance with the Global Warming Solutions Act Governor's Filing Letter to Massachusetts Legislature, July 9, 2015 • Baker's bill would boost hydropower supply from Canada Boston Globe, July 9, 2015 • Massachusetts Gov. Baker files hydropower bill Boston Herald, July 9, 2015 • Baker files Canadian hydroelectricity bill CommonWealth Magazine, July 9, 2015 • Massachusetts Gov. Baker files hydropower bill The Washington Times, July 9, 2015 • Patrick makes a push to help hydropower Boston Globe, December 9, 2014
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2015 Jul 15 Premiers impressed by Muskrat Falls during tour Ontario premier calls Muskrat Falls an example of a “national project” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne hailed and praised the Muskrat Falls hydro project as a “national project” during a recent tour of the construction site. Wynne, along with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis, Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, and Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, toured the site on Tuesday, July 14th. Wynne also stressed the need for provinces to work together on issues of energy production. "A project this scale is really a national project," Wynne said. "I think it's really important that we start to look at our resources in a national framework." The Ontario premier also indicated her province might be interested in importing Muskrat Falls power from Newfoundland and Labrador when the project begins operation. The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
2015 Jul 15 Kathleen Wynne tours Muskrat Falls, wants to “work together” with N.L. on energy Wynne, trying “not to be jealous”, is interested in the potential of hydroelectric energy in Labrador Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne got a chance to see the Muskrat Falls site up close on Tuesday, July 14th, as Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis pitched his counterparts on renewable power. Provincial and territorial leaders are in Happy Valley- Goose Bay primarily to talk about aboriginal issue s on Wednesday. On Tuesday Davis helped lead a tour of the Muskrat Falls megaproject, which is now under construction near the town. After seeing the site, Wynne expressed interest in the potential of hydro- electric energy in Labrador. “I try not to covet our neighbours' resources, but to find ways of working together.” CBC News |
2015 Jul 16 Premiers edge toward energy strategy at Council of the Federation Canada's premiers are edging closer to adopting a national energy strategy at the Council of the Federation meeting in St. John's on Thursday, July 16th. Nova Scotia's Premier Stephen McNeil spoke about the need for open transmission of electric power between provinces. • NTV News video clip 2:48 |
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2015 Jul 14 Big platforms to record data on big tides Platforms to provide key data needed to harness huge power The fact that the Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world is already well known. But newunderwater monitoring platforms will help scientists better understand the unique characteristics of the area as companies prepare to harness power from those tides. The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, also known as FORCE, officially unveiled the two platforms – which are part of the $6.8-million Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) program – to the public in Dartmouth on Tuesday, July 14th. The platforms will measure and provide data on currents and turbulence, marine life activity, noise levels and seabed stability. The program, including the two monitoring platforms, came from experience and observation at the centre site in Parrsboro and the harsh conditions of Minas Passage. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Jul 14 Premiers meeting in Labrador to focus on aboriginal issues, Muskrat Falls The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project will be a topic discussed at the premiers' meetings in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Premiers from almost every province and territory in Canada are converging in Labrador Tuesday, July 14th, with an agenda that emphasizes aboriginal issues. Also on the agenda is a tour of the Muskrat Falls hydro- electric megaproject, which is under construction near Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The meetings in Labrador are a chance to get other provinces interested in Newfoundland and Labrador's hydroelectricity. Ontario's Kathleen Wynn is expected to be one of the premiers touring the Muskrat Falls project on Tuesday. CBC News |
2015 Jul 14 Davis takes fellow premiers on tour of Muskrat Falls Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, took some of his fellow premiers on a tour of the Muskrat Falls construction site on Tuesday, July 14th. He was trying to drum up interest in buying surplus power ahead of this week's Council of the Federation meetings. • NTV News video clip 2:12 |
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2015 Jul 03 Provincial Government Releases Oversight Report on Muskrat Falls Project to March 31, 2015 Today, the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador released the Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee's report for the quarter January-March 2015. The 39-page report includes an assessment of project costs, schedule, and risk management. In addition, it provides information from Nalcor regarding identified risks in response to the Committee's questions. The Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee was established in March 2014 to formalize and strengthen existing oversight of the Muskrat Falls Project. In making its observations, the Committee uses an extensive reporting framework, which includes project reports regularly generated by Nalcor, information specifically requested by the Committee, and information required by the Independent Engineer. Natural Resources Department Newfoundland and Labrador Total Project costs include construction costs of $6.99 billion plus interest and other financing costs of $1.3 billion that will be incurred during construction, for an estimated total of $8.29 billion... Critical path to first power remains for December 2017; however, risk levels for some key activities have increased... |
2015 Jul 03 Oversight report shows Muskrat Falls falling further behind schedule The latest oversight report on Muskrat Falls shows the project is falling even further behind schedule, but Nalcor says it is still aiming for first power in December 2017. • NTV News video clip 0:39 |
2015 Jul 07 Public heads underground to tour Wreck Cove Hydro facility "We can go from zero megawatts to 200 megawatts in under ten minutes" The Wreck Cove Hydroelectric Generating Plant opened its doors on Tuesday, July 7th, to public tours of its underground power producing facility. Hundreds lined up to tour the 35-year-old power plant, located in Victoria County about 20 km south from Ingonish. Nova Scotia Power's 202 mega- watt power plant that's carved out of the side of a mountain and looks like the lair of a James Bond villain was in full operation during Tuesday's tour. The generating plant can go from zero to full output in under ten minutes, a feature that is especially useful to the electric power system whenever there is a sudden loss of generating capacity anywhere in the province or in New Brunswick. The plant usually is remote operated from the Ragged Lake control room in Halifax but the system allows for local control if needed. Cape Breton Post, Sydney 202 megawatts = 270 000 horsepower |
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2015 Jun 30 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter June 2015 • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page As of June 11th, all 34 turbines were producing power and delivering it to the provincial grid at 138 000 volts. See this map to view the turbine layout and numbers. Note: This map does not work in some browsers. For best results, the Chrome browser is recommended. South Canoe is Nova Scotia's largest Wind Farm. South Canoe economic benefits • 34 turbines
All of the turbines have the same capacity and were produced by the same manufacturer. The price for each turbine is the same. If there is a problem with any individual turbine – if it fails to operate or requires repairs – the required wind production will be met by all the turbines jointly, rather than those belonging to the party that owns that turbine. Similarly, the costs of repairs and maintenance are shared (pro-rated) among the parties. The South Canoe Wind Project has 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower Reference: • Pushing wind power to the max With enhanced technology using data to modify and adapt performance, wind farms are able to produce more output and reduce the cost of renewable energy. By increasing communication between turbines, the objective is to increase output by five per cent and decrease impacts from the wake effect to make wind energy more competitive. |
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South Canoe Road Names The on-site roads at South Canoe Wind Farm have been named after Nova Scotia business and local energy leaders. Roy Jodrey Road Founder of Minas Basin Pulp & Power Company and five hydroelectric generating plants in western Nova Scotia George Bishop Road Former CEO of Scotia Investments Limited, parent company to Minas Basin Pulp & Power Charlie Wright Road Former contractor from Annapolis Valley, long-time business partner of Roy Jodrey, managed the construction of three hydroelectric generating plants John Bragg Road Founder and president of Oxford Frozen Foods, world's largest grower of wild blueberries William Chase Road Main financier of Avon River Power Company, director of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Long Spur Road Longtime landowner in the South Canoe area Jack MacKeen Road President of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company South Canoe Wind Farm, Nova Scotia |
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2015 Jun 24 South Canoe Wind Farm officially opened The South Canoe Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in Nova Scotia, officially opened on June 21st. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin video clip 1:07 |
2015 Jun 29 Clearwater buys into biotech Clearwater Fine Foods Inc., a Nova Scotia holding company, reportedly has $2.7 billion of assets under management, including controlling interest in Clearwater Seafoods Ltd., and it is a major shareholder in Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., a maker of fish oil capsules, and Columbus Communications, a Caribbean provider of undersea fibre and broadband services to 22 countries in the region. Clearwater Fine Foods now holds, directly and indirectly, an aggregate of 8,346,936 common shares of BIOX Corp. of Hamilton, Ontario, representing about 18.26 per cent of the company. Stan Spavold, executive vice-president of Clearwater Fine Foods Inc., says the firm is a diversified holding company controlled by co-founders John Risley and Colin MacDonald. A well-known Nova Scotia businessman, John Risley has long held an interest in renewable sources of energy. About five years ago, researchers at Ocean Nutrition in Dartmouth discovered a strain of oil-producing algae, which seemed capable of producing oil at a greater rate than other types of algae used for the production of biofuels. BIOX bills itself as a renewable energy company, which designed, built, owns and operates a biodiesel production facility in Hamilton capable of producing 67 million litres of biofuel annually. The company's stated mission is to build, acquire, own and operate a network of biodiesel production facilities, utilizing proprietary process technologies. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Jun 21 South Canoe: Largest wind farm in province officially opens A 34-turbine wind farm in Nova Scotia is now fully operational, making it the largest in the province. The South Canoe Wind Farm in the Municipality of the District of Chester officially opened on Sunday, June 21st, several months behind the original construction schedule. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Jun 21 Major wind project in Nova Scotia now operational following delays The South Canoe Wind Farm in the Municipality of Chester officially opened on Sunday, June 21st, several months behind the original construction schedule. CTV Atlantic News |
2015 Jun 22 South Canoe wind project neighbours complain of property value drop Expert on renewable energy at Dalhousie University thinks they have little to be concerned about CBC News |
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2015 Jun 21 South Canoe Wind Farm in New Ross area now officially open The wind farm is expected to generate about 280 000 000 kWh per year, enough energy for about 32 000 homes A major wind power project officially opened in central (sic) Nova Scotia Sunday. The South Canoe Wind Farm, the largest in Nova Scotia, consists of 34 turbines near New Ross in the municipality of Chester, Lunenburg County. CBC News Long-term average gross income (the value of the generated energy) will be about $90 000 per 24 hours. |
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2015 Jun 17 Tesla announces 5-year lithium ion research deal with Dalhousie Dalhousie is the first Canadian university Tesla has partnered with for research The automotive and energy storage company's chief technical officer, JB Straubel, signed the agreement with Dalhousie lithium-ion battery pioneer, Dr. Jeff Dahn in Halifax on Tuesday, June 16th. CBC News References: • The race is on to build a better battery • Prof looks to make lithium-ion batteries that last a lifetime |
2015 Jun 17 Waste not, and produce energy The Chester Energy Strategy, a document prepared for the Municipality of the District of Chester (MODC) by Minas Energy, advocates the further development of an already-approved 500-kW project to generate power from waste through anaerobic digestion. John Woods, vice-president of energy development, and Chris Peters, energy project developer, presented the strategy to the MODC council at its June 11th meeting. Anaerobic digestion uses microorganisms to break down biodegradable material. Two options were considered, one in which 7,000 tonnes of material are used per year, and the other in which 17,500 tonnes are used per year. The latter is the better plan, according to Minas Energy, an energy development and consulting partnership based in Bedford, Nova Scotia. The electric energy will be sold to Nova Scotia Power, which will pay the municipality $175 for every megawatt-hour [13.055¢ for each horsepower-hour] of energy produced, the standard rate for all combined-heat-and-power biomass projects. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater References: • Municipality of the District of Chester • Kaizer Meadow Wind Turbine |
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2015 Jun 15 Hawboldt Industries secures $4.7M deal with tidal power project A third Nova Scotia company has secured a deal with the Cape Sharp Tidal project. Chester-based Hawboldt Industries has been awarded a $4.7-million contract to design and manufacture three heavy lift winches for the French-owned OpenHydro and Emera, to develop Nova Scotia's tidal industry. "This is an important opportunity for our business," John Huxtable the general manager of Hawboldt Industries, said in a statement. "Cape Sharp Tidal is a major project for our region and we're happy our local expertise will be right there on the water as part of it." Cape Sharp Tidal hopes to "deliver one of the world's first tidal arrays, with the deployment and grid connection of two 16-metre turbines in the Bay of Fundy, each capable of generating two megawatts of electricity" off Parrsboro later this year... CBC News References: • Cape Sharp Tidal Awards Another Major Contract to Nova Scotia Company June 15, 2015 • Cape Sharp Tidal Awards Another Major Contract to Nova Scotia Company June 15, 2015 • Chester firm Hawboldt scores $4.7-million tidal project deal June 15, 2015 • Hawboldt to supply winches for 4-MW tidal project off Canada June 16, 2015 |
2015 Jun 18 Hawboldt Industries in 'huge growth mode' with Chinese business Rising China tide lifts Hawboldt Century-old company thriving on global stage This week workers at Hawboldt Industries in Chester, Nova Scotia, are preparing to ship the first winches, cranes and launch-and- recovery systems for three new Coast Guard science and fisheries vessels being built by Seaspan shipyard in Vancouver. Also this week the company was awarded a $4.7-million contract for winches that will install and remove tidal turbines from the Bay of Fundy, starting later this summer. Hawboldt has come a long way from the early days in the 1920s through the 1960s when it manufactured engines, propellors, pumps and other equipment for the local fishing industry. It still makes propellers for fishing vessels in Atlantic Canada but its growth comes from exporting beyond the region. China now accounts for a third of Hawboldt's business. CBC News |
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2015 Jun 15 Nova Scotia's energy efficiency agency to cut funding ask by $8 million Hearings to determine how much should be spent on efficiency programs in Nova Scotia were told Monday, June 15th, of a tentative deal that would see the three-year funding request by EfficiencyOne cut by $8 million. The non-profit agency responsible for providing energy efficiency programs told the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board that it had reached a deal in noon-hour talks with the province's small business and consumer advocates and the Affordable Energy Coalition. The oral agreement that was expected to be formalized by Tuesday would reduce the overall funding request from $121.5 million over three years to $113.5 million – meaning the ask would be about $38 million a year. However, that still left a significant gap with Nova Scotia Power which is requesting that it pay $22 million a year to fund efficiency programs. EfficiencyOne said the cost to consumers, which is embedded in power rates, would result in some minimal short-term increases to power bills that would be offset by long-term savings as the overall system reduces energy costs. CTV News Reference: • Using Less Energy: Nova Scotia's Electricity Efficiency and Conservation Plan |
2015 Jun 15 EfficiencyOne lowers application during UARB hearings Nova Scotia Power says EfficiencyOne plan will cause rate hike Nova Scotia Power is arguing against implementing a $121-million energy-saving program offered by EfficiencyOne (E1), successor to Efficiency Nova Scotia Corp. EfficiencyOne has agreed to lower its application for its energy saving program by $7 million during behind-the-scenes bargaining Monday, June 15th, as hearings opened into its contentious plan. The newly created company is seeking regulatory approval to deliver energy saving programs over the next three years to Nova Scotia Power. It originally pegged that at a cost of $121 million, roughly what is currently spent. The Board hearing on Monday was packed. Representatives from the provincial government appeared at the hearing but did not take a position either way on the dispute. CBC News Nova Scotia Power must buy these energy saving programs when the cost of doing so is cheaper than buying energy. An entity called EfficiencyOne, which took over the programs and assets of Efficiency Nova Scotia Corp., holds the franchise. The province recently passed legislation – Bill 41: Electricity Efficiency and Conservation Restructuring (2014) Act – forcing Nova Scotia Power and E1 into the arrangement. |
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2015 Jun 08 Ongoing work (Muskrat Falls project) Nalcor expects to begin installing Strait of Belle Isle cable this fall The trench for the Strait of Belle Isle cables is currently being worked on. "Those cables will be installed later this summer and into the fall" said Nalcor vice-president Gilbert Bennett. "What we've seen in the Strait area over the last year was preparation for the cable installation and now we are stepping into that, and we are stepping into transmission line construction this year as well." The grounding system and break- water in L'Anse au Diable, on the Labrador side, is under construction. The Compass, Carbonear Submarine (underwater) Cable Design, Supply and Install contracts Strait of Belle Isle Submarine (underwater) Cable Design, Supply and Install contract Three high-voltage direct current (DC) underwater cables will be laid across the bottom of the Strait of Belle Isle – one positive, one negative, and one spare. These cables will carry electric power from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating plant to the island of Newfoundland. Two high-voltage DC underwater cables will be laid across the bottom of Cabot Strait to carry part of the electric power from the Muskrat Falls generating plant to Cape Breton Island for Nova Scotia. Nominal length of each cable across Belle Isle Strait is about 34 kilometres. Nominal length of each cable across Cabot Strait is about 180 kilometres. Power carried across Belle Isle Strait in normal operation: 900 MW = 1 200 000 horsepower Power carried across Cabot Strait in normal operation: 500 MW = 670 000 horsepower In normal operation, each Belle Isle Strait cable will carry 1290 amperes at 350 000 volts. In normal operation, each Cabot Strait cable will carry 1250 amperes at 200 000 volts. The maximum water depth along the Belle Isle Strait cable route is about 120 metres. At this depth, the external pressure of seawater on the submerged cable is 1300 kilopascals = 180 pounds per square inch The maximum water depth along the Cabot Strait cable route is about 450 metres. At this depth, the external pressure of seawater on the submerged cable is 4600 kilopascals = 650 pounds per square inch The installation scope shall include cable delivery, permitting, laying, jointing, pull-in, land installation, termination, precommissioning, interim testing, and all installation aids and ancillary equipment. A fit-for-purpose vessel and other required equipment shall be included to execute the installation activities. Strait of Belle Isle cable crossing Cabot Strait cable crossing • M06865 NSPML - Maritime Link (Cabot Strait) Submarine Cable Report - April 30, 2015 Review of Contract E11-18 Design, Supply and Installation of ±200 kV DC Submarine Cable System The purpose of this report is to provide an independent review of the Marine EPC1 contract E11-18 between the project developer NSP Maritime Link Inc. (NSPML) and Nexans Norway AS, for design, supply and installation of a ±200 kV dc cable system across Cabot Strait between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The report is intended to fulfill requirements of the Regulatory Approval granted in December 2013 by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. |
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2015 Jun 04 Heritage Gas gets green light for $14m Alton storage contract Heritage Gas Ltd. has gotten the provincial regulator's approval for its plan to use a proposed natural gas storage facility, at Alton in Colchester County (near Stewiacke), starting in four years' time. The Utility and Review Board ruled Thursday, June 4th, that Heritage Gas, which has a provincial franchise to distribute natural gas by pipeline and is based in Dartmouth, can put the cost of Heritage's $14-million storage contract into rates. The plan will add about $2 per gigajoule to customers' natural gas bills in each year from November 1 to April 30, when gas storage is most beneficial. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax This is a benefit to consumers who have a direct connection to the natural gas distribution network of underground pipes. How does this affect consumers of electricity? The amount of energy represented by one gigajoule is equivalent to 278 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Some of the electric energy supplied to the grid by NS Power is generated by thermal plants, and some of this thermal electric energy is produced by burning natural gas. When one gigajoule of natural gas is burned/consumed in a modern electric generating plant, it will deliver about 100 kWh of electric energy to the grid. (This is less than 278 kWh because modern thermal generating equipment is less than 50% efficient.) Assuming that the gas storage fee charged by Alton, for natural gas supplied to NS Power's thermal generating equipment, is $2 per gigajoule, this will add about two cents (2.0¢) per kWh to the cost of that portion of Nova Scotia's electricity supply that is produced by natural-gas-fueled generating machinery. Against the extra cost of this gas storage there will be the reduced cost of fuel obtained by Alton buying natural gas at a time when the price was low, such as during the summer months, and keeping it stored until a later time when the price is high. Then, when the price of natural gas from primary producers is high – above the original cost of the stored gas plus the added storage charge, so that the total cost of stored gas as sold to NS Power is below the current price of gas supplied from primary producers – stored gas can be sold to NS Power at a net saving. That is, the cost of thermal electric energy generated by burning natural gas from Alton's storage service will be lower than it would have been if Alton's storage was not available. To buy, or not to buy (from Alton)? Of course, NS Power will know all this, and will make the decision to buy gas from Alton or from primary producers based on relative prices from hour to hour during each day.
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2015 May 29 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter May 2015 • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page As of May 29th, 24 turbines are producing power. See this map to view the turbine layout and numbers. Note: This map does not work in some browsers. For best results, the Chrome browser is recommended. South Canoe will be Nova Scotia's largest Wind Farm.
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All of the turbines have the same capacity and were produced by the same manufacturer. The price for each turbine is the same. If there is a problem with any individual turbine – if it fails to operate or requires repairs – the required wind production will be met by all the turbines jointly, rather than those belonging to the party that owns that turbine. Similarly, the costs of repairs and maintenance are shared (pro-rated) among the parties. The South Canoe Wind Project will have 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower |
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2015 May 26 Muskrat Falls dome metal sent to scrap yard The integrated cover system, known more commonly as the dome, was never completed as initially planned. The dome was supposed to cover four powerhouse generating units at the Muskrat Falls site, but only units 1 and 2 got covered. "Most of the steel frame of units 3 and 4 of the integrated cover system was taken down over the past several weeks and sold to a local metal recycling company," wrote the Astaldi Canada spokesman in an email to The Labradorian. "Astaldi Canada made the decision not to proceed with finish- ing units 3 and 4 back in December of 2014 and therefore had no other use for the frame." On Monday, May 25th, the dome issue was brought up [page 890 in Hansard] in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly during question period. Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley responded by saying any cost associated with the dome will not be charged to taxpayers or hydro ratepayers. The Telegram, St. John's |
2015 May 28 Abandoning Muskrat Falls 'dome' is Astaldi's decision, Nalcor VP says Astaldi Canada had plans to build a specialized cover building, commonly called the 'dome', over the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric powerhouse so work could continue through the winter, but it was aborted in December after being halfway completed. CBC News The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant will have 4 generating units with a total capacity of 824 megawatts. 824 megawatts = 1,104,000 horsepower |
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2015 May 22 Nova Scotia Power may have estimated 100,000 bills due to snow Nova Scotia Power says as many as 100,000 customers may have bills that were estimated because of the large amount of snow this winter. Snow drifts prevented the company's staff from actually reading many meters, so the power corporation estimated the bill. "So in their cases, they received an estimated bill and that was based on their usage for the previous year," said Bev Ware, a spokes- person for Nova Scotia Power. "The bills they are now receiving are based on what they actually did use." Ware says usage was also higher because it was 10% to 20% colder this winter. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board says it was given some early notice that meter reading was a problem, but didn't know so many customers were affected, says executive director Paul Allen. However, he adds that estimated bills are allowed and the Utility Board has no jurisdiction so long as the correct rate (cents per kWh) is applied. CBC News |
2015 May 25 Nova Scotia Power willing to work with customers shocked by high bills Utility estimated 100,000 bills because winter weather prevented them from getting to meters Nova Scotia Power says it's willing to work with customers who have received higher than usual power bills this month. Some customers have been shocked to see their bills double and triple after the utility estimated 100,000 bills because winter weather prevented them from getting to meters so they could be read. The power company has taken the unusual step of posting a message deep (three directories down) in its website, explaining that the estimated bills were based on usage for the same time last year, but now that meters are being read, the real usage – higher because of colder temperatures – has pushed bills up. CBC News |
2015 May 25 Deals set for tidal project: Lengkeek, Aecon chosen Lengkeek Vessel Engineering of Dartmouth will design a heavy-lift barge for the Cape Sharp Tidal project Lengkeek Vessel Engineering Inc. and Aecon Group Inc. have won multimillion-dollar contracts for one of Nova Scotia's tidal energy test projects off Parrsboro. Aecon, with manufacturing facitities in Pictou and Dartmouth, will fabricate the turbine components and a barge to deploy turbines for the Cape Sharp Tidal project. A naval architecture and marine engineering firm based in Dartmouth, Lengkeek will design the barge, which will have a lift capacity of 1,150 tonnes. These two contracts are part of the first round of procurement awards for the project of Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera Inc. and OpenHydro, a DCNS company. "The manufacture of a dedicated deployment barge is a major capital investment for OpenHydro that will also support Cape Sharp Tidal as we progress towards larger commercial-scale tidal farms," James Ives, chief executive officer of OpenHydro and chairman of Cape Sharp, said in a news release Monday, May 25th. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 May 21 Building Nova Scotia's Tidal Power Supply Chain New Sessions Engage Local Companies to Participate in Marine Renewable Energy Projects Tidal energy projects are taking off in the Bay of Fundy. Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) is offering workshops in locations across Nova Scotia for companies interested in exploring opportunities in the tidal energy supply chain. Three levels of government have partnered to contribute more than $100,000 to the initiative. Nova Scotia – with its strategy for tidal power development in the Bay of Fundy – is considered a world leader in the marine renewable energy sector. Since 2006, considerable attention and resources have been focused on researching and developing in-stream tidal energy in Nova Scotia. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency ACOA news release |
2015 May 22 Building Nova Scotia's tidal power supply chain With Bay of Fundy tidal energy projects building steam, Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) is going to offer workshops in Digby and other locations across Nova Scotia for companies interested in exploring opportunities in the tidal energy supply chain. To build on the momentum of Fundy tidal energy projects, MRC has been working to assess the needs of local project developers – including Fundy Tidal Inc. of Freeport, Minas Energy, Black Rock Tidal Power Inc., Atlantis Operations Canada and Cape Sharp Tidal Venture. The goal is to identify Atlantic Canadian suppliers who can meet tidal energy development requirements through expertise in ocean technology, marine operations and offshore oil and gas. In a news release today, May 22nd, the federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) said three levels of government have partnered to contribute more than $100,000 to the supply chain initiative. ACOA is investing $46,105 to support the marine renewable energy supplier engagement and development initiative, and the Nova Scotia government is investing $45,000. Municipal support includes $10,000 from Cumberland County and $4,000 from the Digby Development Agency, which comprises the Municipality of Digby and the Town of Digby. Nova Scotia has some of the most attractive feed-in tariffs (FITs) in the world for tidal energy, targeted at both community-based projects and larger-scale development. Digby County Courier, Digby Reference: • Current state of knowledge of effects of offshore renewable energy generation devices on marine mammals [109 pages] Published by the Scottish Government, September 2013 |
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2015 May 19 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: March 2015 [53 pages] This report covers construction activities
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2015 May 21 Muskrat Falls spending, employment rises in March Nalcor Energy has released the monthly figures on the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project from March, showing a sharp jump in the number of people employed on the project, as well as spending month over month. Spending ran a total $132 million in March. That's compared to $99 million in November 2014 or just $45 million in February, according to the release. Some 3,314 people were employed on the project in March, including 2,789 working in Labrador. The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant will have 4 generating units with a total capacity of 824 megawatts. 824 megawatts = 1,104,000 horsepower 2015 May 21 Muskrat Falls spending, employment rises in March Work in building up the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant spillway is ongoing by Astaldi Canada with clear progress. On Thursday, May 21st, Nalcor Energy provided its latest benefits report on the project, highlighting the spillway work. Northern Pen, St. Anthony |
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2015 May 17 Bay of Fundy tidal power soon to be harnessed After years of preparation, electricity-generating tidal turbines will soon be deployed in the intense underwater current of the Bay of Fundy, and linked to the power grid. In the next few months, a consortium led by Ireland-based OpenHydro will place two five-storey-tall, 300-tonne turbines that look a bit like giant jet engines on the ocean floor in the roiling waters of Minas Basin, near the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Tidal power has been touted for decades as a potential source of electricity, but aside from a few installations around the world it has not gained much traction. There are just a handful of tidal power plants in existence – including one near Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia – but most use a "barrage" system where tidal water flows into a reservoir, then powers traditional hydro turbines on the way back out to sea. Placing arrays of dozens of turbines underwater, right in the tidal current, can generate power without the need for big dams and their tremendous environmental impact. Tidal power has one huge advantage over solar and wind in that it is completely predictable and reliable. The Nova Scotia government has established a special "feed-in tariff" that will pay a premium price for the electricity generated by the test turbines. (The province has set the rates to ensure that consumers' electricity bills don't rise by more than 2 per cent if 20 MW is installed.) Globe and Mail |
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2015 May 13 Power lines in Membertou undergoing upgrades Emera Utility Services crews are busy in the Alexandra Street and Towerview Place area of Sydney performing upgrades to overhead lines to improve Nova Scotia Power's service to Membertou. NS Power officials say that the work is necessary to accommodate recent and forecasted load growth and to build in contingen- cies as the Mi'kmaq community continues to grow. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
2015 May 13 FORCE elects new board chair With 10 kilometres of power cables installed in the Bay of Fundy, a new environmental monitoring program in development, and turbines set for deployment in the near future, the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has announced new board and staff support. Joe Fitzharris has been named chair of the board of directors, replacing John Woods, who has been at the helm since the inception of FORCE. Fitzharris is quality manager at AMEC Black and McDonald, and has previously held senior management positions at Marener Group of Companies and Irving Shipbuilding. He has previously served as an independent director at FORCE, and chair of the Maritimes Energy Association. The Citizen Record, Amherst |
2015 May 14 Muskrat Falls transmission corridor under construction on Northern Peninsula Construction continues for the biggest public works project in the province's history. The Muskrat Falls worksite extends all the way from central Labrador to the Avalon Peninsula on the eastern side of Newfoundland Island. • NTV News video clip 2:07 |
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2015 May 01 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter April 2015 • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page As of April 30th, three turbines are producing power. See this map to view the turbine layout and numbers. Note: This map does not work in some browsers. For best results, the Chrome browser is recommended. South Canoe will be Nova Scotia's largest Wind Farm.
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2015 May 13 Maritime Link jolts Cape Breton construction sector Cape Breton is lucky to be seeing work associated with the Maritime Link project at a time when the local economy is going through a rough patch. On Wednesday, May 13th, Emera Newfoundland and Labrador officially opened its office in Sydney, with work on the Maritime Link expected to ramp up this year. In Cape Breton, there are three sites associated with the project – the underwater cables across Cabot Strait will make landfall at Point Aconi, a DC-to-AC converter station will be constructed at Woodbine, and a grounding site will be constructed at Big Lorraine. Over the next year, work will begin at the converter sites and construction of high-voltage transmission lines will begin. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
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2015 Apr 30 Government Releases Electricity System Review Input from more than 1,300 Nova Scotians will help shape the province's new electricity plan. Energy Minister Michel Samson tabled the final Electricity System Review Report today, April 30th, in the legislature. It is the result of a year-long consultation. The plan will explore ways to innovate, with a focus on energy management and getting more out of the system through technology and other solutions, like storage. It will outline how government will support strategic economic development and innovation in key growth areas, including tidal. As part of the review, experts, interested groups and the public considered emerging technologies, trends in market supply and demand, and how the system is administered and structured... N.S. Energy Department media release |
2015 Apr 30 Energy Minister's statement to the Legislature re Electricity System Review Michel P. Samson (Liberal MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond) Mr. Speaker, moments ago, I tabled the Depart- ment's final Electricity System Review Report. This review is the result of an extensive, year- long consultation process. The final document includes feedback from more than 1,300 Nova Scotians, including members of this Legislature. We consulted with individuals, stakeholder groups, companies, and communities as part of this review, the first of its kind in more than a decade. Ce rapport est le résultat d'un processus de consultations qui a duré un an. C'est le premier examen de la sorte en 10 ans et comprendre les commentaires de plus de 1 300 Néo-Écossais de partout dans la province. First, we worked with experts to gather and share information on our electricity system. In the second phase of the review, we reached out directly to Nova Scotians. We conducted telephone surveys, face-to-face meetings, and webcasts, and received written submissions from stakeholders. We learned a lot from this process... Hansard, Nova Scotia Legislature |
2015 Apr 30 Nova Scotia government tables results of electricity consultations A review of Nova Scotia's electricity system has found support for long-term rate stabilization and predictable electricity rates. The findings are based on year-long consultations with more than 1,300 experts, stake- holders and members of the public. The report tabled Thursday, April 30th, in the legislature says Nova Scotians would like to see an increase in the consumer's ability to manage electricity costs, as well as stronger performance standards for Nova Scotia Power. Energy Minister Michel Samson says the results will inform the government's plan for the electricity system, which is currently underway. The Huffington Post |
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2015 Apr 29 N.S. introduces legislation for marine renewable energy projects The Nova Scotia government has introduced legislation that it says will ensure marine renewable energy projects are developed in a responsible manner. Energy Minister Michel Samson says tidal resources are poised to make significant contributions to the province's economy and will provide a new source of electric power. CTV Atlantic News |
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2015 Apr 29 An Act Respecting the Generation of Electricity from Marine Renewable Energy Resources Plain Language Overview The Act will:
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2015 Apr 29 Marine Renewable Energy Legislation Provides Industry Clarity The Nova Scotia Government introduced legislation today, April 29th, to ensure marine renewable energy projects are developed in a responsible manner to respect the environment and the interests of local communities. The new legislation will increase consultation and provide for the safe, responsible and strategic development of the industry. The act allows government to regulate projects in the Bay of Fundy and Bras d'Or Lakes and will also: ♦ ensure consultation in establishing areas where industry will be developed, ♦ establish a licensing and permitting system for the placement of marine renewable energy gener- ators in those areas, and ♦ give the Energy Minister the authority to develop regulations to ensure the safe and responsible construction, installation and operation of industry projects... N.S. Energy Department media release |
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2015 Apr 29 Marine Renewable Energy Legislation Key Features of the Act On April 29, 2015, the Province of Nova Scotia introduced its Marine Renewable Energy Act that will provide a clear, predictable and efficient process to support the sustainable growth of the sector. It will do this in such a way that will protect the environ- ment, respect community and local needs, and ensure that Nova Scotians benefit. ♦ This Act governs the development of marine renewable energy resources – including waves, tidal range, in-stream tidal, ocean currents, and offshore wind – in designated areas of the Nova Scotia offshore. ♦ A key piece to the legislation is the creation of a licensing and permitting system that will oversee the development of marine renewable energy projects. Any generator proceeding in a priority area without an approval will be in violation of the Act. A license will allow a project developer to carry out the business of extracting energy within an MREA through single or multiple devices. A permit will be issued to a temporary deployment of a device for the purposes of testing and demonstration. This system will ensure projects proceed only after undergoing a thorough review by government and subject to effective government oversight and monitoring. N.S. Energy Department |
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2015 Apr 22 Lack of N.S. approval delays Heritage Gas's use of facility Heritage Gas Ltd. will have use of a natural gas storage facility – being developed in Halifax Regional Municipality near Stewiacke – a year later than anticipated because of a missed deadline. The company has a $14-million deal with Alton Natural Gas Storage Ltd. to use the planned $103-million facility starting April 1, 2018, and wants its customers to cover the costs. But according to the terms of the agreement, if the deal did not receive approval from the provincial regulator by March 31st of this year, that expected in-service date would be pushed back to April 1, 2019. On Wednesday, April 22nd, at the Utility and Review Board hearing on the matter, Bill Mahody, a lawyer with the consumer advocate's office, questioned Chris Smith, vice-president of finance and business services at Heritage Gas, over the timeline of negotiations. Both companies are subsidiaries of AltaGas Ltd., Calgary, Alberta. A first draft of the deal was exchanged in May 2013. It wasn't until October 20th of last year that both parties signed off on the final version of the 20-year deal. The storage facility would use underground salt caverns, and Heritage has the right to the first three caverns. (Nova Scotia's Code of Practice Respecting the Underground Storage of Hydrocarbons regulates the design, development and operation of underground natural gas storage caverns in the province.) Under the deal's terms, there would be a storage charge of about $2 per gigajoule being added to gas bills. The amount would only be charged from November 1st to April 30th, when storage is most beneficial, Smith said. Heritage estimates an annual saving of $17 million for ratepayers, although the company has acknowledged that could be significantly less if seasonal price volatility in New England disappeared. The Board also heard that provisions in the agreement allow Alton to increase storage capacity above the initial target, which has not been made public, and Heritage would be responsible for this additional cost. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax
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2015 Apr 24 Tidal power potentially worth billions to Maritimes, report finds Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) are a key component Tidal power could be a multi-billion industry in the Maritimes, according a new study commissioned by the Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA). The Bay of Fundy has the potential to generate $1.7 billion for the Nova Scotia economy by 2040, the study found. Nova Scotia has a system that pays alternative energy developers a higher rate for electric energy. "Those typically are expressed as feed-in tariffs, a payment mechanism for the power that respects the power is more expensive in its early stages than other power," said Stephen Dempsey, executive director of OERA, a Halifax based independent, not-for-profit organization. "You need a mechanism to deal with that." Dempsey says the study proves the value of investing in tidal energy, including 22,000 jobs in Nova Scotia alone. CBC News, Halifax |
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2015 Apr 17 Leona Aglukkaq says letter to provinces on emissions targets wasn't an attack The federal environment minister says Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have met or exceeded their greenhouse gas emission cuts The federal environment minister says her letter to the provinces last week about their climate change efforts should have come as no surprise, and was not intended to point fingers. Leona Aglukkaq sent the letter one week ago, before a premiers meeting on climate change in Quebec City. It outlined for each province where they are in meeting their own emission targets and how many are falling short. It also asked the provinces for more details on what they are doing to meet those targets leading up to 2020. CBC News |
2015 Apr 17 Energy efficiency may mean high cost The not-for-profit provincial corporation EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power Inc. disagree on how much energy conservation is good for the province, and at what cost. Will this Liberal government be remembered as the government that saddled ratepayers with unnecessarily high power bills in the name of energy efficiency? The answer to that question lies in how well the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board can broker an agreement between EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power Inc., which disagree on how much energy conservation is good for the province, and at what cost. In the lead-up to the public hearing set for June, Nova Scotia Power has rejected an energy conservation plan filed with the Board by EfficiencyOne. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: • Energy efficiency may mean high cost Chronicle-Herald, April 17, 2015 • Regulator to weigh in on power play Chronicle-Herald, March 27, 2015 • UARB Matter Number M06733 - EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power Inc. - February 27, 2015 |
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2015 Apr 15 Feds announce $6.3 million for tidal power project One of the developers of tidal energy technology in the Minas Passage has received a $6.3 million boost from Ottawa. This funding from the federal government for OpenHydro Technology Canada's Bay of Fundy Tidal Stream Project was announced at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) site on the north shore of the Minas Passage in West Bay, Cumberland County, on Wednesday, April 15th. The announcement came from Justice Minister and Attorney General Peter MacKay, and Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley MP Scott Armstrong. OpenHydro Technology Canada, which plans to install a turbine at the FORCE site later this year, will receive $6,353,000 from Sustainable Development Technology Canada's SD Tech Fund, MacKay announced. Also announced was $1.7 million for Green Power Labs Inc. in Dartmouth for the development of an advanced energy management system, to come from the same funding source. The Citizen Record, Amherst |
2015 Apr 16 Bridgewater explores electric opportunities for fleet Bridgewater already has seven charging stations open to the public at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre. A Clean Nova Scotia study recommends replacing one of Bridgewater's current fleet of vehicles with something electric. The recommendation follows a study that took seven months to complete. Twenty light-duty vehicle operators and fleet managers had monitors inserted in their vehicles for three weeks to gauge their use, operation, speed, energy use and fuel demands. The data was then uploaded to FleetCarma, a fleet monitoring company's software, and analyzed to measure the total ownership cost including operating, maintenance, fuel and resale. The town's staff proposed looking into a number of energy related projects a year ago. "The biggest and most interesting initiative that crossed our path was the opportunity to apply for participation in a study by the Clean Foundation with the idea of understanding whether the integration of electric and hybrid vehicles would be feasible for municipalities," said Leon de Vreede, the sustainability planner for the town. Bridgewater and New Glasgow were selected for the study. The presen- tation was part of its grant. "The data shows the average range for your fleet is about 64 km a day and 60 per cent of the time it's less than 40 kilometres a day and it's almost always less than 100 kilometres a day, which is well within the range of what an electric vehicle can do," said said Andrea Macdonald, programs director at Clean, an environmental organization helping provide people with tools and knowledge to make good environmental decisions. She presented the results of this study to Town Council April 7th. The study was funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy, the Nova Scotia Moves grant program, Nova Scotia Power, CrossChasm Technologies Inc., FleetCarma and the Shell Fuelling Change program. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater | |
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2015 Apr 14 Parrsboro tidal turbines set to roll This is the year that the first power-producing turbines are expected to hit the water at the tidal energy test site off Parrsboro. "All components are either under construction or in the final phase of procurement," Jeremy Poste, country manager of OpenHydro Technology Canada, said during a presentation Tuesday, April 14th, at the 10th annual Smart Energy Event in Halifax. Through Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint business venture with Emera, OpenHydro will deploy two two-megawatt turbines at its berth at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) in the Bay of Fundy this fall. Once the Cape Sharp turbines are installed, they will be hooked up to the grid through underwater cables and a substation already at FORCE. There are already plans to increase capacity to 12 megawatts in 2017 and to 50 megawatts in 2019, subject to regulatory approval, Poste said. The group would like to see 300 megawatts of capacity in a commercial project somewhere in the Bay of Fundy sometime after 2020, he said. That scale of project would mean the construction of a new assembly facility closer to the tidal energy site and the possi- bility of more than 900 direct and indirect jobs, Poste said. The audience also heard from John Woods, vice-president of energy development at Minas Energy, which had partnered with Bluewater Energy Services and Siemens through Marine Current Turbines Ltd. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Apr 14 Carbon pricing a puzzle What are the options? Should Nova Scotia tax carbon – including transportation fuels – to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions? That's what Laurel Broten's tax review called for last fall, though Finance Minister Diana Whalen has rightly decided more homework is needed before deciding whether to follow British Columbia down that road. Or should the government set hard caps on carbon emissions and let the market figure out the cost of complying? Any carbon-pricing plan has its pros and cons. And Nova Scotians need a clear-eyed view of all the impacts before embarking on any option. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Apr 12 First HVdc tower erected for Labrador-Island Transmission Link On April 12th the first steel tower was erected for the Labrador-Island Transmission Link, the High Voltage direct current (HVdc) transmission line from Muskrat Falls in Labrador to Soldiers Pond, near St. John's on Newfoundland Island. This tower – 41m (135 feet) tall – is the first of approximately 3,300 towers that will be installed over the next three years along the 1,100 km transmission line. Each tower requires its own foundation and four heavy duty guy anchors. This job will require the construction contractor – each and every week from now until early summer 2017 – to com- plete the assembly and erection of twenty towers. This power line will carry 900 mega- watts from the generating plant at Muskrat Falls to the eastern side of Newfoundland Island. From there, 500 megawatts will be sent through the Maritime Link to Nova Scotia. Nalcor Energy 900 megawatts = 1 200 000 horsepower 500 megawatts = 670 000 horsepower Labrador, April 12, 2015 References: • Nexans lands Maritime Link contract The Telegram, St. John's, February 8, 2014 • Muskrat Falls transmission link clears environmental hurdle CBC News, November 27, 2013 • Nexans wins a subsea HVDC cable contract in excess of 80 million Euros for Canadian hydro power project Nexans S.A., January 25, 2013 |
2015 Apr 13 Cash in while you can The working class and industry suppliers are urged to capitalize where possible, as the benefits for these groups won't last beyond power transmission with the Maritime Link. One of the issues brought up during a recent presentation on the Maritime Link Project by Emera, hosted by the Port aux Basques and Area Chamber of Commerce, was the employment spinoff. Right now, Emera employs about 300 people. Emera vice-president of corporate affairs Brian Rendell said at peak time, that number would double. Unfortunately, that won't last. Once the transmission line is completed and power is flowing across Cabot Strait to Nova Scotia, employment will drop to about 50 people, he said. He explained once the work is completed, the only employees that will continue on would be technical engineers and staff at office headquarters. He described major contracts awarded, including one to a company in Norway developing underwater high-voltage cables; another in Sweden developing converter stations; and a contract awarded last month to a Spanish company to install the towers and overhead lines. Rendell said although the company has been diverse in its hiring for the projects, it's been made clear through policy that contractors are to support local suppliers. The Gulf News, Port aux Basques References: • Tree clearing continues for the Maritime Link Project The Gulf News, Port aux Basques, February 9, 2015 • Mulching its way through The Gulf News, Port aux Basques, December 8, 2014 • Benefits deal for N.L, Nova Scotia in effect for Maritime Link The Pilot, Lewisporte, November 27, 2014 • Local partnership manager excited with Maritime Link project work The Gulf News, Port aux Basques, November 27, 2014 • The Maritime Link is right on schedule, says spokesperson The Gulf News, Port aux Basques, October 5, 2014 • Cape Breton welcomes Maritime Link employment The Pilot, Lewisporte, July 31, 2014 • Job openings for Emera's Maritime Link Project The Pilot, Lewisporte, July 14, 2014 • Ground testing has begun in Cape Ray The Packet, Clarenville, May 12, 2014 • Work on Maritime Link set to begin The Packet, Clarenville, February 6, 2014 • Job seekers, landowners check out Emera project The Packet, Clarenville, January 30, 2014 |
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2015 Apr 10 NSP must shift course on wind farm Court says utility must find new funding plan for South Canoe Nova Scotia's top court has thrown a wrench in Nova Scotia Power's involvement in a $200-million Lunenburg County wind farm. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal quashed an earlier Utility and Review Board decision that approved a $93-million capital project for the utility's share of the South Canoe project. That means the power company can't put its portion of the 34-turbine wind farm into rates and has to fund it another way. The 103-megawatt venture is under construction near New Ross. South Canoe is majority owned by Oxford Frozen Foods and Minas Energy (previously Minas Basin Pulp & Paper) of Hantsport. Nova Scotia Power owns a 49 per cent interest in the venture. The provincial regulator approved the capital project in 2013. But a Glace Bay wind developer, Cape Breton Explorations, challenged that ruling in the courts. In a decision released Friday, April 10th, the Appeal Court said the provincial regulator was wrong to decide that Nova Scotia Power's involvement in a private wind venture qualified as a utility service under provincial law. Luciano Lisi, president of Cape Breton Explorations, said the power company would rather have the capital project in rates, where it earns a roughly nine per cent return on the investment. Lisi also said the decision means Nova Scotia Power can't be part of any future tendering process meant for independent producers. South Canoe is being built to help the province meet its 25 per cent renewable target, which takes effect this year. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: • Cape Breton Explorations Ltd v Nova Scotia (Attorney General) Energy Regulation Quarterly, September 2015 Also see (next below): Court of Appeal Decision: 2015 NSCA 35 Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) |
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2015 Apr 10 Nova Scotia Court of Appeal 2015 NSCA 35 Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. Appellant v. The Attorney General of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated, and The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board Decision (42 pages) §167 “The appeal is allowed... The decision and Order of the UARB approving NSPI's Capital Expenditure in the South Canoe Wind Project is set aside.”
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2015 Apr 09 Mi'kmaq get in the Link Agreement sets job, training and environmental goals for project [Photo caption] Christopher Huskilson, president and CEO of Emera Inc., looks on as Sidney Peters, left, chief of the Glooscap First Nation and co-chairman of the Nova Scotia Assembly of First Nation Chiefs, shakes hands with Terry Paul, chief of the Membertou First Nation and fellow assembly co-chairman after the three men signed a socioeconomic agreement for the Maritime Link project in Halifax on Thursday, April 9th. Several Mi'kmaq chiefs were on hand for the formal signing of the agreement between the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs and NSP Maritime Link Inc., the Emera subsidiary building the Link. Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq and Emera entered into negotiations about four years ago, during a consultation process that was part of the initial environmental assessment for the project. During the height of construction, there will be about 600 people working on the Link. About 200 are already working on the project that will bring 500 megawatts (670 000 horsepower) of electric power across Cabot Strait from the Lower Churchill project at Muskrat Falls to Nova Scotia via two underwater high-voltage cables. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Apr 09 Emera and Mi'kmaq people sign agreement on Maritime Link subsea project Emera has signed an agreement with the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia granting them greater involvement in the development of the Maritime Link. The agreement, signed in Halifax today by Chiefs Terrance Paul and Sidney Peters of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, will allow Mi'kmaq leaders to monitor the construction of the underwater cables and give Mi'kmaq companies fair and equal access to contracts on the project. Expected to be complete in 2017, the Maritime Link will transmit hydroelectricity from the island of Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, connecting Newfoundland Island to the North American electric transmission grid for the first time. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
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2015 Apr 09 Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq and NSPML finalize a Socio-Economic Agreement for the Maritime Link Project
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2015 Apr 08 Climate Change Nova Scotia Launches Re-developed Website Municipal Climate Change Action Plans Climate Change Unit, Nova Scotia Environment Department |
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2015 Apr 06 Grid deal with N.B. won't include nuclear power Nova Scotia won't be getting nuclear power from New Brunswick, even though the two provinces have just hitched their electrical grids together, an NB Power official says. Point Lepreau's electricity is used to supply New Brunswick's base load because it has the lowest fuel cost, according to Keith Cronkhite, vice-president of business development and generation. What would be available to Nova Scotia under the new joint dispatch system is oil-fired generation from Coleson Cove, near Saint John, or coal-fired power from Belledune, near Bathurst, he said. New Brunswick may also have some hydro power available from the Saint John River system during part of the year, he added. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Apr 10 Voice of the People Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Splitting hairs, electrons I got a chuckle out of an NB Power official who, in commenting on the new energy exchange agreement between his company and Nova Scotia Power, stated that in keeping with Nova Scotia legislation, none of the utility's shipped energy would be from the lowest-cost Point Lepreau nuclear station. As a retired engineer who spent a working life in the electric utility business, I can assure everyone that there is absolutely no way in which those billions of little electrons that make up those kilowatts we all use can be separated on the grid. All the output from any source connected to the grid, and ultimately received by any customer anywhere, may be compared with a lake water supply which has various sources feeding into the lake. As a water customer, you may desire your water from a certain source, but since you are connected to the lake and not one of the sources, you have no choice. When your electrical supply is from the grid (i.e., the lake) you have what is on the grid, and without question, with NSP purchasing NB Power energy, some of that energy you receive will come from any source connected at that time, and one of those sources may very well be Point Lepreau. W.J.P., Halifax |
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2015 Apr 01 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter March 2015 • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page There are about 180 people working on the project daily. At the end of March, all 34 turbines are at various stages of assembly. 30 turbines have the full rotor (three blades) installed. The Project is in the process of commissioning the first set of eight turbines and they hope to have the first turbine (#17) in this set spinning by end of day on Friday, April 3rd. The first eight turbines to be commissioned include turbines 24, 25, 26, 27, 14, 15, 16 and 17. See this map to view the turbine layout and numbers. Note: This map does not work in some browsers. For best results, the Chrome browser is recommended. South Canoe will be Nova Scotia's largest Wind Farm.
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The South Canoe Wind Project will have 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower Reference: • South Canoe's big blades on the move from Liverpool to New Russell Feb 27, 2015 |
2015 Apr 07 Garbage In, Energy Out A clean technology startup is building its first commercial demonstration plant in the Municipality of the District of Chester. Sustane Technologies Inc. is working to commercialize and globally market a new disruptive technology that diverts municipal waste from landfills and safely converts it into clean energy and other recyclable materials. Sustane has already proven their technology on a large pilot scale and now they're ready to validate and demonstrate it at full commercial scale. They've chosen Chester as the place to do it, following careful consultation with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Municipality of the District of Chester. Engineers and suppliers are designing and building the commercial demonstration plant, which is expected to be up and running in mid-2016. The project will generate additional jobs in the area over the course of construction and operation. The Municipality will see all of its garbage removed from the landfill – at a rate of 200 tons per day – and will save money in the long run as a result. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency ACOA news release |
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2015 Mar 28 Why Quebec is not the answer to NS Power's coal addiction We (in Nova Scotia) have free trade for electricity with New England, but not with Quebec. That's why buying Labrador power via the Maritime Link was a much better deal for NS Power customers, because the two parties negotiated firm long term prices and amounts in advance. Even after the deal expires, we will be in a strong position to negotiate reasonable prices, because any power Nalcor sells will have to come through Nova Scotia. Thousands more megawatts of hydro power await development in Labrador. Future generations of Nova Scotians will thank their ancestors for having had the wisdom to open a route for that power to our province. Contrarian |
2015 Mar 31 Ellershouse Wind Project Progress Report Construction on the Ellershouse Wind Farm will begin soon. Over the coming weeks, there will be increased truck traffic on local roads while we upgrade and build site roads, install turbine foundations and an electric power collection system, and then erect the turbines. Information about the delivery plan for turbine and tower components is available on the AREA website, and notices about the deliveries will be posted at the Ellershouse Post Office through the summer. • Ellershouse Wind Farm Newlsetter - March 2015 • Ellershouse Wind Farm Newlsetter - August 2014 • Ellershouse Wind Farm Newlsetter - March 2014 • Ellershouse Wind Farm Newlsetter - November 2013 • Ellershouse Wind Farm Newlsetter - September 2013 Next meeting of the Community Liason Committee will be Tuesday, April 28th 2015, 6-8pm, at the Ellershouse Community Hall, 429 Ellershouse Road. All are welcome to attend. Ellershouse Wind Farm Local Skills Poster On February 17, 2014, the Ellershouse Wind Farm received a decision from the Nova Scotia Environment Department, regarding approval of the project's Environmental Assessment (EA). This decision outlines the approval of the EA and the conditions that the project must adhere to. This document includes several good maps showing details of the Ellershouse Wind Farm Project. This project is subject to a provincial Environmental Assessment and a municipal Development Agreement process. Note: The Ellershouse Wind Farm is located within the Municipality of the District of West Hants (MDWH), but MDWH is not involved in the financing, ownership or manangement of the Ellershouse Wind Farm. Ellershouse Wind Farm seven turbines total nameplate capacity 16.1 MW 16.1 megawatts = 21 600 horsepower References: • Energy project may start this fall The Casket, Antigonish, October 3, 2014 • Mahone Bay signs off on wind farm deal Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater, July 1, 2014 • Town moves ahead with wind project The Casket, Antigonish, June 23, 2014 • Berwick OKs small increase in taxes Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, June 13, 2014 • Eleven firms to help draft N.S. renewable electricity market rules Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, June 2, 2014 • Creating new advantages in rural N.S. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, March 3, 2014 • Environment minister OKs Ellershouse wind project on conditions The Hants Journal, Windsor, February 17, 2014 • Towns' Hants County wind farm application gets environmental OK Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, February 17, 2014 • N.S. utilities plan to go it alone Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, February 7, 2014 • Berwick wind project gains new partners Kings County Register, Berwick, February 6, 2014 • Wind project sailing along The Casket, Antigonish, February 5, 2014 • Council gives go-ahead for wind energy project The Casket, Antigonish, January 22, 2014 • Firm to buy surplus power from towns' partnership Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, January 8, 2014 • Bullfrog Power partners with municipal utilities...new Nova Scotia wind power online Bullfrog Power, January 8, 2014 • Ellershouse wind project seeking approval The Hants Journal, Windsor, December 29, 2013 • Towns eye green power solution Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, December 19, 2013 • Environmental studies underway for Ellershouse wind project The Hants Journal, Windsor, November 28, 2013 • Wind project gaining momentum in Ellershouse The Hants Journal, Windsor, October 3, 2013 • Towns plug into power business Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, October 3, 2013 • Berwick, Mahone Bay, Minas Basin wind project pitched to West Hants The Hants Journal, Windsor, September 25, 2013 • Berwick, Mahone Bay, Minas Basin wind project pitched to West Hants Kings County Register, Berwick, September 25, 2013 • Minister talks energy plans The Casket, Antigonish, February 26, 2013 • University, town discussing electricity The Casket, Antigonish, January 22, 2013 • Investors needed for newest CEDIF wind projects The Casket, Antigonish, January 22, 2013 • Plugging in to Antigonish The Casket, Antigonish, November 27, 2012 • UARB rules against exit fees* The Casket, Antigonish, September 18, 2012 • Board nixes NSP exit fee plan* Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, September 7, 2012 * Also See: 2012 September 06 2012 NSUARB 133 NSPI Exit Fees applicable to the Municipal Utilities (MEUs) The execution of any agreements is now on hold pending the determination of whether NSPI will be permitted to charge exit fees to the Municipal Utilities...In essence, NSPI's current proposal would essentially close the market for the Municipal Utilities, the one customer class for which the market has been legislatively opened... It is NS Power's position that imposing exit fees upon the MEUs would be in the public interest. It would balance the needs of NS Power's remaining customers with the goals of the MEUs for cost reduction... DECISION: Application for an ECRM denied. 6.0 CONCLUSION The Board denies NSPI's request for an Embedded Cost Recovery Mechanism (ECRM) as against the Municipal Electric Utilities (MEUs). The issues of stranded costs and deferred costs will be considered as part of the 2013 General Rate Application (GRA) [See UARB Matter Number M04972 - NSPI 2013 General Rate Application] or as otherwise requested by the parties to the GRA... | |
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2015 Mar 27 Regulator to weigh in on power play NSP and newly-created EfficiencyOne to go head-to-head before URB When the Electricity Efficiency and Conservation Restructuring Act was passed last April, it was the centrepiece of Andrew Younger's inaugural term as energy minister. By changing the way electricity efficiency programs are delivered in the province, it allowed government to make good on a 2013 election pledge to reduce power bills by removing what the Liberals liked to call the "efficiency tax" on top of regular power rates. Where is the added benefit from Younger's piece of legislation? The act allows the energy minister to award a franchise to a third party to supply the utility with energy efficiency programs. Nova Scotia Power must buy these services when the cost of doing so is cheaper than buying energy. An entity called EfficiencyOne, which took over the programs and assets of Efficiency Nova Scotia Corp., holds the franchise. Nova Scotia Power and EfficiencyOne are preparing to go head-to-head before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board as they thrash out their first supply agreement in a public hearing that gets underway in June 2015. The utility filed its first volley of information requests with the Board this month, showing it intends to fight hard. Along with the Board and various interveners and advocates, who will also examine costs and proposed energy savings, the value-for-money from these programs will also be scrutinized by Nova Scotia Power. The utility can pass on the cost of buying "energy efficiency" to ratepayers, so long as the costs are prudently incurred. So in a strange turn of events, Nova Scotia Power, which regularly comes under public scrutiny for its executive salaries, will be standing on the side of customers, checking every nickel and dime spent by EfficiencyOne, including the remuneration of its staff. If the utility can extract a better deal from the new efficiency czar, ratepayers may yet find a reason to thank Andrew Younger. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Mar 27 Halifax may continue, expand solar incentive Halifax Regional Municipality encourages renewable energy Halifax's Solar City pilot program, launched to encourage the installation of solar hot-water systems, could be extended three years. Regional Council will consider a municipal staff report Tuesday, March 31st, that recommends continuing the program and expanding it to include solar photovoltaic technology for electricity and solar air technology for space heating. The program now offers financing for solar thermal technology for hot-water systems through municipal property taxes. "With almost 400 install- ations of solar thermal systems within two years, the program has had a positive impact on the adop- tion of renewable energy within the municipality," said the staff report released Friday, March 27th. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: • Solar City Halifax saves 30 million litres of water CBC News, October 23, 2013 • Dartmouth homeowners says Solar City program saving them money Metro News, May 4, 2013 |
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2015 Mar 27 NS & NB power utilities collaborate to save $20 million a year Power utilities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick believe they can save a total of about $20 million annually by operating their interconnected electrical grids as one. A pilot program between New Brunswick Power and Nova Scotia Power, announced Friday, March 27th, will see the two utilities work together to deliver electricity to both provinces to reduce costs. For both utilities it is a natural evolution of an existing relationship. The two utilities have worked together on interconnectivity since 1960 when a tie-line – a high-voltage transmission line between Amherst and Moncton – was established to provide backup in case of power outages on either side of the provincial border. This year's pilot program, which went into test mode in January, goes beyond a tie-line and involves the two utilities working together to optimize their generation fleets to increase efficiency, and create cost savings for customers in both provinces. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: • Grid deal with N.B. won't include nuclear power April 6, 2015 • Voice of the People – Splitting hairs, electrons April 10, 2015 |
2015 Mar 27 Nova Scotia Power, NB Power announce pilot project aiming to save $20M The utility companies say they will jointly optimize their generation fleets NB Power and Nova Scotia Power are teaming up to deliver electricity to both provinces, in hopes of saving up to a combined $20 million per year. The utilities have launched a one-year pilot project of "co-operative dispatch," which they say will optimize power generation, improve efficiency, and help them meet renewable energy and emissions standards. Their generating stations will be dispatched (operated) as one fleet using the current tieline capacity, without any additional investment, they said in a joint statement on Friday, March 27th. CBC News, Halifax |
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2015 Mar 27 NB Power and NS Power working together to lower costs for electricity customers The utility companies say they will jointly optimize their generation fleets CBC News, Halifax |
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2015 Mar 24 Trout Point Lodge to charge up Teslas East Kemptville site first in province to offer service for pricey cars It will soon be possible to drive your $120,000 electric Tesla from an upscale Nova Scotia wilderness retreat in Yarmouth County all the way to the bright lights of Los Angeles. Trout Point Lodge in East Kemptville will have bragging rights on the first charging station in the province which will be part of the Tesla Motors network in North America, around the middle of May. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Mar 27 N.S., N.B. agree to power deal • CTV News video clip 2:01 |
Hour-by-Hour Report Hourly Net Energy Flows NS - NB Interconnection Onslow - Memramcook single circuit, 345 kV ♦ These numbers represent hour-by-hour energy transfer in megawatt-hours (the average power flow in megawatts over the one-hour period) March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 Source - OASIS Nova Scotia Transmission System Operating Limits Current system conditions (including "NS Export" - the power flow between NS and NB). Updated every fifteen minutes. ♦ positive flow on interconnection means export from NS to NB (2015 capacity* 350 MW) ♦ negative flow on interconnection means import into NS from NB (2015 capacity* 405MW) * These capacity figures are the maximum under most favourable conditions. There are several factors that often require lower maximum power transfers. The most prominent of these factors include the necessity of maintaining system voltage within acceptable limits, and the requirement to maintain spinning reserve within each area. |
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2015 Mar 20 Students explore possible campsite at Kaizer Meadow Public interested in visiting wind turbine Kaizer Meadow turbine made $83,827 during February, 138% of the forecasted revenue for the month It may not be for everybody, but the Municipality of Chester (MODC) has received enough requests for information on chances to visit the site of the of the Kaizer Meadow wind turbine that the municipality decided something had to be done. It has therefore "asked students at Forest Heights Community School for help," said Warden Allen Webber. "I've asked them to take a look at what a campsite would look like under a turbine. How would it be managed? Should people just be able to go out there whenever they feel like it, or should it be by appointment? What amenities should [there] be, or should it be very low key and very low environmental impact?" The initative has two aims – to satisfy the public's curiosity and engage young people with their community and local government. Meanwhile, the turbine and the efforts of the municipality to become engaged in renewable energy are starting to bear fruit for the municipality. During council's meeting on March 12th, Warden Webber announced that the turbine had made $83,000 during February, 138% of the forecasted amount for the month, and at a recent meeting to discuss biomass opportunities in the area, Warden Webber said he heard growing acceptance of wind turbines from a number of people. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater Total Energy Delivered during February 2015 = 639 900 kWh 639 900 kWh × 13.1¢ per kWh = $83 827 Average Power Generated (672 hours) February 2015 = 952 kW = 1230 horsepower Total Fuel Cost, February 2015 = $zero Reference: • Kaizer Meadow Wind Turbine |
2015 Mar 20 Renewable power setup takes shape Electricity users in Nova Scotia should know by Sept. 1st how the province's renewable electricity market might operate, although a wind energy developer says it's not yet clear who should pay the cost of creating the new system. A Nova Scotia Power spokesman said Friday the timeline is tight but the utility company is committed to meeting the Sept. 1 government-imposed deadline for having proposed rules ready for the province's new retail electricity market. The Liberal govern- ment passed its renewable to retail legislation in December 2013. The plan will allow independent power producers to sell green energy directly to customers. Nova Scotia Power officials have been meeting with the Energy Department, customer representatives and potential suppliers since June to draft a proposed framework for the market. That includes drafting tariffs, procedures and an administrative process. The province's Utility and Review Board will have the final say on how renewable to retail will work. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: The design of a practical, workable, effective and efficient retail electricity market is not a simple matter. • Nature of the market • Electricity market • Retail electricity market • Creating a market • How was the Customer Framework developed? • Review of the Renewable Energy Target |
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2015 Mar 17 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: January 2015 [47 pages] This report covers construction activities
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2015 Mar 13 Contingency budget tapped for Muskrat Falls A quarterly update that says Nalcor Energy has spent an unplanned $35.6 million was released by the Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee this morning, March 13th. The Muskrat Falls project is lagging behind schedule and facing unexpected costs, dipping into the project's built-in contingency fund, according to the latest report from the project's government-led Oversight Committee. It covers project work, up to the end of December 2014. In the last quarter, roughly $29 million of unexpected costs have hit the main work site at Muskrat Falls, where the dam, massive powerhouse and spillway structure is under construction. The planned dates for both first power and full power from Muskrat Falls are still in place, according to Nalcor. To date, $2.14 billion has been invoiced – actually spent – on the construction work. This is the cumulative value of all goods and services provided to the Project up to this point in time regardless of whether it was paid during the current period or will be paid at some future point in time. The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay References: Muskrat Falls Project Oversight Committee “The Committee will produce quarterly reports...for distribution to the general public.” • Committee report - December 2014 [32 pages] • Committee report - September 2014 [38 pages] • Oversight Committee Releases First Report - July 31, 2014 • Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee • Muskrat Falls oversight committee announced The Telegram, 25 March 2014 • Muskrat Falls oversight committee to provide public updates CBC News, 24 March 2014 |
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2015 Mar 12 Kings 2050 Update Public Meeting to Discuss Draft Energy & Large-Scale Wind Turbine Policies Thursday March 12th, 2015 at 6:00pm Municipal Complex, Orchards Room 87 Cornwallis Street, Kentville On Thursday, March 12th the Municipality of Kings County will host a public meeting to review and gather public feedback on the proposed direction concerning energy set out in the 'Draft for Consultation' Municipal Planning Strategy. Municipality of Kings County |
2015 Mar 12 Biomass plant proposed for Bridgewater A biomass plant to supply an alternative source of renewable energy using scraps of wood from chips to sawdust has been proposed for Bridgewater, Lunenburg County. The plant is a project of Bridgewater Renewable Energy Works, and if it succeeds it will one of the first facilities of its kind in North America. The proposed location of the system is on High Street, and the plant would be attached to the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) campus. "Location is a very positive attribute for this project. It's literally a few hundred feet from the NS Power substation behind the community college, and thermal (heating) customers are clustered nearby, minimizing capital and distribution costs," said Richard Pearson, the CEO of the company, who presented the proposed project to Bridgewater town council the evening of March 3rd. "There's a local abundant renewable source of biomass including underutilized forestry residual fibre, sawdust, bark shreds and some underutilized species that aren't used for the pulp and paper industry and aren't used for saw logs." The company hopes to buy its biomass from local suppliers. It will require 100 tonnes a day. "That's three truckloads, essentially 36,000 tonnes a year," he said. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater References: • This project appears as number 268 on the list of COMFIT projects as of January 14, 2015 • Community Feed-In-Tariff Program (COMFIT) Achieves Goal, on Hold January 15, 2015 Projects announced today (January 15, 2015) include – A 3.2 MW biomass project near Bridgewater (Dave Stewart and Associates) 3.2 megawatts = 4300 horsepower |
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2015 Mar 09 Halcyon's Scots Bay tidal project still a go Community engagement sessions are on hold right now, but Halcyon Tidal Power is still floating a proposal for a multibillion-dollar tidal energy project for Scots Bay. The company laid out its plans at a town hall meeting in Kings County early last year for a 10-kilometre-long tidal range lagoon facility spanning across Scots Bay from Cape Split to Baxters Harbour, much like a dam but with turbines in it. Halcyon hopes to harness power from the 10-metre tides to produce up to 1,200 megawatts of electricity. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Mar 11 Wire stringing underway for Muskrat Falls Project transmission line An essential component for bringing electric energy from Labrador to Nova Scotia Installation of the power line conductor (wire) has begun for the two parallel 315 kV transmission lines being built to connect Muskrat Falls with Churchill Falls in Labrador. Nalcor Energy, St. John's For details of the design of these two transmission lines, see Schedule 2, section 3 - HVac Overland Transmission - Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls of the Generator Interconnection Agreement (216 pages) between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (in its capacity as the NL System Operator) and Muskrat Falls Corporation and Labrador Transmission Corporation. ♦Transmission line power capacity is to be 900 MW (1 200 000 horsepower) for each transmission line, allowing for all load to be carried on a single circuit... [Under this 900 MW maximum loading, each of the three live wires in one 315 kV power line will be carrying about 1700 amperes.] ♦One transmission line shall have one Overhead Ground Wire (OHGW) and one Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) and the second line shall have two OHGW... (§6140 HVac Overland Transmission - Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls) ♦About 3,000 km of conductor will be required for this HVac power line. Two three-phase circuits (two parallel power lines) (six live wires) 6 × 250 km = 1500 km Two bundled Drake ACSR* conductors for each live wire 2 × 1500 km = 3000 km * ACSR - Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced |
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2015 Feb 28 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter February 2015 At the end of February, 32 of 34 turbines have been delivered at the South Canoe Project site in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. [Extra geographical details are included here because most viewers of this website live in countries other than Canada. In number of viewers sorted by country, China comes second, Canada is third, Germany is fourth, Ukraine is fifth, and France is sixth.] Of these 32 turbines, 29 have been "topped to the hub" (whatever that may mean) and 20 of those have been erected including the nacelle and a complete set of three blades. There are about 190 people working on the project daily. The current expectation is that all turbine and tower components will be delivered on site by March 8th. • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page The South Canoe Wind Project will have 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower |
2015 Mar 05 South Canoe Turbine Deliveries Complete After five months of transporting turbines to site, South Canoe is pleased to announce that all turbine and tower components are on site and the turbine deliveries are complete. “There were no major incidents or injuries during the deliveries, due in large part to the cooperation of our drivers, local businesses, and residents.” Some of our delivery highlights: – Through challenging winter conditions, we made a total of 340 deliveries from Liverpool and Trenton to the project site. – The school board and the wind farm worked together to ensure that there would be no conflicts between the C schedule and delivery trucks... —Source: E-mail dated Thu, Mar 5th, 2015, at 1:40pm from Community Relations Manager South Canoe Wind Farm Reference: • South Canoe's big blades on the move from Liverpool to New Russell Feb 27, 2015 |
2015 Mar 06 Nova Scotia Power's fiscal success $78 per megawatt hour The non-fuel cost charged to ratepayers by Nova Scotia Power rose to $78 per megawatt hour in 2014, from $75 in 2013 and $67 in 2012. It would have been higher, but the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board recently ruled against NS Power claiming more costs. These details were reported in a management discussion document issued last month by the utility's owner, Emera Inc. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Feb 20 Turbine turns profit for Municipality of Chester Total expected to exceed $400,000 in Year One With two months left in fiscal year, the Kaizer Meadow wind turbine has realized 86% of projected revenues. The overall profit from the Municipality of Chester (MODC) project is expected to be more than $400,000, according to a report presented to the municipality's committee of the whole this week. The report forecast revenues collected by the end of March to be $622,072, approximately 86% of budgeted revenue for the period of the fiscal year April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015. The report identified revenue to date as $508,504. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater Total Energy Delivered, April 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 = 3,881,700 kWh 3,881,700 kWh × 13.1¢ per kWh = $508,503 Average Power Generated, April 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 = 528 kW = 708 horsepower Total Fuel Cost, April 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 = $zero References: • Kaizer Meadow Wind Turbine • Same Address, Different Experience - Renovated Website |
2015 Feb 23 Comfit projects turning wind into energy in Yarmouth County Reaching towards the sky, three wind turbines speckle the landscape in the Black Pond Road and Little River Harbour communities. The first, installed by Scotian WindFields in Little River Harbour, about 5km west northwest from Wedge -port in Yarmouth County, went up in early 2014. Another one, to the east on the Black Pond Road, about 5km north northwest from Wedgeport is owned by the same company and is expected to be generating energy by the end of February. The wind turbines put up by Watts Wind Energy and Scotian WindFields are Comfit (Community Feed-In-Tariff) award projects through the Department of Energy. Comfit is designed for locally-based renewable electricity projects. To be eligible, the projects must be community- owned and connected at the distribution level (below 50,000 volts). A Comfit award entitles a company to a long-term power purchase agree- ment to sell the generated electric energy to NS Power at 13.1¢ per kWh, the set rate approved by the Utility and Review Board. As of January 2015, 89 projects, totalling 200 MW of capacity, have been awarded since the program began in 2011. The program has been paused pending a review and the release of the electricity plan next fall. Nova Scotia has a target of generating 40% of its power from renewables by 2020. Yarmouth County Vanguard, Yarmouth |
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2015 Feb 18 Liberals mull changing how Nova Scotia Power sets rates The McNeil government is considering changing how electricity rates are set. Currently, the regulator examines Nova Scotia Power costs and decides how much each customer group pays. The electricity draft report released this week says there's an appetite for greater accountability and a performance-based system where NSP's rates are tied to meeting standards. That would change NSP's guaranteed rate of return. But the report urges caution, as this system failed in Ontario. CBC News, Halifax References: • Electricity System Review February 18, 2015 • Electricity System Review Report [50 pages] February 18, 2015 • Renewable to Retail Market Opening application being developed for submission to the Utility and Review Board (UARB) by September 1, 2015 • NS Power Tariffs - 2014 [70 pages] |
2015 Feb 18 McNeil government asks Nova Scotians about power rates • CBC News video clip 14:15-15:50 |
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2015 Feb 16 Order in Council Number OC2015-020 Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation Electric Transmission Line between Muskrat Falls and St. Johns Lease of the seabed under Strait of Belle Isle The Lieutenant Governor in Council is pleased to authorize the Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs to enter into a Land Use Agreement with Canada to grant a lease/license interest in the Strait of Belle Isle seabed to Labrador-Island Link General Partner Corporation, as General Partner of Labrador-Island Link Limited Partnership, and Labrador-Island Link Operating Corporation, for the purpose of the Labrador Island Link; a Joint Management Agreement with Canada for the purpose of managing the Land Use Agreement; and a Reliance Agreement, as set out in documentation on file with the Clerk of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. Cabinet Secretariat Newfoundland and Labrador |
2015 Feb 17 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: December 2014 [46 pages] This report covers construction activities
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2015 Feb 13 Mi'kmaw Economic Benefits Office working with the Maritime Link With work beginning on the Maritime Link, NSP Maritime Link is partnering with the Mi'kmaw Economic Benefits Office to train local aboriginals for work on the link, which will connect Newfoundland and Labrador to the North American electricity system, via Nova Scotia. The Maritime Link involves the construction and operation of a new high-voltage 500 megawatt (670 000 horsepower) electric transmission line and associated infrastructure, between Granite Canal on Newfoundland Island and Woodbine, near Sydney on Cape Breton Island. The project includes two 170 kilometre underwater cables across Cabot Strait, close to 50 kilometres of overland electric transmission in Nova Scotia and nearly 300 km of overland transmission in Newfoundland. Construction of the Maritime Link will require hundreds of workers, employed through contractors, to build the various components between 2014 and 2017. This includes labourers, semi-skilled and skilled tradespeople. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
2015 Feb 14 Smart storage heaters cut power costs in half Most people hate time-of-day billing, but contrary to appearances, electric utility CEOs don't sit in ivory towers devising ways to inch us all toward personal bankruptcy. There's a legitimate reason time-of-day billing exists. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Feb 09 Carbon tax a fixture in uncertain energy future ...There is no doubt that the world of energy production, distribution and consumption is headed into a period of unprecedented and radical change, driven by a convergence of very powerful technological and environmental forces. Happily, some certainties remain. For example, despite our apparent confusion in Nova Scotia, efficiency or "demand-side management" remains easily the best energy investment, two to three times cheaper than natural gas, coal and nuclear generation on a comparative or "levelized" basis... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Feb 09 NSPI Website • Letter dated February 9, 2015 from UARB to NS Power Inc. • Email dated January 27, 2015 to the Utility and Review Board (UARB) Original attachments – these graphics are fully described in the email dated January 27, 2015: • EXHIBIT ONE • EXHIBIT TWO • EXHIBIT THREE • Letter dated February 20, 2015 from NS Power Inc. to UARB |
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2015 Feb 06 Embrace carbon tax, erase energy subsidies Energy subsidies mostly waste a half-trillion dollars worldwide, including $20 billion a year in Canada, and some millions in Nova Scotia in the form of electricity rebates and subsidies mostly to windmills and biomass. Here, as elsewhere, wind is at its limits and biomass is a train wreck. The government would be right to wind them up... The Nova Scotia power rebate should be done away with for the simple reason that at least 80 per cent of it subsidizes those who can pay, including the very well off. It should be dropped on condition a support system can be devised for those who can't pay – involving Community Services or any group, such as the Salvation Army or local and church social committees, that people are apt to approach for help... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Feb 02 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter January 2015 At the end of January, 27 turbines are in various stages of assembly, with eleven turbines completely erected. • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page To erect the turbines, the South Canoe Project has a new crane - a Liebherr LG 1750, capable of lifting 750 metric tonnes at 7 metres radius. Photographs Liebherr LG 1750 Wikipedia (German) The South Canoe Wind Project will have 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower |
2015 Feb 05 Independent Engineer's Report November 2014 Site Visits - Lower Churchill Project Includes lots of good photographs of construction activity The IE visited the eastern end of the Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls HVac transmission line on November 25 and 26, 2014 to observe tower assembly and erection works by Valard Construction. The HVac lines connecting Muskrat Falls Generating Station with Churchill Falls Generating Station consist of two parallel 315kV lines from the proposed 735/315kV Substation (adjacent to Churchill Falls Switchyard) to the new Muskrat Falls Generating Station. The two new HVac transmission lines are supported on separate structures. They share the same right of way (100m) and also are parallel to the existing Goose Bay 138kV line. Each line has bundled conductor – two 795kcmil Drake conductors per phase – supported on steel structures. There are approximately 1200 towers for the two lines. Line 1 is to the south and includes one Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) and one Overhead Shield Wire (OHSW) while Line 2 is to the north and includes two OHSW. There is a full capacity redundancy, as only one of the HVac transmission lines with the bundle Drake conductor is capable of transferring the full load. One line can be totally out of service at a time with no effect on the load transfer.
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Generator Interconnection Agreement 216 pages Agreement between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (in its capacity as the NL System Operator) and Muskrat Falls Corporation and Labrador Transmission Corporation
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2015 Jan 30 Power poles a homely but affordable way to light up the community Why are power lines built overhead on poles, instead of underground and out of sight? Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Jan 30 Conserving energy could be more cost-effective ...In the mix are small-scale wind and biomass projects that are allowed into the system entirely independent of whether they are needed. As well as annoying the neighbours, these projects produce electricity at entirely uncom- petitive rates. Depending on the size and efficiency of wind turbines, they are between two and eight times the savings from not using fuel-based alternatives. This further boosts prices. More than 90 of these have been approved. Government has declared a pause in approvals pending review... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Feb 02 Supply, demand changes spark rise in cost of firewood The shutdown of Liverpool's Bowater Mersey pulp and paper plant, along with the temporary shutdown of the Point Tupper plant, caused many harvesting contractors to get out of the wood-cutting business. Meanwhile, Nova Scotia Power's new biomass burning plant, also in Point Tupper, is expected to consume 670,000 tonnes of wood fibre annually – about half that will be harvested and the other half is projected to come from waste. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2015 Jan 19 N.S. power plan in need of tune-up Program for small-scale enterprises on hold; straight subsidies may be better option Locally owned, locally generated energy is a good thing. But after three years in operation, the regulated pricing model that has given a boost to small-scale energy production is due for a tune-up. Last week, Michel Samson, the acting energy minister, said government would stop accepting proposals under the Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) program, pending the release of a provincial electricity plan in the fall... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: • Community Feed-In-Tariff Program Achieves Goal, on Hold Jan 15, 2015 • Report on the Review of the Community Feed-In-Tariff Program [14 pages] March 2014 |
2015 Jan 23 Nova Scotia Power's boiler spoils forests The 2,790 hectares that will be cut each and every year to feed the biomass boiler at Point Tupper translates into 6,894 acres for us old guys, which is 10.77 square miles, or all the forest in a three-and-one-quarter mile by three-and-one-quarter mile square. Surely we can't allow this to continue year upon year. This is not green technology. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2015 Jan 28 Power rates holding steady for Berwick Electric users Berwick residents won't be seeing a power rate hike this year. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) approved Berwick Electric's rates on Jan. 20th. Customers will continue to pay about 13 cents per kilowatt hour (NOTE: the newspaper got the decimal point wrong!) for power, said Don Regan, Berwick chief administrative officer and director of Berwick Electric, despite a large sum consumers across the province owe to Nova Scotia Power (NSP). Back in 2012, Regan says, NSP went to the UARB to request a rate increase to help cover mounting fuel costs. Instead, the UARB offered a Rate Stabilization Plan, which limited the power rate increase for consumers to three per cent between 2013 and 2014. "They could only do that by deferring the collection of fuel costs," said Regan... Kings County Register, Berwick |
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2015 Jan 16 N.S. uranium could help wean world off fossil fuels Nuclear power's track record is much safer than coal's, notwithstanding the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents Consider, for example, South Korea which has a population of 50 million in an area less than twice as big as Nova Scotia. If our province were as densely populated, there would be 27 million Nova Scotians. Halifax would have about 12 million people. South Korea has little opportunity for hydro and none for imports of electricity. Coal provides 43% of its electricity, coal and gas another quarter. Almost all the rest comes from 23 nuclear power installations. How might South Korea reduce its greenhouse gas emissions? Wind and solar might be options, but the climate is less than ideal for solar, and they both would take up a lot of space in an already crowded country. Apart from that, today's electric transmission systems have limited capacity to handle power from sources whose output varies with weather conditions rather than customer demand. It would appear that the one viable option is to increase nuclear power and, in fact, South Korea has five more reactors under construction and a further eight planned. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Comment: We live in an incredibly exciting and incredibly challenging time. Energy demands due to economic growth and increasing population must be satisfied in a sustainable manner assuring inherent safety, efficiency and no or minimized environmental impact. These considerations are among the reasons that lead to serious interest in deploying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source. At the same time, catastrophic earthquake and tsunami events in Japan resulted in the Fukushima nuclear accident that forced us to rethink our approach to nuclear safety, design requirements and facilitated growing interests in advanced nuclear energy systems. Nuclear energy is a low carbon technology but it is not emission free. Lifecycle analyses of nuclear energy find an average carbon intensity of 66g CO2 per kWh* of which the largest part (38%) is generated in the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle (uranium mining and milling). Besides the CO2 emission there are also other environmental and health impacts that are associated with the uranium milling and mining activities. In Germany nuclear energy use is a controversially discussed topic. In 2002 the out-phasing of nuclear energy by 2022 was decided. In 2010 a new government passed a life time extension of the 17 power plants by on average 12 years, seeing nuclear energy as an important bridging technology to reach Germany's ambitious climate goals... * 66g CO2 per kWh can be compared with the intensity of electrical energy produced at NSPI's Point Aconi generating plant, which is about 900 grams CO2 per kWh. Point Aconi, commissioned in 1994, is Nova Scotia Power's newest and most environmentally progressive coal-fired generating station. |
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2015 Jan 15 Barrington wind project approved as COMFIT program paused by province As it announced a pause on new applications, the province approved seven new Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) projects, including a small wind project in Barrington, to produce local renewable electricity. The electric energy generated will be sold directly to NS Power. NS Power will distribute this energy to homes and businesses throughout the local area, and will issue bills calculated at the ordinary rates. The Municipality will receive 49.9 cents per kilowatt-hour from NS Power. The 50-kilowatt (67 horsepower) wind project announced for the Municipality of Barrington – which is located at the western end of Shelburne County and includes Canada's most southern saltwater beach – will be sited near the Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill at Goose Lake. Projects announced today are:
processed pending the program review and the release of the electricity plan next fall. Shelburne County Coast Guard, Shelburne 3.2 megawatts = 4300 horsepower 1.5 megawatts = 2000 horsepower 600 kilowatts = 800 horsepower 500 kilowatts = 670 horsepower 50 kilowatts = 67 horsepower References: • Barrington municipality planning wind power project at landfill site Aug. 29, 2014 • Environmental assessment of Barrington wind farm underway March 5, 2013 • Energy Resources Conservation Act • Province Can Meet Wind Targets...Study Says press release 16 May 2008 • Nova Scotia Wind Integration Study |
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2015 Jan 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: November 2014 [45 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of November 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link.
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • December 2014 • November 2014 • October 2014 • September 2014 • August 2014 • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • Independent Engineer Site Visit report - July 14-23, 2014 Muskrat Falls Project Oversight Committee “The Committee will produce quarterly reports...for distribution to the general public.” • Committee report - September 2014 [38 pages] • Oversight Committee Releases First Report - July 31, 2014 • Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee ••• Lower Churchill Project Gilbert Bennett's presentation at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) Engineering Speaker Series - April 2, 2014 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure • Interactive map of the Labrador-Island Transmission Link Maritime Link Project Quarterly Newsletter • Issue 01 - Summer 2014 • Issue 02 - Fall 2014
Strait of Belle Isle The Strait of Belle Isle crossing will have three cables installed – any two will be able to transfer 900 MW from Labrador to Newfoundland Island. Each cable has been designed for continuous operation at 350,000 volts and 1290 amperes. 900 megawatts = 1,200,000 horsepower
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2015 Jan 15 Community Feed-In-Tariff Program Achieves Goal, on Hold Today, the Nova Scotia Government announced it has approved the next phase for seven new Community Feed-In Tariff (COMFIT) projects to produced local renewable electricity. Government also announced its plans to pause and evaluate the COMFIT program to ensure it continues to be community-based, innovative and contributes to the province's future energy needs. Over 90 COMFIT projects have been approved to date and new applications will not be processed pending this program review and the release of the electricity plan next fall. COMFIT provides eligible groups an established price per kilowatt hour (kWh) for projects producing electricity from renewable resources such as wind, biomass, in-stream tidal and run-of-the-river universities, co-operatives and not-for-profit organizations... Applications received before today's announcement will continue to be processed and decisions will be made in the coming months. Government supports diversifying the province's energy mix to include more renewable electricity sources. The COMFIT program will help the province reach its renewable electricity targets of 25% renewable electricity by 2015 and 40% by 2020. N.S. Energy Department press release
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2015 Jan 11 Sherwood golf course development proposed Owners plan to build 32 homes nearby Changes could be on the horizon for the Sherwood Golf and Country Club. The owners have sent a letter of intent to the Municipality of the District of Chester explaining their plan to build 32 new homes surrounding the golf course. The new development will join the 12 cottages already built on the 325-acre site, but, unlike the cottages, the new dwellings will be year-round homes. "The plan is they will be single family on large lots," said Ged Stonehouse of Stonehouse Golf Group, who is facilitating the process for the Homburg Group, which owns the course. The letter of intent states that the proponents would like to get the development process started as soon as possible so that the first homes could be sold by the spring of 2015. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater The South Canoe Wind Project is currently under construction and is expected to be in commercial operation by summer 2015. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower (This item is of interest here because the Homburg Group, which owns the course, was one of the parties opposed to the construction of the South Canoe Wind Project in 2013 – Appeals by Friends of South Canoe Lake and Richburg LP Management Inc. and Homburg Land Bank Corporation Limited of a decision of Chester Municipal Council dated March 14, 2013 which approved Development Agreements with Nova Scotia Power Incorporated, Minas Basin Pulp and Power Limited and Oxford Frozen Foods Limited for the construction and operation of a 102 megawatt wind energy facility on lands in the South Canoe Lake area, near New Russell and New Ross. The appeals were dismissed by the Utility and Review Board in a decision dated September 5, 2013.)
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Also See: Sherwood golf course development proposed Chester gives preliminary support for golf course development 32 vacation residences proposed A proposed housing development at the Sherwood Golf and Country Club has moved one step closer |
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2015 Jan 09 Nalcor says North Spur under control Nalcor Energy says everything is going fine with their work to stabilize the North Spur portion of the Muskrat Falls project. A news release sent out Friday morning, Jan. 9th, said that Gilbert Newfoundland and Labrador Contracting will conduct stabilization work on the North Spur, building cutoff walls and changing the grading of the land to prevent landslides. The North Spur is a prominent geological feature of the landscape that juts out into the Churchill River at the Muskrat Falls site, forming a partial natural barrier which will be incorporated into the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam. The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant will have 4 generating units with a total capacity of 824 megawatts. 824 megawatts = 1,104,000 horsepower |
2015 Jan 09 North Spur Stabilization Work Moving Forward The North Spur is a 1,000m long, 500m wide and 45 to 60m high ridge that connects the Muskrat Falls rock knoll to the north bank of the lower Churchill River. When the reservoir is filled (impounded) for the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility this feature will form a natural dam and become a major part of the river impoundment system. The North Spur is composed of unconsolidated mixed sand and marine silt/clay sediments. The depth to bedrock underneath the Spur is in the range of 200 to 250m. The type of clay on the North Spur is sensitive clay and the design has taken all geotechnical and other factors into account for the North Spur stabilization work. Nalcor Energy says everything is proceeding as planned with their work to stabilize the North Spur portion of the Muskrat Falls project. "We are moving forward with the work necessary to stabilize the North Spur prior to filling the Muskrat Falls reservoir (impoundment)," said Gilbert Bennett, Vice President, Nalcor Energy Lower Churchill Project. "We have extensively studied the North Spur and the geotechnical conditions are well understood." Gilbert Newfoundland and Labrador Contracting Ltd. will complete the North Spur stabilization work, including constructing cutoff walls, re-grading the upstream and downstream slopes of the North Spur, and installing erosion protection on the upstream and downstream shores of the Spur. Gilbert Newfoundland and Labrador Contracting is a division of Fernand Gilbert ltée. The company has extensive experience in overburden excavation and the construction of embankments in northern climates, equivalent to Labrador. They have experience working in northern winter climates across Canada... Heavy Equipment Guide, Vancouver |
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2015 Jan 09 Nova Scotia Power biomass project in Cape Breton raising green concerns Foresters in northern Nova Scotia are warning that the wood being burned at Nova Scotia Power's new biomass boiler may be green, but the electricity coming out of it isn't. The boiler, started by now- defunct NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. and sold to Nova Scotia Power, opened during the summer of 2013. Running at peak capacity, which it is a bit shy of now, it burns 670,000 green tonnes of wood fibre annually to produce 60 megawatts of electricity. Allan Eddy, associate deputy minister at the Natural Resources Depart- ment, said the shakeup of the province's forest industry over the last five years has resulted in a severe decline in the province's harvesting capacity. The NewPage Port Hawkesbury bankruptcy and the closure of Liverpool's Bowater Mersey mill resulted in a lot of harvesting contractors jumping ship from the forest industry. He said Nova Scotia Power has an obligation to its ratepayers to get wood fibre as cheaply as possible. The cheapest way is to clear land, not selectively harvest to improve the lot for the future. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax 60 megawatts = 80,000 horsepower |
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2015 Jan 09 Request for Research Proposals for 2015/16 Marine Renewable Energy International Standards for Marine Energy Conversion Systems All legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada can submit research proposals. Such entities may include companies, utilities, industry associations, research associations, standards organ- izations, aboriginal and community groups and Canadian academic institutions. Federal government ministries, agencies and departments are not eligible to submit proposals... Marine Renewables Canada |
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2015 Jan 07 Samson adds Energy to cabinet duties Although he begins the New Year with new cabinet portfolios, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Michel Samson is assuring his constituents that their needs will remain his top priority. Already the Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism and the Minister of Acadian Affairs, Samson took on the Energy and Communications Nova Scotia (CNS) portfolios on December 23rd at the request of Premier Stephen McNeil. The request came shortly after Dartmouth East MLA Andrew Younger, the previous Energy Minister, requested a leave of absence from cabinet to deal with personal matters. Speaking to The Reporter shortly after receiving a two-hour briefing from the Deputy Minister of Energy on Friday morning, January 2nd, Samson said he could not determine how long he would retain the extra cabinet load but confirmed that the briefing addressed issues that could arise "in the next number of weeks and months" within the Energy portfolio. "Energy is of great interest to us in the Strait area, with the potential project at the Bear Head (liquefied natural gas) site and the two (LNG) projects in Guysborough County. We'll certainly be working closely with all of our partners in seeing those projects move forward as well... I'm familiar with those projects, and so I'm quite happy to be taking over an energy portfolio that will be dealing directly with those proponents." Samson is also confident that his government's track record on energy issues will help him ease into his new position. As an example, he pointed to a recent meeting of potential investors in the Bear Head LNG project that included his participation, as well as that of McNeil and Younger. The Reporter, Port Hawkesbury |
2015 Jan 07 Final touches being done on Martock Ridge turbines New wind turbines at Martock Ridge expected to be operational by the end of this month The final wind turbine of three to be constructed for the six-megawatt Martock Ridge Community Wind Project was installed in December. The Martock Ridge CWP is located in the Municipality of West Hants (MOWH), about 7km southeast from Windsor, in the Mills Lake Watershed Protected area near Three Mile Plains, on a parcel of land located in MOWH but owned by the Town of Windsor. Dan Roscoe, chief operating officer for Scotian WindFields Inc., said the project has moved forward at a steady pace since the on-site work began in the spring of 2014, and he's optimistic the final stages of testing will soon be complete. "There are lots of wires to connect and bolts to tighten on the inside of a piece of equipment like this," he said. The project is worth just shy of $17 million. The Hants Journal, Windsor 6 megawatts = 8,000 horsepower The Martock Ridge Community Wind Project ownership is a partnership among Scotian WindFields Inc., (RJSC 3071812), Scotian Wind Inc. (RJSC 3256775) and WEB Wind Energy North America Inc., (RJSC 3260653), a subsidiary of Austria-based WEB Windenergie Aktiengesellschaft. 2013 Annual Report [146 pages] Company history References: • Martock Ridge Community Wind Project • Site Map For better detail, this map graphic can be enlarged to quadruple size (400%) without pixelation. |
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2015 Jan 05 South Canoe Delayed, Expected Ready Near April It appears the propellers powering the largest wind farm in the province will be turning by April. The South Canoe Wind Project has been delayed because of opposition to the project and appeal hearings which needed to take place before the Utility and Review Board and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. The $200 million project is being built about ten km east of New Ross. Nova Scotia Power Spokesperson Bev Ware says the appeal process has led to delays in ordering components. When in operation the wind project will mean about $700,000 annually in increased revenue for the Municipality of Chester, located in the eastern half of Lunenburg County. CKBW News, Bridgewater |
2015 Jan 05 Wind turbine project set for Isle Madame One of five projects across Nova Scotia for Dartmouth firm Scotian WindFields Inc. of Dartmouth will construct a 100-metre [330 feet] wind turbine on Isle Madame in Richmond County next month as part of several wind energy projects underway across the province. Chief operating officer Dan Roscoe said the 1.99-megawatt turbine will be located in Martinique, behind Richmond County's engineering and public works garage. The height of the turbine tower is compar- able to a 33-storey building. Isle Madame is believed to have been named for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of France's King Louis XIV. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax 1.99 megawatts = 2670 horsepower |
2015 Jan 07 South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Report • Newlsetter December 2014 At the end of December, 20 turbines have been delivered to the site. Four cranes are on site assembling towers and turbines. Five turbines have been fully erected. The 138 kV transmission line and substation have been energized. The last shipment of blades, hubs and nacelles is due to arrive from China the week of January 12-17. The manuacture of towers is continuing in Trenton, Nova Scotia. • Site Progress Infographic • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page The South Canoe Wind Project will have 34 turbines with a total nameplate generating capacity of 102 megawatts. 102 megawatts = 137 000 horsepower |
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2014 Dec 30 South Canoe wind farm project pushed back until April Completion of the South Canoe wind farm project near New Ross has been officially pushed back to April. The initial operating date was January 1, but a Nova Scotia Power spokeswoman said a court appeals process has delayed construction. The project has faced several court challenges; the most recent is an appeal from Cape Breton Explorations Inc., which is protesting Nova Scotia Power's 49 per cent partnership in the project. Last year, an appeal brought forward last year by Friends of South Canoe Lake was dismissed by the Utility and Review Board in a decsison issued on September 5th, 2013. "Until the UARB denied that appeal, the project proponents couldn't order components for the wind farm and that meant that construction couldn't begin at the site, so that's why the date has been pushed back," said Nova Scotia Power spokeswoman Beverley Ware, who added that at this point, the owners of the project won't have to pay penalties for the delay. "The contract that we have provides for extensions of time when you're dealing with issues that are beyond the parties control, and this municipal appeal would be considered one of those issues." Right now, 20 turbines are on site and five have been erected, but winter weather could cause problems for construction crews. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater
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2014 Dec 30 Chester: Warden Points To Renewable Energy As ‘Significant’ Achievement It was a year of engaging news stories in Chester. The municipality had plenty of public feedback on issues including the universal sewer rate and the future of the former elementary school in Gold River-Western Shore. However, renewable energy was the top newsmaker for Warden Allen Webber. He takes pride in having a large scale wind farm in the municipality. He says, "After South Canoe is up and running, we'll be in a position to generate a million dollars annually outside of traditional taxation so, it's a big deal to me and it should be to the public." A wind turbine also started producing revenue for the municipality at the Kaizer Meadow landfill. CKBW News, Bridgewater |
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2014 Dec 19 Awards support tidal industry development Tidal power turbines expected to operate in the Bay of Fundy in 2015 Government is granting four awards that will help tidal energy developers deploy the first turbine arrays in the Bay of Fundy. In October 2014, developers at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) applied to the Department of Energy to receive a developmental feed-in tariff, an established price per kilowatt hour. The Utility and Review Board set the tariff in 2013, and it is managed by the Energy Department. It is designed to help developers test devices, with the goal of becoming competitive sources of renewable energy, and helping the industry grow and develop in Nova Scotia. The tariff has attracted international investment. Four developers have received approval under the program for a total of 17.5 megawatts (23,500 horsepower) of electricity: Minas Energy, 4 MW (5,360 horsepower), Black Rock Tidal Power, 5 MW (6,700 horsepower), Atlantis Operations Canada, 4.5 MW (6,030 horsepower) and Cape Sharp Tidal Venture, 4 MW (5,360 horsepower). The approval allows the developers to enter into a 15-year power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power. The first turbines are expected to operate in the Bay of Fundy in 2015. The Citizen Record, Amherst |
2014 Dec 23 Nova Scotia Energy minister takes leave for ‘personal matters’ Andrew Younger is taking a leave of absence from cabinet. Premier Stephen McNeil's office announced December 23rd the Minister of Energy, Communications Nova Scotia and Part One of the Gaming Control Act has asked for leave. Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Michel Samson will take over Mr. Younger's portfolios temporarily. Annapolis County Spectator, Annapolis Royal |
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2014 Dec 19 Awards Support Tidal Industry Development Government is granting four awards that will help tidal energy developers deploy the first turbine arrays in the Bay of Fundy. In October 2014, developers at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) applied to the Department of Energy to receive a developmental feed-in tariff, an established price per kilowatt hour. Four developers have received approval under the program for a total of 17.5 megawatts (23,500 horsepower) of electricity: Minas Energy, 4 MW (5,360 horsepower), Black Rock Tidal Power, 5 MW (6,700 horsepower), Atlantis Operations Canada, 4.5 MW (6,030 horsepower) and Cape Sharp Tidal Venture, 4 MW (5,360 horsepower). The approval allows the developers to enter into a 15-year power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power. The first turbines are expected to operate in the Bay of Fundy in 2015. N.S. Energy Department media release
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2014 Dec 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: October 2014 [45 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of October 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link.
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • November 2014 • October 2014 • September 2014 • August 2014 • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure • Interactive map of the Labrador-Island Transmission Link Maritime Link Project Quarterly Newsletter • Issue 01 - Summer 2014 • Issue 02 - Fall 2014 |
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2014 Dec 12 Incandescent bulbs will burn no more The era of incandescent light bulbs will soon be extinguished forever. Beginning January 1st, 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will start to disappear from store shelves. The federal government began phasing out traditional light bulbs in January 2014, when 75-watt and 100-watt bulbs were no longer permitted to be supplied to the Canadian market. The phase-out of 60-watt and 40-watt bulbs means consumers will have to rely on other types of lighting, such as compact fluorescent lamps and light-emitting diodes. The government's new lighting standards ards are intended to improve energy efficiency and reduce the greenhouse gases that come from the process of generating electricity from burning fossil fuels such as coal. Donald Dodge of Efficiency Nova Scotia said it is about time to flip the switch on incandescents. "It took us over 130 years to move past the old incandescent light bulb," said the non-profit's business development manager. "That design is virtually the same as it was when Edison came up with it. So it's time to move on to the brave new world of lighting." Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Comment: Who invented the electric light bulb? • Not Edison! |
2014 Dec 12 Light bulb switch dim example of ‘efficiency’ The whole business of upgrading and swapping light bulbs in the name of "efficiency" looks like a con. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Dec 12 Hacker group Anonymous targets Nova Scotia Power A group puporting to be members of the hacker collective Anonymous is warning Nova Scotia Power to lower its rates and freeze "kickbacks and bonuses" for CEOs. In a Youtube video released under the account name 'anonymous maritimes' made late Wednesday, December 10th, the group says it has information about corruption within the utility company. The Citizen Record, Amherst • YouTube video 3:25 |
2014 Dec 12 Delayed Start for South Canoe Wind Project The South Canoe Wind project won't be ready on time. The 34 wind turbine farm between Vaughn and New Russell was expected to be operational January 1st. However, ongoing court proceedings and a late start to construc- tion are being blamed for a delay. Warden Allen Webber says every month that goes by is lost revenue for the municipality. He says, "The annual revenue from South Canoe when its fully operational are in the order of $650,000. Every month they are behind, there is $75,000 in delayed revenue." CKBW News, Bridgewater |
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2014 Dec 08 Sable Wind farm on target A six-turbine wind farm in Guysborough County that is a partnership between the local municipality and Nova Scotia Power should be commercially operational by early next week, the district's warden says. Vernon Pitts said Monday, October 8th, that Sable Wind, which is majority owned by the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is on time and on budget. Nova Scotia Power owns a 49% share of the $27-million project. Sable Wind is one of two new wind farms in the province that have Nova Scotia Power as a minority partner. South Canoe, under construction in Lunenburg County, will become the province's largest wind farm but is running behind schedule. The 34-turbine project, slated to be operational by January 1, is now expected to be commiss- ioned sometime during the first quarter of 2015. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Dec 05 Deal with Ottawa buys time for N.S. The province's coal-fired plants will now be able to keep operating into the future Nova Scotia will be exempt from federal regulations on carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants that come into effect in July 2015. That's largely because Ottawa believes the hydroelectricity to come from the Muskrat Falls project will allow the province to move away from its dependence on coal. The province began negotiating the agreement with the federal government back in 2009. The exemption was granted under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act because the federal government agreed that provincial laws could achieve the same environmental benefit as its own regulations, at less cost. If the exemption had not been granted, Nova Scotia Power would have been forced to begin shutting down coal-fired power plants before the end of their normal life span, resulting in "stranded costs" (incomplete depreciation cycles) as plants were prematurely shut down, thus requiring additional investments in new forms of power generation. It is the first such "equivalency" agreement Ottawa has negotiated with a province, and its duration is very short. It will begin in 2015 and end in 2019. However, the federal government only consented to the agreement when the province decided to extend its own regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from electricity production as far out as 2030... It is a curious and overlooked fact that the Maritime Link plays a special part in this deal... The new deal between the province and Ottawa will allow coal-fired power plants to keep operating in Nova Scotia well into the future, preventing premature investments in new power sources... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Reference: Order Declaring that the REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY IN NOVA SCOTIA in order to minimize regulatory duplication and financial burden for the electricity producer in Nova Scotia by suspending the application of federal regulations on Greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired electricity generation in Nova Scotia. Privy Council Number 2014-1268, date 20 November 2014 ...His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 10(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, makes the annexed Order Declaring that the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations Do Not Apply in Nova Scotia. http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/oic-ddc.asp?lang=eng&Page=secretariats&txtOICID=2014-1268&txtFromDate=&txtToDate=&txtPrecis=&txtDepartment=&txtAct=&txtChapterNo=&txtChapterYear=&txtBillNo=&rdoComingIntoForce=&DoSearch=Search+%2F+List&viewattach=30086&blnDisplayFlg=1 (Note: You can access this Order-in-Council by using your browser's Copy and Paste feature to copy this URL (the very small type next above) whole and then to paste the whole URL into your browser's URL window. Then press Return or Enter. Be careful to copy the entire line.) [This regrettable contrivance is necessary because the government's server software is deficient. It rejects a validated one-click HTML link.] |
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2014 Dec 05 South Canoe's wind farm in Lunenburg County delayed, but vows to catch up A Lunenburg County wind farm being built by a pair of prominent Nova Scotia business families and Nova Scotia Power is running behind schedule, which could mean it has to pay penalties. The South Canoe wind project, under construction near New Ross, was slated to be operational by January 1st. But South Canoe spokeswoman Mary-Frances Lynch said Friday the 34-turbine wind farm is now expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2015. Lynch blamed the delay on a series of court challenges that stem from Nova Scotia Power's role in the $200-million venture. The power company owns a 49% interest in South Canoe, which will be the province's largest wind farm. Oxford Frozen Foods and Minas Energy (formerly Minas Basin Pulp & Power) hold the remaining 51% stake in the 102-megawatt venture. The Bragg and Jodrey family companies, backed by Nova Scotia Power, were awarded a 20-year contract by the province in 2012 to supply electricity to the grid for delivery throughout the province. The decision was made by an independent renewable electricity administrator, a Massachusetts consultant hired by the previous New Democrat government. Other wind farm developers who lost out in the competitive bid process cried foul over Nova Scotia Power's partnership. The independent power producers said South Canoe had an unfair advantage because ratepayers are funding the electric company's share of the venture. The Utility and Review Board approved Nova Scotia Power's $93-million capital project for South Canoe last year. One developer, Cape Breton Explorations Inc., has asked the courts to quash the regulator's decision. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear the Glace Bay company's case Wednesday, December 10th, in Halifax. Meanwhile, the South Canoe partners were mum Friday on what penalties could be triggered by the wind farm's delay. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax
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2014 Dec 01 Chester still OK with wind power, though turbine revenue less than expected Warden says manufacturer will handle shortfall While its wind turbine has produced less electric energy than expected so far this year, Chester's warden says municipalities should consider what it has done in pursuing alternative forms of revenue. Chester owns the Kaizer Meadow wind turbine. Revenue to date this fiscal year is about $63,000 short of expected but has nonetheless added $304,536 to the munici- pality's coffers. "All that really means is we've not made as much money as we intended to," said Allen Webber. "It's still good money." And Chester won't lose out because the maker of the turbine, Germany's Enercon, has a performance guarantee that means it will make up for the shortfall, expected to be between $20,000 and $50,000. "We paid a premium for that type of guarantee," Webber said. Chester has also agreed to install a device on the turbine at a cost of about $650 that will send a text message when it loses power. Currently, the municipality only knows the turbine isn't working if someone logs onto a computer program, meaning turbine downtime can be needlessly prolonged. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Dec 03 New equipment expected to alert officials when turbine not turning About $308,000 revenue produced so far, January through October Kaizer Meadow project was not operating 730 hours over six months A "callout box" will be installed at the Kaizer Meadow wind turbine to alert municipal workers when the turbine is not turning. The Municipality of Chester (MODC) council voted in favour of purchasing the equipment at its last council meeting after Chris Peters of Minas Energy explained in a presentation that municipal workers do not know whether the turbine is generating electricity unless there is visual inspection. "I can't think of anything else to do. I mean, that calls our people to notify that it's down and then after that we have to start nagging Nova Scotia Power to get out and fix whatever the problem is," said Andre Veinotte, councillor for District 1, who had urged at previous council meetings that the operations of the turbine thus far be clarified. Mr. Peters presented an overview to council of the turbine's functioning, which saw lower-than-expected production and revenue generation in the summer. Those figures, however, were higher than expected in May and October. In fact, at the previous council meeting A. Stephen Graham, director of finance, informed council that revenue for October alone topped $60,000. There were, however, approximately 730 hours during which the turbine was not working, which works out to 30 days in the last six months. As of October 31, the turbine has produced more than 2.8 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy. In any 12-month period, according to the report, the turbine is expected to produce over 5 million kilowatt hours. Kaizer Meadow wind turbine has five months left to reach that figure. Revenue produced so far, at a power purchase rate of 13.1 cents for every kilowatt hour, has been about $308,000. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
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2014 Dec 01 Muskrat Falls project on time and budget, Nalcor says The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project remains on time and the price tag is still pegged at almost $7 billion by Nalcor Energy. Nalcor CEO Ed Martin says the project is still on track to start producing power by the end of 2017 and the cost of the project in Labrador remains unchanged from updated estimates released this summer. The joint project with Nova Scotia utility Emera will bring power from Muskrat Falls to the island of Newfoundland and on to Nova Scotia through a system of overland transmission lines and underwater cables. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Dec 01 Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project on time and on budget: Nalcor Energy The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project remains on time and the price tag is still pegged at almost $7 billion by Nalcor Energy. Nalcor CEO Ed Martin says the project is still on track to start producing power by the end of 2017 and the cost of the project in Labrador remains unchanged from updated estimates released this summer. The total cost estimate for the project stands at about $8.5 billion, with Emera spending $1.5 billion on the underwater cable – known as the Maritime Link – that will be used to transmit electricity from the dam in central Labrador. The Telegram, St. John's |
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2014 Nov 26 Local benefits deal inked for Maritime Link project Emera Inc. has signed a deal with the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador governments aimed at helping companies in the two provinces land work on the Maritime Link project. The industrial and employment benefits deal was signed Wednesday, November 26th, in Newfoundland, where a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the $1.5-billion Maritime Link. The 170-kilometre underwater connection across Cabot Strait – to be made by two high-voltage cables, one positive and the other negative, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton – is part of the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 26 Benefits deal for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia in effect for Maritime Link An agreement has taken effect that aims to ensure that businesses and residents of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador benefit from economic opportunities assoc- iated with the construction of the Maritime Link. The 170-kilometre underwater connection across Cabot Strait – to be made by two high-voltage cables, one positive and the other negative, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton – is part of the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. There are already about 200 people working on the project. The Telegram, St. John's |
2014 Nov 30 South Canoe Wind Farm • South Canoe Wind Farm Monthly Newsletter November 2014 • South Canoe Wind Farm Progress Infographic November 28, 2014 • South Canoe Wind Farm Map of site For excellent detail, use your browser controls to expand this map. (Chrome browser recommended) |
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2014 Nov 26 Maritime Link Benefits Agreement Creates Local Economic, Employment Opportunities A first for Atlantic Canada, demonstrating the importance of regional cooperation The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador, and NSP Maritime Link Inc., a subsidiary of Emera, took part in a ground-breaking ceremony today, November 26th, for the start of construction of the Maritime Link project. Nova Scotia Energy Minister Andrew Younger, Newfoundland & Labrador Minister of Natural Resources Derrick Dalley, and Chris Huskilson, president and CEO of Emera, attended the ceremony at the Bottom Brook, N.L., construction site and also signed an industrial and employment benefits agreement for the Maritime Link Project. The agreement is based on terms in the interprovincial Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two provinces in late 2011. N.S. Energy Department press release • MOU - Memorandum of Understanding References: • Maritime Link Benefits Agreement Creates Local Economic and Employment Opportunities Emera Newfoundland & Labrador press release November 26, 2014 • (1) Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador Finalize Benefits Memorandum N.S. Government press release (traditional press release) November 22, 2011 • (2) Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador Finalize Benefits Memorandum N.S. Government press release (social media version of this release with Hi-res) Nov. 28, 2011 • Statement from the Government of Canada, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Nova Scotia on the Lower Churchill Project Natural Resources Canada press release November 28, 2011 • MOU for Business and Employment Benefits...Development of Muskrat Falls N.L. Government press release November 28, 2011 • Lower Churchill Construction Projects Benefits Strategy [12 pages] N.L. Government no date • Benefits Strategy for Lower Churchill Construction Projects Ensures Opportunities for the People of Newfoundland and Labrador N.L. Natural Resources Department July 14, 2010 • Background Information Nalcor Energy November 18, 2010 |
2014 Nov 26 Maritime Link Benefits Agreement Creates Local Economic and Employment Opportunities The governments of Newfoundland & Labrador and Nova Scotia, and NSP Maritime Link Inc., a subsidiary of Emera, today participated in a ground-breaking ceremony at the Bottom Brook construction site in Newfoundland & Labrador to recognize the start of construction of the Maritime Link Project. The Maritime Link is a 500 MW high voltage direct current transmission project bringing energy from the Lower Churchill project at Muskrat Falls to Nova Scotia. The Project will include two 170 km underwater cables across the Cabot Strait, with almost 50 km of overland transmission in Nova Scotia and close to another 300 km of overland transmission on the island of Newfoundland. Emera Newfoundland & Labrador |
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2014 Nov 25 Ceremony in western Newfoundland for Maritime Link subsea cable A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Wednes- day, November 26th, in western Newfoundland for the Maritime Link project. Newfoundland & Labrador Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley and Nova Scotia Energy Minister Andrew Younger will attend the event in Bottom Brook, about an hour's drive west of Deer Lake. Two 170-kilometre underwater cables will connect Newfoundland with Cape Breton as part of the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador, expected to start generating power in 2017. Nova Scotia utility company Emera is spending $1.5 billion on the Link. The Telegram, St. John's |
2014 Nov 25 Groundbreaking ceremony in western Newfoundland for Maritime Link subsea cable A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Wednes- day, November 26th, in western Newfoundland for the Maritime Link project. Newfoundland & Labrador Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley and Nova Scotia Energy Minister Andrew Younger will attend the event in Bottom Brook, about an hour's drive west of Deer Lake. Chris Huskilson, president and CEO of Emera, will also be in attendance. The 170-kilometre underwater connection across Cabot Strait – to be made by two high-voltage cables, one positive and the other negative, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton – is part of the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
2014 Nov 25 N.S. officials to attend N.L. groundbreaking ceremony for Maritime Link A groundbreaking ceremony will be held tomorrow in western Newfoundland for the Maritime Link project. Two 170-kilometre underwater cables across Cabot Strait will connect Newfoundland with Cape Breton as part of the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley and Nova Scotia Energy Minister Andrew Younger will attend the event in Bottom Brook, about an hour's drive west of Deer Lake. Chris Huskilson, president and CEO of Emera, will also be in attendance. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Nov 25 Board denies power rate relief to users in 2015 Residential electricity users won't get the rate relief next year that the Liberal government had planned because of Nova Scotia Power's nearly $100-million unpaid fuel bill. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board ruled Tuesday, November 25th, that customers should begin paying the power company's outstanding $96-million fuel bill in 2015. This extra fuel cost was due to higher than expected natural gas prices the past two years. The province and Nova Scotia Power had argued that payment should be delayed until 2016. That would have allowed customers to benefit from a one-time windfall of $53 million created by government restructuring of electricity efficiency earlier this year. But customer representatives asserted that the conservation amount that's now on all power bills should be directed toward the fuel cost instead, starting in the new year. In a written decision, the regulator agreed that it was reasonable not to delay the bill payment. The move will avoid an additional $7.5 million in interest cost that would have been charged to electricity consumers next year. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 25 NSP fuel bill issue just the latest disappointment for taxpayers It would have been nice to get a break on power rates, but only if it offered real relief. Nova Scotia Power Inc., however, has been carrying around a receivable in its back pocket, a fuel bill amounting to about $96 million that electricity consumers are required to pay. Putting off paying down that debt means the utility will add carrying charges to that amount, estimated to be an additional $7.5 million, if the bill is put off until 2016. How did this happen? Nova Scotia Power's fuel costs were higher than anticipated over the last two years, and the amount consu- mers paid on their bills – under electric rates set three years ago – was not enough to cover the company's full fuel costs. The governing Liberals, however, had already promised to offer some power bill relief to electricity consumers, beginning next year. The government planned to achieve this by removing the cost of supporting Efficiency Nova Scotia Corp., a saving of about $53 million... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 25 EDITORIAL: Fake power-rate cut rightly quashed All the customer advocates said rates should stay at 2014 levels in 2015 (or rise slightly for industrial customers), and the $53 million should be redirected to paying fuel expenses, so the $100-million deferral is paid off in two years. The URB agreed this was the reason- able way for customers to minimize their overall electricity costs. It also made the payback easier by knocking $33.3 million off the deferral bill. NSPI exceeded its 2014 regulated earnings by this amount because of savings in other areas. The government had pressed the board to recognize it was government policy to use the $53 million to reduce rates in 2015. But since the policy wasn't a law or a regulation, the board said its job was to go with the best interest of electricity consumers. In this case, not letting fuel bills pile up and accumulate interest was best for consumers. Every customer class recognized this. None supported the government position. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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Free tour of the South Canoe Wind Farm Site Open to the public Saturday, November 22 1-4pm Everyone will meet at 1pm in the parking lot at 2312 New Russell Road, the entrance to the South Canoe Wind Project, and head out from there on buses. The Site Entrance is located about 15 minutes east from the Cross in New Ross and about 15 minutes west from Lakeside Variety in Upper Vaughan. This will be a great opportunity for you to view turbine components and the construction progress. So they can plan ahead, please RSVP before Nov 14 to rsvp@southcanoewind.com or (902) 684-1104. For more information on the event, please see: • Poster, Public Site Tour – South Canoe Wind Farm • South Canoe Wind Project Construction Progress • Site Progress Infographic – October 2014 • South Canoe Wind Project Home Page If you have any questions, please call (902) 684-1104. South Canoe Wind Project FAQs When it goes into commercial operation (expected early in January) South Canoe will be Nova Scotia's largest Wind Farm.
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References: • Chester municipality proceeds with wind energy policy April 29, 2014 • ACCIONA Awarded Deal For 102 MW Wind Project In Nova Scotia December 20, 2013 • DSME to build 34 towers for planned wind farm December 20, 2013 • DSTN producing wind towers for South Canoe Wind Farm in Lunenburg County Dec. 20, 2013 • (1) DSTN Announces New Wind Tower Order for Nova Scotia December 20, 2013 • (2) DSTN Announces New Wind Tower Order for Nova Scotia December 20, 2013 • $200M NS wind project gets green light March 15, 2013 • Nova Scotia Companies Pleased with Wind Project Approval March 14, 2013 • Wind farm winners announced August 2, 2012 • New Renewable Projects Provide Jobs and Investment August 2, 2012 • Province Celebrates DSTN Grand Opening June 14, 2011 |
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2014 Nov 21 A debate about security Our electrical grids should be expanded to permit increased reliance on wind, geothermal, solar, tidal and other renewable sources of energy. Without substantial changes in the way we approach resource use, global supplies will become increasingly constrained and conten- tious. Rather than employ increasingly desperate measures to extract what remains of the world's non-renewable resources, we must conserve what is left and develop new materials that are renewable, versatile, and fully recyclable. The first priority is to shift investment to improved resource efficiency. By substantially increasing the energy efficiency of our cars, homes, offices, and factories, we can sharply reduce our need for oil, coal, and natural gas... Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Nov 22 Nova Scotia Power pays most for air pollution Nova Scotia's biggest air polluters have been issued their bills from the province for sending chemicals into the atmosphere. At the top of the list is Nova Scotia Power, which owes Nova Scotia's industrial air emissions program $625,768.32 in fees, according to figures supplied by the province for the 2013-14 year. The fees mostly stem from the utility's reliance on coal. In provincial regulations regarding industrial air emission fees, there is a list of chemicals that are subject to fees. Some examples are sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, biphenyl, ammonia, carbon monoxide, phosphorus, cobalt and benzene. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Nov 21 Quick power rate relief unlikely Regulator says payment of $96M in NSP fuel costs next year will be hard to avoid The Liberal government's wish to give residential electric ratepayers a bigger break on power bills in 2015 may not be in the cards, the chairman of the provincial regulator says. The board chair reserved decision on the question of when and how ratepayers should cover the power company's $96 million in fuel costs. A written decision is expected next week. The bill stems from higher than expected natural gas costs over the past two years. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 21 What Happened to the McNeil Government's Promise to Reduce Power Rates? 06:45 - 09:08 CBC News - Halifax at Six Nova Scotia - November 21, 2014 |
2014 Nov 21 Fundy Tidal closes deal with Ontario firm Fundy Tidal Inc. of Westport, Digby County, said today has closed its deal with Tribute Resources Inc., which sees the Ontario-based energy company invest $597,750 to buy a ten per cent minority interest in Fundy Tidal. The London, Ontario, company plans to purchase a further ten per cent. Tribute is making the investment through its wholly owned subsidiary International Marine Energy Inc (IME). The purchase of 398,500 Fundy Tidal shares was announced Nov. 6th during the International Conference on Ocean Energy in Halifax. IME and Fundy are developing the 1.95 megawatt small-scale tidal COMFIT project in Digby Gut. Digby County Courier, Digby 1.95 megawatts = 2610 horsepower |
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2014 Nov 17 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: September 2014 [51 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of September 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link.
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Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • October 2014 • September 2014 • August 2014 • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • November 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure • Interactive map of the Labrador-Island Transmission Link Maritime Link Project Quarterly Newsletter • Issue 01 - Summer 2014 • Issue 02 - Fall 2014 |
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2014 Nov 13 NECBC Energy Trade & Technology Conference New England - Canada Business Conference Energy Trade & Technology Conference is one of the major annual North American energy events. This annual meeting brings together leading industry and government leaders to assess opportunities and challenges facing New England and Eastern Canada. The theme of the 2014 conference is: "U.S.-Canada Energy – A Time For Action: The Cost and Impact of Energy Infrastructure Delays on the Northeast Economy." |
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2014 Nov 16 Tidal turbine developer to visit Digby A tidal turbine developer with plans to install a tidal array in the Bay of Fundy next year will visit Digby this month for a closer look at Nova Scotia's port of choice for tidal turbine servicing. OpenHydro of Ireland announced at an inter- national ocean energy conference in Halifax earlier this month that it has partnered with Emera, the parent company of Nova Scotia Power, on a project called Cape Sharp Tidal. The initial test project will generate four MW, but the ultimate goal is to install a 300-MW commercial tidal array. OpenHydro also announced that Irving Shipbuilding in Dartmouth will build two two-megawatt turbines for the test array. Digby County Courier, Digby 4 megawatts = 5,400 horsepower 300 megawatts = 402,000 horsepower |
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2014 Nov 07 Arthur blows hole in profit of Nova Scotia Power, Emera Post-tropical storm Arthur, which cost Nova Scotia Power about $10.5 million to clean up, has had an impact on Emera Inc.'s bottom line. Nova Scotia Power's parent company said Friday, Nov. 7th, the subsidiary's third-quarter profit was down 24%. NSP had net income of $10.9 million during the three-month period ending September 30th. The amount was $14.4 million during the same period of 2013. The $3.5-million reduction in Q3 net income is said to be primarily due to storm costs. The July 5th storm left about 245,000 customers without electricity. It took a week for power to be restored to all customers. An Emera spokesperson said about half of the estimated $10.5-million price tag for storm repairs was expensed during the quarter. The other half was capital costs that will be amortized over time, she said. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 08 OpenHydro, Emera partnership aims for 300MW tidal array Cape Sharp Tidal Venture Limited Incorporated 13 May 2014, RJSC Registry ID 3280857 OpenHydro and Emera have ambitious future plans for tidal energy in Nova Scotia. The two companies have launched a new joint venture business called Cape Sharp Tidal to deploy a fully grid-connected four megawatt tidal array in the Bay of Fundy next year. The project has the potential to be one of the world's first multi-megawatt arrays of interconnected tidal turbines, providing electric energy to the Nova Scotia grid. The project will move forward in phases, subject to required approvals, with the ultimate goal of developing up to a 300-megawatt commercial tidal array. The creation of Cape Sharp Tidal was announced this week at the Nov. 4-6 International Conference on Ocean Energy in Halifax. "We learned a lot from our inaugural tidal deployment in the Bay of Fundy back in 2009, and we're looking forward to taking this next step," said Chris Huskilson, president and CEO of Emera, the parent company of Nova Scotia Power. Digby County Courier, Digby 4 megawatts = 5,400 horsepower 300 megawatts = 402,000 horsepower References: • Tide Chart – Cape Sharp, Nova Scotia • (1) OpenHydro and Emera launch Cape Sharp Tidal...tidal energy projects in the Bay of Fundy • (2) OpenHydro and Emera launch Cape Sharp Tidal...tidal energy projects in the Bay of Fundy • (3) OpenHydro and Emera launch Cape Sharp Tidal...tidal energy projects in the Bay of Fundy |
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2014 Nov 06 Electricity price increases needed to power reliable system for future generations The average household in Canada spends about $4 per day for electricity Are we getting value for the money we pay for electricity? Do we even have a framework for judging the value-for-money proposition of electricity? Given electricity's indispensability, the need to maintain a vast complex system and our obligation to provide reliable power to our children, applying a value test seems appropriate. Financial Post |
2014 Nov 07 Tidal turbine manufacturers from France visit Digby Three businessmen from France visited Digby to see for themselves why this is the Nova Scotia port of choice for servicing tidal energy devices Jean-Francois Simon, the CEO of HydroQuest, Guillaume Gréau, head of business development in marine renewable energies at Construction Mecanique de Normandie (CMN) and Jean-Paul Aubert, commercial manager at CMN spent the day, November 7th, in the Digby area to get the lay of the land, after spending the week at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Halifax. "The Bay of Fundy is one of 15 or so megasites in the world with some of the strongest currents found anywhere," said Simon at the start of their visit, while viewing Digby Gut from the Saint John ferry terminal on Shore Road just outside Digby town. "We are interested in what's happening here and installing a test farm here." The Digby Gut is one of the sites where Fundy Tidal has approval to install small-scale tidal turbines under Nova Scotia's Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) program. "We can't manufacture a turbine in France and then transport it over here, the devices are much too heavy," Gréau said. "So we're looking for partners." Denis Trottier, a trade commissioner with the Canadian Embassy in France, arranged the visit at meetings at the ICOE with Terry Thibodeau, the renewable energy coordinator with the Municipality of the District of Digby. HydroQuest is a hydro- kinetic turbine manufacturer and installer and CMN is a shipyard employing 400 people in Cherbourg, France on the English Channel. The two companies are part of a partnership working on a pilot tidal energy farm near Cherbourg. Thibodeau showed the visitors the Fundy Tidal sites in the Petit and Grand Passages between Digby Neck, Long Island and Brier Island. Digby County Courier, Digby |
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2014 Nov 04 Race for Tidal Power International Energy Conference in Halifax Fifth company wants to test tidal turbine • CBC News video clip 10:26-12:58 Reference: • Marine Renewables Canada |
2014 Nov 04 Nova Scotia in talks with Irish firm to expand tidal research centre The Nova Scotia government is in talks with an Irish firm about adding another berth at a tidal energy research centre in the province. Energy Minister Andrew Younger says DP Energy of County Cork, Ireland, is inter- ested in installing a 4.5-megawatt tidal stream demonstration power plant. It would be located at the test site for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) near Parrsboro. ATV News 4.5 megawatts = 6,000 horsepower |
2014 Nov 04 Powerful tides draw the world to Parrsboro The world's most powerful tides brought people from around the world to Parrsboro this week, as delegates from the International Conference on Offshore Energy gathered in Cumberland County. Four busloads of people from Europe, Asia and other parts of the globe spent the day in Parrsboro, focusing on the offshore tidal energy developments in the Minas Passage. Annapolis County Spectator, Annapolis Royal |
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2014 Nov 04 Digby County touted at tidal energy event As international leaders in marine renewable energy gather in Halifax this week, civic leaders from Digby County are among them, hosting meetings to promote Digby and the region of Clare as Canada's top location for tidal energy support and development. This week's event at the World Trade and Convention Centre is the first time the International Conference of Ocean Energy has been held outside Europe. The three- day international conference has been held every two years since 2006. The event has attracted more than 600 delegates, 120 exhibitors and more than 200 speakers. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Nov 04 Kaizer Meadows wind turbine revenues underwhelming We can't hire anybody to do it. It has to be Nova Scotia Power. It was a nice summer for the Municipality of Chester, but it could have been windier. According According to A. Stephen Graham, director of finance, by the wind turbine owned by the municipality and located near the Kaizer Meadow Environmental Management Centre had generated just 33% of the forecasted annual revenue as of the six-month point of the fiscal year. One might think that 50% of the revenue should be earned halfway through the year, but the wind doesn't blow consistently each month, or even each season. The expectation is that the fall, traditionally a windier period than the summer, will have more wind and, therefore, produce more revenue. And the turbine isn't a stranger to bad luck, Mr. Graham explained. It was struck by lightning this past summer and knocked off-line due to a number of power outages, including the one caused by hurricane Arthur in July. Getting the turbine back on-line isn't a simple matter, although it is a simple fix. "It's actually just a fuse or a switch... It's actually a fairly simple process but it has to be done by a Nova Scotia Power employee," said Mr. Graham. But getting one turbine hooked back into the grid isn't as important as getting the power back on in multiple homes. "We're low on the priority list for getting reconnected. Wev can't do that ourselves. We can't hire anybody to do it. It has to be Nova Scotia Power." Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
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2014 Oct 31 Stakeholders ponder Fundy's future Everybody fishes in the Bay of Fundy Trying to find a balance between the potential of tidal energy in the Bay of Fundy and the region's valuable seafood industry. A very, very conservative estimate of the amount of power that we could reasonably harness on a commercial basis from the Bay of Fundy is 3,000 megawatts. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax 3,000 megawatts = 4,000,000 horsepower |
2014 Nov 03 Digby-area municipalities say benefits of community energy authority ‘outweigh risks’ Fundy Tidal Inc. is going to have a helping hand to get electricity ashore – and sold – from its Digby Gut tidal power turbine. The company plans to install the turbine next fall, the first of three planned developments in the county. But it needs underwater high-voltage cables to get the power ashore, and other infrastructure as well. Local municipalities, which have become strong advocates of tidal power, are stepping up. The municipalities of Digby and Clare and the town of Digby are well on their way to establishing a community energy trust to invest in research, development and commercial infrastructure for tidal power and community energy systems development in the county. A year ago, the municipal units and Fundy Tidal (FTI) decided to establish the energy trust, and began the first phase – a study on how such a trust could be set up. The study, completed and presented last week to town and Digby municipality, recommends the establish- ment of a Digby-Clare Energy Authority. The study will be presented this week to Clare council, and the authority is then expected to be created very quickly, said Ben Cleveland, Mayor of the Town of Digby. Digby County Courier, Digby Reference: • Clare Energy Concept (3 parts) |
2014 Nov 04 Irish firm DP Energy wants to test tidal technology in Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia hopes to make room for another player in the tidal pool. Energy Minister Andrew Younger told the International Conference on Ocean Energy in Halifax on Tuesday, November 4th, that he is in discussions with DP Energy to create a space for the company to test its technology at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) tidal turbine test site off Parrsboro. The Irish company was one of the bidders for a berth at FORCE last year, Younger said. There are currently four berths held by four groups: Black Rock Tidal Power Inc. (owned by Schottel of Germany), including Tidal Stream of the United Kingdom; the Atlantis Resources Ltd. group, which includes Lockheed Martin and Irving; the Minas Energy group, which includes Siemens; and a group consisting of OpenHydro and Emera now under the name Cape Sharp Tidal, a new joint business venture for the tidal project. Younger has been in back-to-back meetings with companies since Sunday, "building partnerships with other countries," he said. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Oct 30 Chester council unimpressed with wind turbine figures Kaizer Meadow wind turbine generates only 29¢ of each dollar of forecasted revenue Chester municipal council is looking for some answers after its new wind turbine fell short of its revenue target to date this year. The munic- ipality had expected the Kaizer Meadow turbine to have generated $712,381 in revenue so far this year, but it has brought in only $202,972. Several councillors said they've received calls from constituents wondering why the windmill isn't turning as often as expected. The councillors have asked for a report on when and why the turbine isn't operating so they know who's responsible and whether they can recoup any revenue. Warden Allen Webber said the turbine was established based on about seven years of data gathered at the site. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Comment: If I were a taxpayer in Chester Municipality I would be leery of any information about the working of the Kaizer Meadow wind turbine from the Warden – he's so inept with technology that he doesn't know the difference between concrete and steel when he's looking at it. Wind turbine erected on Windsor Road (video) The "300-foot concrete tower" mentioned by the Warden twice in the narration is made of steel, not concrete. His "300-foot concrete tower" does not exist. |
2014 Oct 31 Installation of undersea power cables for tidal turbines complete The tidal power test site near Parrsboro is now completely wired for demonstration turbines. The installation of four underwater power cables was completed this week, the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) announced Friday, October 31st. This project gives the turbine test site, located in Minas Passage at the upper end of the Bay of Fundy, the most electric transmission capacity for tidal power in the world. Four international consortia have signed contracts with FORCE for berths at the site. The cables, which have a diameter about the size of a bowling ball and together are 11 kilometres long, have a total capacity of 64 megawatts. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax 64 megawatts = 85,000 horsepower |
2014 Oct 31 FORCE wraps up 64MW lines Largest transmission capacity for tidal power in the world Installation of four underwater power cables with a total capacity of 64MW has wrapped up at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy in Nova Scotia, Canada. The 11km of lines were placed in the Minas Passage and now represent the largest transmission capacity for tidal power in the world. The work took almost four weeks from mobilisation through sea trials and finally cable deployment. Each 34.5kV cable, together with its reel, weighed more than 100 tonnes. reNews newsletter, Winchester, Hampshire, UK 64 megawatts = 85,000 horsepower |
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2014 Oct 29 Atlantis books Fundy berth Tidal power developer Atlantis Resources has signed a 10-year extendable seabed sublease with the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) in Nova Scotia, Canada. The agreement provides the company with a berth in the Bay of Fundy at which it intends to initially deploy a single 1.5MW AR-1500 tidal turbine. Underwater electrical cables are currently being laid at the four berths at FORCE to carry the electric power generated back to the facility's onshore substation, which is sited near the town of Parrsboro and is already connected to the Nova Scotia power grid. The sublease was granted following completion of a C$5M grant agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada, which was signed in June, and a project agreement with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy, which was signed this month. reNews newsletter, Winchester, Hampshire, UK |
2014 Oct 29 Asian firm sets Fundy test Atlantic Resources to install tidal turbine near Parrsboro in 2016 Atlantis Resources Ltd., a Singapore-based tidal power developer says it plans to deploy a tidal turbine at a Bay of Fundy test site near Parrsboro in late 2016. The plan is to install a 1.5-megawatt device in Minas Passage about two years from now. Atlantis is partnered with Lockheed Martin and Irving Shipbuilding on the Nova Scotia project. Atlantis also announced that it has signed a ten-year seabed sublease with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). A FORCE spokesman said all four turbine developers with berths at the site have now signed subleases. The berth holders each pay $1 million for access to the test site, an amount that helps cover capital construction costs including the undersea power cables being installed this fall. The developers also pay annual fees, which go toward operating costs, as part of the sublease. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax The newspaper article includes the following: “The single 1.5-megawatt device...is expected to produce enough electricity to power 750 homes for a year.” Comment: This nonsense could not have been written, or approved for publication, by anyone who understands what a megawatt is. |
2014 Oct 29 All-day learning seminar titled: “Planning for Successful Projects: Integrating Aboriginal Consultation in the Environmental Assessment Process” Pier 21, Halifax Office of Aboriginal Affairs Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Environment |
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2014 Oct 26 Shore power for cruise ships The Port of Halifax will offer shore power for 25 cruise ships next season • CTV News video clip 2:11 |
2014 Oct 27 NS Power on hot seat over charges NS Power is on the hot seat as the UARB examines an audit that indicates the company overcharged consumers by five or six million dollars. • CTV News video clip 2:15 |
2014 Oct 28 Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) 2014 Conference: Evidence Regarding Future Declines in the Cost of Wind Wind installed-project costs have declined since 2008 On October 28, Power Advisory's President John Dalton presented evidence of future declines in wind energy costs. The presen- tation provided recent experiences with cost of wind energy and future cost reductions. Power Advisory LLC, Concord, Massachusetts |
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2014 Oct 20 Bay of Fundy tidal project draws closer to power generation Nova Scotia is one step closer to connecting the power of the Bay of Fundy tides with the Nova Scotia grid. The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy announced it successfully installed the second of four underwater electric cables in the Minas Passage on Sunday, Oct. 19th. The cables are between two and three kilometres long and each can carry up to 16 megawatts from an underwater electric generator to the Parrsboro shore. Each cable contains three copper conductors, large enough to carry 200 amperes continuously and insulated for operation at 34.5 kV. After the cable project, the centre will continue with a $10-million sensor technology program. An underwater platform containing special equipment will be attached to a fibre-optic data cable installed last year, allowing for real-time measurements of conditions deep in the Minas Basin. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax 16 megawatts = 21,000 horsepower References: • Power Cables B-Roll 6:42 (video) • FORCE Barge Trials 2:30 (video) • The Fundy Standard 0:55 (video) • Map: Force Data Cable location |
2014 Oct 20 Tidal power cables installed in Minas Passage Work is now underway to bring the promise of tidal power in the Bay of Fundy closer to reality. The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has started to install four underwater electric power cables in the world's highest tides. These cables will connect to experimental tidal turbines in the Minas Passage, at the upper end of the Bay of Fundy, and enable them to deliver power to Nova Scotia's electricity grid. The FORCE team successfully installed the second cable on Sunday, Oct. 19th. Each 34.5-kilovolt cable has a capacity of 16 megawatts. The cables vary between 2-3 km in length, weighing over 100 tonnes each. While most underwater cables are laid from shore to shore, with both ends on dry land, this operation is unusuual: the installation team is leaving the unconnected offshore end of each cable laying on the sea bottom – sealed to keep out sea water – awaiting a future connection to a test turbine. The Citizen Record, Amherst 16 megawatts = 21,000 horsepower Photograph Gallery: • Barge Trial • Tidal Cables • Tidal Cables 3 • Tidal Cables 4 • Tidal Cables 5 Reference: • FORCE FAQ Regrettably, in this FAQ section the FORCE management has included no information about the underwater cables – neither the power cables nor the fibre optic data cable. This surprising (and incomprehensible) omission was brought to the attention of the management in May 2014. The only response was a brief nine-word email stating that this information is available "at the visitor centre". Apparently they think that this project is of interest only to people who live in the local Parrsboro area. The fact is that all Nova Scotians are paying for this project, and all citizens have a legitimate interest in what is being done here. Most people live far from Parrsboro. (It is a seven- hour drive for me to go to the FORCE visitor center.) Ample information should be made available online, for people who are too far away to be able to go there in person. FORCE management's failure to understand this simple fact is regrettable and incomprehensible. |
2014 Oct 24 High-level meeting planned to discuss concerns over Alton Natural Gas Storage project Alton Natural Gas LP is working on a $100-million project to develop three storage facilities for natural gas in underground salt caverns in Colchester County, about 20 km south from Truro. Part of the project involves using water from the Shubenacadie River estuary to pump into the caverns to dissolve the salt and then pumping the resulting brine back into the river to be carried down- river and out into the Bay of Fundy. The potential environmental impacts surrounding that proposal, however, have created resounding protests from the local native communities, as well as from non-native residents and fishing associations in the area, who oppose the project. Earlier this week, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs sent out a news release calling for an immediate halt to the project so that more consultation can take place. The chiefs also called for an independent environmental assessment of the proposal. The Daily News, Truro Reference: • UARB Matter Number M04172 Alton Natural Gas Storage LP - June 1, 2011 Application for Approval to Construct a Storage Reservoir - Underground Storage of Hydrocarbons Decision - Approval to Construct - Sep. 4, 2013 The role of the Utility and Review Board (UARB) in this matter, under the Underground Hydrocarbons Storage Act, and the Underground Hydrocarbons Storage Regulations is to consider issues of public safety only. The Board's mandate does not include environmental matters, nor is it the economic regulator of the firm. Also See: • Alton Natural Gas Storage Alton Natural Gas Storage LP - 2014 • Project Overview - Appendix E [page 5] Stantec Consulting - (No date) • Alton Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Environment Department - March 31, 2014 • Mi'kmaq launch protest Alton natural gas storage project Chronicle-Herald - September 29, 2014 • Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq plan to slow highway traffic to protest natural gas plan Globe & Mail - September 29, 2014 • Mi'kmaq groups protest $100M Alton gas storage project CBC News - September 29, 2014 • $100 million Alton gas project delayed over Mi'kmaq concerns CBC News - October 29, 2014 |
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2014 Oct 16 Study: Atlantic utilities could collaborate Labrador's hydro resources could virtually transform Atlantic Canada's energy outlook A new study by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, released Thursday, Oct. 16th, concludes that electric transmission links being built for the $6.9-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador should spur the Atlantic provinces and their electric utilities to work together more. The Institute's study said Muskrat Falls will make it easier for the Atlantic provinces to adopt a shared electricity reserve, instead of each utility continuing to have its own pool of backup power. The required reserve would be lower under a shared arrangement and overseen by a single reliability co-ordinator, wrote Gordon Weil, the think-tank's senior fellow on electricity policy. He was chair of the New England negotiations leading to the region's electric transmission tariff and the Independent System Operator. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) • Atlantic union of power grid would lower customers' bills Chronicle-Herald - October 21, 2014 • Taking Stock of Atlantic Canada's Electricity Sector AIMS - October 16, 2014 • Muskrat Falls: Opportunities to Reduce Risk and Enhance Benefits AIMS - July 28, 2013 • Muskrat Falls: Increased Risk and Opportunity The Telegram - July 19, 2013 • Muskrat Falls: Increased Risk and Opportunity AIMS - July 15, 2013 |
2014 Oct 16 Making Muskrat Falls Part 1 Mention the words Muskrat Falls in this province and you may have an argument on your hands. It's a visionary project for some, a white elephant in the making for others. No matter your opinion, construction is well underway and the province will own it. • NTV News video clip 4:53 |
2014 Oct 17 Making Muskrat Falls Part 2 Ratepayers in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia will foot the bill for the $8.5-billion Muskrat Falls project. NTV's Glen Carter takes a look at what they're paying for in Part 2 of Making Muskrat Falls. • NTV News video clip 5:56 |
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2014 Oct 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: August 2014 [51 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of August 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link.
The following contracts were awarded during the month of August:
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • September 2014 • August 2014 • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • November 2013 • October 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure |
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2014 Oct 14 Energy minister hosts consultation in Mahone Bay “Environment be damned”: Letters to the Minister Alternative approaches to harnessing wind power and establishing utility lines were among suggestions presented recently to Nova Scotia Energy Minister Andrew Younger as the province considers the future of its electricity policy. The environment remains an important consideration for people when they consider electricity supply and the subject keeps popping up during public consultations. In response to a question during the recent public session at the Mahone Bay Centre, Mr. Younger said he was pleased with the consistency. "It's sometimes funny because you base decisions on the letters you get to your office, and I get a lot of letters from people saying ‘environment be damned. I want the cheapest rates possible,’ " he said. "It surprises me how many letters like that I get." Currently, electricity in Nova Scotia is largely generated from burning coal, with some coming courtesy of renewables and natural gas. Mr. Younger said Nova Scotia uses about 300 million cubic feet of the 500 million cubic feet of natural gas the province produces each year. Exports account for the difference. Heating and cooling mechanisms are the province's biggest user of residential electricity, Mr. Younger explained during his presentation, with the cost of fuel (not salaries and executive compensation) making the most significant impact on electric bills. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
2014 October 15 BACKGROUNDER There are four main components in the entire Muskrat Falls Power Project.
(1) The 824 MW Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant, including the dams and spillway
NOTE: Explanation for the interested (but possibly confused) citizen:
(4) The Maritime Link, the two-circuit ±250 kV high voltage
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2014 Oct 14 First transmission tower erected for Muskrat Falls Project To connect the Muskrat Falls and Churchill Falls generating stations, two parallel high voltage alternating current (HVac) transmission lines, each about 260 km in length, are being built in Labrador. The transmission tower erected last weekend is a self-supported (no guy wires) tower about 30 metres high and was erected by a ten-person crew assisted by two large cranes. (See two photographs in the linked document) Construction work started on this HVac 315kV two-circuit transmission line in Labrador in May 2014 and is forecasted to be completed by the end of 2016. Nalcor Energy, St. John's NOTE: The purpose of this high-capacity two-circuit 315 kV transmission line is to enable the generation of electricity at these two locations – Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls – to be co-ordinated to maximize the electric energy production from the water available in the Churchill River. Both generating plants will use the same water, which will flow first through the upstream Churchill Falls plant and then through the downstream Muskrat Falls plant. The electric generation at the two plants should be coordinated in a way that ensures the flow of water coming out of the Churchill Falls plant will closely match the flow of water entering the Muskrat Falls plant at all times, to prevent the necessity of wasting water by spillage. This hour-by-hour coordination will be made easier by the fact that both generating plants are controlled (majority-owned) by Nalcor Energy.
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2014 Oct 14 Nalcor erects first Muskrat Falls transmission tower Two large mobile cranes were used over the weekend to erect the first 30-metre-high transmission tower required to connect the Muskrat Falls project to Churchill Falls. The Telegram, St. John's |
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2014 Oct 09 South Canoe wind project appeal to be heard Dec. 10th Cape Breton Exploration Ltd.'s appeal of the provincial Utility and Review Board's decision approving the $200-million South Canoe wind farm will be heard Dec. 10th. "Our lawyers are cautiously optimistic," said company president Luciano Lisi in an interview from Glace Bay on Thursday, October 9th. The independent power producer contends the Review Board didn't have the authority to require Nova Scotia Power ratepayers to pay for and guarantee the profits of the utility's $93-million investment in the Lunenburg County wind project. Richard Stephenson of Toronto law firm Paliare Roland is representing Cape Breton Explorations before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. He said in an interview Thursday the appeal isn't about whether the South Canoe project should or shouldn't have been approved. "We're saying Nova Scotia Power can't put the cost of its investment into the regulated rate base." Stephenson said the Review Board mixed a competitive procurement process with a utility procurement process. "It's a mixing of apples and oranges," he said. "The two shouldn't mix." Lisi wasn't happy with the Appeal Court's June decision, based on a Nova Scotia Power application, to impose a partial publication ban on commercially sensitive information related to the South Canoe project. "It's really too easy to hide all sorts of things when claiming privacy," he said. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax References: (NSCA: Nova Scotia Court of Appeal) • 2013 NSUARB 92 (CanLII) Apr. 26, 2013 • 2013 NSCA 116 (CanLII) Oct. 15, 2013 • 2013 NSCA 134 (CanLII) Nov. 26, 2013 • 2014 NSUARB 5 (CanLII) Jan. 14, 2014 • 2014 NSUARB 5 (Signed copy - Archived) • 2014 NSUARB 5 (Unsigned copy - PDF CANLII) • 2014 NSUARB 5 (Unsigned copy - HTML CANLII) • 2014 NSCA 53 (CanLII) June 3, 2014 |
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2014 Oct 09 Maine Regulator Confirms Ability to Invest in Transmission and Generation Emera Inc. is pleased to announce that on October 9th, 2014, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) issued its written decision reinstating its approval of Emera's investment in Northeast Wind Partners and its investment in Algonquin Power & Utilities Corporation. "We appreciate the clarity provided by the Commission and respect its decision, and the accompanying conditions" said Chris Huskilson, President and CEO, Emera Inc. Emera has invested more than one billion dollars in the State of Maine. The MPUC's decision provides confirmation of Emera's ability to pursue future investments in Maine. Emera Inc. is a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia with $9.07 billion in assets and 2013 revenues of $2.2 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. Financial Post Emera Maine provides electric delivery service to two areas – the Bangor Hydro District and the Maine Public District. The Bangor Hydro District includes Hancock, Piscataquis and Washington Counties and most of Penobscot County. The Maine Public District serves Aroostook County and a small piece of Penobscot County. References: • Emera Maine • New name, same commitment |
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2014 Oct 08 County passes amendment stipulating windmill setback Pictou County council has approved an amend- ment to a land use bylaw concerning how far wind turbines need to be from homes. After hosting a public meeting earlier this month, councillors voted 12-1 in favour of the amend- ment that stipulates that wind turbines be placed 1,000 metres from the nearest residence unless all residents in the affected area agree that the setback can be 600 metres. The News, New Glasgow |
2014 Oct 08 New Glasgow selected for provincial fleet efficiency project New Glasgow will be installing a public charger for electric vehicles in the near future The Town of New Glasgow has been selected as one of two municipalities to take part in the Clean Foundation and Nova Scotia Moves Municipal Fleet Efficiency Initiative. The Clean Foundation and FleetCarma will work with two municipalities to closely analyze and match fleet requirements and future needs with the capabilities and recommended uses of various electric vehicle (EV) makes and models. Clean Foundation will work with the town to conduct a survey about barriers and benefits to adopting the use of electric hybrid vehicles. Vehicles' duty cycles will be logged for approximately three weeks and the data will be returned to FleetCarma who will provide recommendations regarding key areas for potential economic savings, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction and specific opportunities for fleet electrification with suggested types of EV products. The Advocate, Pictou |
2014 Oct 08 Monitors in Halifax-area schools cast new light on energy efficiency Kids across the Halifax Regional School Board will soon have their school's energy consumption explained in a way that even a grade schooler could understand. "So far today, the school has used enough electrical energy to bake 802 pizzas," read the new dashboard at Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth on Wednesday morning, October 8th. Another screen tells students and staff, "So far today, the school has used enough water to fill 43 bathtubs." A power-monitoring system, to be installed at 90 schools in the board, was launched Wednesday. The energy dashboard, a computer monitor affixed to a wall in the cafeteria, displays real-time data on the school's gas, water and electricity consumption. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax COMMENT: It would be easy for the school's website to include a real-time copy of the dashboard screen display to enable students, parents and school board members – and other community leaders – across Nova Scotia to see what Prince Andrew High is doing – and for them to consider if they should do something similar in their local schools. Perhaps in their local municipal office building or other community space? References: • Lights Off. Green On! HRSB • Lights Off. Green On! Chronicle-Herald • Prince Andrew's dashboard Considering that it has been chosen for public display by an educational institution, this software displays a remarkable number of spelling errors – seventeen per cycle, by my count. |
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Screenshot of the GPS truck tracking website, taken at 1:36pm Wednesday, Oct. 8, showing an icon representing Tower Section 2 Truck, superimposed on an aerial photograph of the yard at the Trenton steel works with about thirty sections (five sections per tower) clearly visible on the ground, ready to be delivered to the South Canoe Wind Project in Lunenburg County. This screenshot image is reduced to one-third of the size of the original. Silvercloud Real-time GPS Tracking © Copyright LandAirSea Systems, Inc. |
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Available in the UARB website 2014 Oct 06 2014 NSUARB 163 (PDF) M06321 In the Matter of a Review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's state of Preparedness and Response to Storm Arthur DECISION: NSPI is directed to undertake certain actions and additional investigations as noted in this Decision. NSPI is directed to provide an update on October 31, 2014 on progress to date, and a work plan to implement future action on November 15, 2014. Thereafter, NSPI is directed to file quarterly updates starting February 15, 2015 on the work undertaken to implement this Decision. |
2014 Oct 07 Turbine blades make smooth entry on South Shore, but base hits overpass Wind farm gets first shipment, but crash mars delivery of base Motorists and bystanders were treated to quite a sight Monday, October 6th, as the first of 102 massive turbine blades were transported from a wharf at Brooklyn, Queens County, to South Canoe, Nova Scotia's largest windmill farm near New Ross in Chester Municipality. While this delivery of three 17,900-kilogram turbine blades – the first three-blade set of the 34 sets required for South Canoe – went smoothly on the South Shore, a delivery truck transporting a turbine tower base from Trenton hit an overpass between Truro and Halifax. The incident happened about 2:30pm between exits 7 and 8 on Highway 102. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Oct 07 Lunenburg utility truck price tag balloons The estimated cost of a new digger-derrick truck for the Lunenburg Electric Utility has gone through the roof, but the Lunenburg Town Council has given the green light to proceed with a tender call for the purchase. Councillor Peter Zwicker felt the town should not be spending $280,000 on a digger-derrick truck at all. "We have three small (electric) utilities within a 12-mile 20 km radius, all who have expensive trucks. I think going forward we have to be looking at sharing. There's been all this talk about municipal cooperation with Riverport, Lunenburg and Mahone Bay. I don't see a need where we all have to have a $300,000 digger-derrick truck." Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
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2014 Oct 06 Strait of Belle Isle cable crossing digs deep The final bore hole, of six required for three high-voltage underwater cables crossing the Strait of Belle Isle between Labrador and Newfoundland, has been completed as construction moves forward on the Lower Churchill Project. Daily Commercial News, Markham, Ontario Reference: • Video: Strait of Belle Isle Crossing 3:46 |
2014 Oct 06 Nova Scotia Power to text message customers with updates on outages Nova Scotia Power will adopt new measures to prevent a recurrence of the communication snafus that happened after post-tropical storm Arthur caused widespread power outages in July, the province's public utilities regulator said in a report released Monday, Octber 6th. The province's Utility and Review Board said the privately owned utility has agreed to virtually all of its 32 suggestions for improve- ment, including a recommendation that would see Nova Scotia Power send text messages to customers experiencing outages. The board is also calling for a revamped interactive online outage map that won't crash when a major storm moves in and Internet traffic goes up. "The issue of greatest concern to the board is the failure of (Nova Scotia Power's) communi- cation systems to provide accurate information and, indeed, be accessible to customers during the storm and the restoration efforts," the board said. The board said Nova Scotia Power has to stop its practice of reporting that power has been restored when fewer than 100 customers remain offline in a given area. Globe and Mail |
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2014 Oct 05 The Maritime Link is right on schedule... Throughout the month of September, McNally's tug and drill platform made many appearances in the Port aux Basques harbour. The company has been involved with marine testing for the Maritime Link project out of Cape Ray. The Maritime Link project will see high-voltage electrical transmission lines run from Newfound- land to Nova Scotia under the sea and according to the project's communication manager, Jeff Myrick, the recent sightings are all a part of marine testing being performed in Cape Ray. Similar to the groundwork that took place in May of this year, the role of researchers now is to test the soil, sediment and rock on the sea floor. Myrick explained that the testing is crucial to the horizontal drilling on both sides of the Cabot Strait, which is not set to take place until late 2015 or early 2016. According to Myrick, everything within the project is on time and on budget. The Gulf News, Port aux Basques |
2014 Oct 05 Excitement humming over test turbine in Barra Strait The talk went round and round Sept. 26th, among scientists gathered in Iona, the hillside hamlet above the Barra Strait, as they talked of many things: of shores and ships and spinning blades, of fish that transmit pings. Though the discussion was tempered by scientific restraint, there was still a hum of excitement as the researchers explained to local leaders and villagers that their preliminary work is finished, that they are ready to install an experimental turbine in the cold rushing waters below the Victoria County village. Day in and day out, lunar gravity drags our oceans around the planet, slaps them against one continent and then another, builds enough kinetic power to keep our machines running into the distant future. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Oct 01 Contractors seek opportunities with Emera The contract for site preparation in Newfoundland for the Maritime Link has been awarded by Emera to Marine Construction Inc. Ltd. Partnership, a Corner Brook-based contractor. Marine will start work at Bottom Brook, preparing the site for the eventual construction of the station that will convert high- voltage alternating current (HVAC) to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) that will carry 500 megawatts across Cabot Strait in two underwater cables to Cape Breton Island. Marine's work will include the preliminary development of the four sites required for the project in the province: Bottom Brook, Granite Canal, Cape Ray and Indian Head. The company is tasked with the levelling and grading of sites, upgrading of major access roads, the development of the horizontal directional drill site, access road and land cable road at the Cape Ray site and the development of the access road to the breakwater at the Indian Head grounding site. The work is expected to begin immediately and will be completed before the start of construction of the converter station and substations in 2016, with these converter station sites expected to be commissioned in 2017. The Gulf News, Port aux Basques 500 megawatts = 670,000 horsepower References:
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2014 Oct 02 Natural Gas Storage Facility causing controversy A natural gas storage facility, currently under construction, has caused some controversy. The $130 million project, which was underway as of mid-August, is located about 10 km north of Stewiacke in Halifax Regional Municipality. The project plan is to use large underground salt caverns as a container to hold natural gas. "We are presently constructing the facilities," said David Birkett, president of Alton Natural Gas. "What that entails is work that we're doing at the river site to bring the non-potable water up to our site. We've been building facilities at the river to move water from that site, 12 kilometres to another site where our cavern site is, and a pipeline in between. "The purpose of the water is to dissolve salt [to make a large] cavern for the natural gas storage," he continued. "From a project point of view, we've completed I would say 80 per cent of the work at the river site. The water pipeline is in the ground and finished; the work at the cavern site, we started drilling on August 20th, and have almost completed the work on the drilling of the first well. That only gives us a well to put the water down to brine out the cavern." The site is expected to be fully oper- ational for gas-storage purposes in April 2017. The brining process will begin around the end of 2014, and will continue until then. The Enfield Weekly Press Halifax Regional Municipality Reference: • UARB Matter Number M04172 Alton Natural Gas Storage LP - June 1, 2011 Application for Approval to Construct a Storage Reservoir - Underground Storage of Hydrocarbons Decision - Approval to Construct - Sep. 4, 2013 The role of the Utility and Review Board (UARB) in this matter, under the Underground Hydrocarbons Storage Act, and the Underground Hydrocarbons Storage Regulations is to consider issues of public safety only. The Board's mandate does not include environmental matters, nor is it the economic regulator of the firm. Also See: • Alton Natural Gas Storage Alton Natural Gas Storage LP - 2014 • Project Overview - Appendix E [page 5] Stantec Consulting - (No date) • Alton Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Environment Department - March 31, 2014 • N.S. should move ahead on gas storage facility Chronicle-Herald - February 21, 2014 • Mi'kmaq launch protest Alton natural gas storage project Chronicle-Herald - September 29, 2014 • Mi'kmaq groups protest $100M Alton gas storage project CBC News - September 29, 2014 • Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq plan to slow highway traffic to protest natural gas plan Globe & Mail - September 29, 2014 • $100 million Alton gas project delayed over Mi'kmaq concerns CBC News - October 29, 2014 |
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2014 Sep 30 South Canoe Wind Farm Turbine Deliveries
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2014 Sep 29 Massive Muskrat Falls concrete pour begins The concrete pour on the spillway structure for the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility in Labrador is underway as construction takes a significant step forward on the Lower Churchill Project. The powerhouse and intake structure at Muskrat Falls will be about 85 metres [280 feet] high. Concrete work is required for the spillway, power- house and dam structures. The powerhouse will contain four generating units, each consisting of a water-powered 280,000 horsepower turbine driving a 206 MW electric generator. When the concrete substructure and steel superstructure for the powerhouse have been constructed, two heavy-lift travelling cranes will be erected in the powerhouse, which will enable the four turbines and generators to be installed in sequence. The project will have two dams. The north dam will be 32m high and 432m long and the south dam will be 20m high and 325m long. The north dam will be constructed using a special high-density concrete, known as roller-compacted concrete. The concrete mix is spread by bulldozers, and then compacted by compaction rollers into a series of horizontal layers. The south dam will be a conventional rock-filled dam that will be constructed by building up layers of rock and till material on the under lying bedrock, which will serve as a foundation for the dam. A road will also be built on the top of the dam to provide access. Daily Commercial News, Markham, Ontario |
2014 Sep 29 Parrsboro looking at tidal power agreement with Digby, Hantsport Rather than compete with Digby and Hantsport for the spin-offs from the emerging tidal power industry, the three communities are looking to share the benefits. A formal agreement between the three municipalities is in the works, it was revealed at the recent session of Parrsboro town council. "Primarily, the towns of Digby, Hantsport and Parrsboro are working together on tidal power," said Parrsboro Mayor Lois Smith. "We're working together as a unit. We're all involved, obviously... we're all on the Bay of Fundy, so that is what the agreement is going to be." The Citizen Record, Amherst |
2014 Sep 30 Sissiboo Falls dam regenerated Repairs cost $315,000, decades added to dam's life expectancy Strengthening and refurbishment work at one of Nova Scotia's best-known hydroelectric dams has been completed. Nova Scotia Power made the repairs over the summer to equipment at its Sissiboo Falls generating station on Digby County's Sissiboo River. The work cost $315,000 and is expected to last for decades, said Mark Sidebottom, NSPI's vice-president of power generation and delivery. "The investments we're making here have a minimum life of 40 years and possibly a life out to 70 years," Sidebottom said. "And of course they are zero-emission energy sources as well," he said of the 17 hydro systems with 155 dams dotting the provincial landscape. The Sissiboo Falls hydro system, which includes ten dams and three generating stations, has been producing electricity for more than 50 years. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax NOTE: The Sissiboo Falls hydroelectric generating plant has a nameplate capacity of 5.3 MW. On average, its electric energy production is worth about $40,000 a week. Reference: In the UARB website • Matter Number M05067 NSPI Work Order Cl# 41141 - HYD (hydro) Sissiboo Grand Lake Spillway "This project consists of removing existing deteriorated wood sheathing, re-filling and repairing the timber crib substructure and re-sheathing. As well, the three timber sluice gates and associated actuation equipment have reached the end of their respective expected service life and must be reconfigured and/or replaced." |
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2014 Sep 25 Pulling the pieces together (Assembling transmission line towers in Labrador) Holding out a short length of direct current (DC) transmission line, Richard Donica's hand dropped just slightly with the weight. "It's pretty heavy duty stuff," he said, passing around the cut length of steel wrapped with aluminum, 12-pound-per- metre line (called "conductor"), inside a Lower Churchill Project trailer. The trailer where he stood is on the corner of a roughly 13-hectare, gravel covered marshalling yard, north of Happy Valley - Goose Bay. The location is a gathering place for the many pieces required to build the new, alternating current (AC) electric transmission line running from Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls, as well as the DC Labrador- Island Link. The items required include reel after reel of power line conductor. At the Labrador marshalling yard, 340 shipping containers from Turkey with tower steel have been unpacked, with contents added to existing lots within the yard. Another 320 have yet to be unpacked. The Telegram, St. John's |
2014 Sep 26 Big blades cross ocean for wind farm 56-metre vanes will be trucked to turbine site outside New Ross A cargo ship carrying the first shipment of blades and other turbine components for South Canoe, Nova Scotia's largest wind farm arrived at the former Bowater wharf at Brooklyn, Queens County, just outside Liverpool this week. The 56-metre [184 feet] long blades, along with hubs and the housing units that enclose the generating components on top of the towers, arrived Wed- nesday, September 25th, after a ten-day voyage from Bilbao, Spain. More blades will also be arriving from China. Delivery of the turbine components by truck from Brooklyn to the 3,000-hectare [7400 acre] site outside New Ross, between Vaughan and New Russell, begins October 6th. The plan is to bring the blades and other components on trucks that will travel along Highway 103, take Exit 9 at Chester Basin, then travel northward along Route 12 and turn eastward at Lake Lawson Road to avoid going through New Ross, with a difficult right turn at Charing Cross. The trucks will then turn on to New Russell Road, which takes them to the wind farm site. The towers, that will support the turbines, are being manufactured by DSTN in Trenton, Pictou County. Each tower is manu- factured in five sections, varying in length from 12 metres at the base to 27 metres at the top, and they will also be brought to the site by truck. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Sep 22 Behind the scenes at Muskrat Falls, as a megaproject takes shape It may not look like much now, but the huge construction site at Muskrat Falls will eventually turn into a power plant that will dramatically boost the height of the falls to generate hydro- electric power. Right now, workers are building a temporary dam at the site. It's holding back part of the river so workers can stay dry while they build the power generating facilities. Construction in Labrador has its own challenges, not the least of which is a short building season. With days getting shorter and temperatures now dropping fast, crews are building a facility to shelter the construction site. "Inside we will have our heating system, ventilation systems, 14 overhead cranes," construction manager Bill Knox said. "We also have water systems, concrete distribution systems, electrical, lighting – all inside, all enclosed, so we can do this work 12 months around the clock." CBC News |
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2014 Sep 25 Blades for wind farm arrive at the Port Mersey wharf The former Bowater paper mill wharf played host to a large commercial vessel on September 25th, for the first time since the closure of the Bowater mill Blades and other components arrived late last night for the South Canoe Wind Farm project near New Ross in Chester Municipality (not "Lunenburg" as stated in the newspaper). 26 sets of blades (three blades per set) are being brought in from Spain, and eight sets will come from China. Queens County Advance, Liverpool Reference: • South Canoe Wind Farm Site Progress Report September 2014 |
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Available in the CASNLII website 2014 Sep 22 2014 NSUARB 157 (PDF) [25 pages] UARB approves $15.2M for Sable Wind Project at Canso DECISION: September 22, 2014 The Board approves Capital Projects Cl# 40785, Cl# 43674, Cl# 43675 and Cl# 43676 in the total amount of $15,209,978, as amended by this Decision
Cl# 40785 - Sable Wind Project ($12,936,847)
to produce 44.7 GWh per year. The turbines will be located on land leased from the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG), just beyond the southern boundary of the community of Canso. Nova Scotia Power Inc (NSPI) and the MODG each will own three wind turbines, and other specific assets (transformers, high-voltage circuit breakers and switches, access roads, etc.), or portions of those assets, adjusted so that NSPI's investment does not exceed 49% of the total Sable Wind Project cost in order to comply with the definition of "independent power producer" in the Renewable Electricity Regulations. The electric energy produced will be sold to NSPI for 13.1¢/kWh. The "expected" production – 44.7 GWh per year – will yield an average gross (before expenses) income of about $110,000 each week. 44.7 GWh per year = 6,800 horsepower (long-term average) |
2014 Sep 22 Nova Scotia Power gets Sable Wind approval Canso-area project to be completed by end of year A six-turbine wind project in Guysborough County has cleared its final regulatory hurdle. The provincial Utility and Review Board approved Nova Scotia Power's $15-million share of Sable Wind today. The utility company holds a 49% interest in the 13.8 MW venture, which is majority owned by the Municipality of the District of Guysborough. Construction of the $27-million wind farm is slated to be completed by mid- December so the project can be producing electric energy by the beginning of 2015. All energy produced will be sold to Nova Scotia Power and will be fed directly into the Nova Scotia grid. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Sep 16 Turbine transport plan complete Turbine components for the South Canoe Wind Project are expected to arrive on site in New Ross during the first week of October. The transportation plan for the towers, nacelles and blades has been finalized. The towers are arriving from Trenton, Nova Scotia, the nacelles and 26 of the 34 sets of blades from Spain through the port of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and the remaining eight sets of blades will arrive from China, also through Liverpool. The components will be taken on large trucks along Highway 103 onto Highway 12 at Exit 9, and then taken to their destination along the New Russell Road. All culverts and bridges along the route have been assessed to determine structural integrity due to the massive size and weight of the turbine components. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
2014 Sep 17 Muskrat Falls taking shape as construction advances After years of acrimonious debate, work is proceeding at a rapid pace on the Muskrat Falls project, with spending at more than $1.3 billion so far. The project is taking shape with construction started on the powerhouse and spillway area. • NTV News video clip 1:22 |
2014 Sep 19 Open house at Digby Neck wind farm video 1:09 Nova Scotia Power held an open house at their Digby Neck wind farm with 20 80-metre tall turbines capable of churning out 30 MW. A video tour around, and into one of the wind turbines. Digby County Courier, Digby |
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2014 Sep 16 Emergency management learns lessons from Arthur • Flat-lined communications technology • Unreliable electricity outage information • Muddy or misunderstood policies As far as lessons learned go, local emergency management officials discovered problems bigger than trees after post-tropical storm Arthur blew over back in July. Neither regional nor the provincial officials came together in an operations centre format, partly because the scope of Arthur's effects couldn't truly be nailed down, but tactics apparently would have changed if the picture had been clearer. "We couldn't tell what was happening because, like everybody else, we're used to going to the Nova Scotia Power outage web site and there we see how many people are out and there we see the timelines of when they're expected to come back," said Heather MacKenzie-Carey, the regional emergency management office (REMO) coordinator. REMO includes the participation of four of the five Lunenburg County municipalities. "If we had've been able to go to that website and see that we had 10,000 people out and [they] were likely to be out for over 72 hours, we absolutely would have activated an EOC [Emergency Operations Centre]." Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
2014 Sep 16 Nova Scotia Power vows to beef up forecasting, website Consultant found utility lacking after tropical storm Arthur knocked out power to 245,000 customers Nova Scotia Power agrees with a consultant's report that recently concluded it needs more detailed weather forecasting services and an improved website when storms hit. The utility said Tuesday, September 16th, that it will act on a critique of its response to post-tropical storm Arthur filed last week by Liberty Consulting Group for the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB). In a report filed with the UARB on Tuesday, Nova Scotia Power agrees to act on almost all of the 32 findings by the consultant on ways to improve its response. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Sep 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: July 2014 [51 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of July 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link. Manufacturing and testing of the Belle Isle Strait submarine cables in Japan is progressing as planned. The mass impregnation insulation process is completed for the first submarine cable and application of the outer layers and armour is underway. Stranding for the second cable has commenced. Design and manufacturing of the turbines and generators by Andritz Hydro Canada is proceeding on schedule. Manufacturing of the generator (sic) is also progressing on schedule. The first stay ring, draft tube liner and circular passage door were completed in July and are scheduled to be shipped from China next month.
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • August 2014 • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • November 2013 • October 2013 • September 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure |
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2014 Sep 10 Cable work to be ‘final piece’ in tidal project Nova Scotia's tidal energy project is on course, and work is underway to lay power cables in the Minas Passage this fall. The four cables range from two to three kilometres in length and are about 15 cm in diameter. They have two layers of galvanized steel armour and tough plastic for protection and contain three copper cables that will conduct the high-voltage electrical power, plus copper control wires so turbine operators on shore can adjust their equipment and 24 fibre optic strands to transmit data from the machine to shore. Earlier this week, workers began installing connectors to the cables. These "dry mate" connectors will seal and protect the ends of the cables that will remain unused at the bottom of the Minas Channel until the new test turbines are hooked up. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Sep 12 ‘Catching up to the rest of the world’ Community putting a name on wind energy project in Upper Pockwock Sounds of awestruck children travelled the aisles of two chartered buses, packed with 141 passengers on their way to sign a 49-metre [161-feet] long blade belonging to one of five wind turbines on Sept. 12th. The total cost for the five Vestas V-100 wind turbines is $29 million and they'll provide about ten megawatts of local, clean energy to more than 3,200 homes in the Upper Pockwock area. As a thanks to shareholders and local community members, Terry Norman, president of Chebucto Pockwock Lake Wind Field (CPL) arranged a special trip to the secure site, located on Halifax Regional Water Commission property, to view the turbines and sign their name on a blade. The project is expected to come in on budget and be operational around November. The energy generated will be sold to NS Power, which will distribute the electricity to households and small businesses in the area. Herald Bedford-Sackville, Halifax |
2014 Sep 12 Tribute joins Fundy tidal race Tribute Resources has joined Fundy Tidal to develop the 1.95MW Digby Gut small-scale marine energy project in Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. The team, as Digby Gut Ltd, will build the community-scale COMFIT project for operation in autumn 2015 in Grand and Petit Passages in Digby County. The partners will work with Dutch tidal turbine producer Tocardo to commission the project, which may include the installation of up to 16 T200 turbines and the design and development of a floating barge platform to house them. reNews newsletter, Winchester, Hampshire, UK |
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2014 Aug 27 Alstom secures a major HVDC contract in Atlantic Canada Alstom – a large manufacturer of electrical equipment and related products, and an employer of 93,000 people in about 100 countries – has been awarded a major contract for the 900 MW ±350 kV direct current (HVDC) Labrador-Island Transmission Link in Newfoundland and Labrador. The transmission link – part of Nalcor Energy's Lower Churchill Project – will stretch 1100 km from Muskrat Falls in Labrador to Soldiers Pond, Newfoundland. Alstom will design, supply, and install an end-to-end HVDC solution with the following features: (1) Two Line Commuted Converter stations, near Muskrat Falls (AC to DC) and Soldiers Pond (DC to AC) near St. John's, to convert alternating current to direct current, and vice-versa; and (2)Two cable compounds on both shores of the Strait of Belle Isle to connect underwater cables crossing the strait to the onshore overhead transmission lines. Alstom, Levallois-Perret, France |
2014 Aug 29 Drilling finished for Labrador-Island Link Drilling required for the laying of power cables across the Strait of Belle Isle, ultimately to feed energy from the hydroelectric dam at Muskrat Falls to the island of Newfoundland, has been completed. The sixth and final bore hole required for the 35-kilometre underwater cable crossing was completed Thursday, Aug. 28th. The bore holes begin on dry land, then go down and run out into deep water, to protect the electric power cables in the shallower water close to shore. The holes run out 2,000 metres from shore on the Newfoundland side of the Strait and 1,200 metres on the Labrador side. The companies will now move on to installing transitional casing on the seafloor, where the cables come out, at a depth of 70 metres [230 feet]. These cable conduits are scheduled to be finished by late 2014, before being inspected using a remotely operated vehicle. Then, a cable-laying ship will be used to lay the three cables – one +250kV, one -250kV, and a spare – of the link across the seafloor, with another vessel covering each cable with rock for protection. The entire project is scheduled to be finished in late 2016. The Gulf News, Port aux Basques Reference: • Lower Churchill Project to move forward with next major phase of underwater cable crossing activity in Strait of Belle Isle August 28, 2014 |
2014 Sep 09 Consultant targets NSP website, forecasting in Arthur report Consultants recommend changes in wake of post-tropical storm On Tuesday, September 9th, the Liberty Consulting Group filed a review of Nova Scotia Power's response to post-tropical storm Arthur with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. Arthur hit the province early on July 5th and blasted Nova Scotia with winds measuring up to 140 km/h for much of the day, leaving about half the utility's customers – 245,000 – without power, the report states. Full restoration took a week. In the aftermath, the utility was loudly criticized for its inaccurate restoration times. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
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2014 Aug 20 Nova Scotia Power blames worse than predicted storm for outage response problems Nova Scotia Power says higher than forecast winds in areas with an abundance of roadside trees were among the challenges it faced in restoring electricity to tens of thousands of customers following storm Arthur. The power company filed a report to the province's Utility and Review Board yesterday, August 19th, outlining its response to the July 5 storm. In the 172-page report, the utility acknowl- edges the considerable impact to customers who waited days for their power to be restored after the storm hit. It also says its communications systems were swamped due to more calls from customers than ever before and capacity was reduced after technical problems occurred with its telecommunications supplier. The Citizen Record, Amherst |
2014 Aug 20 Province raps NSP on post-Arthur outages Minister 'disappointed' with utility's call for tree trimming in storm response report Nova Scotia's energy minister Andrew Younger is expressing skepticism with a key part of Nova Scotia Power's response on its restoration efforts following post-tropical storm Arthur, saying the company's position that more trees need to be trimmed to prevent power lines from coming down is simplistic. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Aug 23 Foundation Pouring Underway for first tower foundation at the Sable Wind Project Saturday, August 23rd was a very important day at the Sable Wind site, near the Canso - Hazel Hill area. Beginning at 5:00am, 27 cement trucks travelling on Route 16 began trucking almost 70 loads of concrete to the site which was poured to prepare the foundation pad for Turbine #1. Once started, this procedure had to be completed in one continuous pour. What's New - Sable Wind Municipality of the District of Guysborough |
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2014 Aug 19 Arthur brought stronger winds than expected: Nova Scotia Power Winds that were stronger than forecast caused major challenges for Nova Scotia Power following post-tropical storm Arthur last month, but the utility said its response was within industry standards. On Tuesday, August 19th, NSP filed a report on its preparedness for and response to the storm at the request of the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. The board is looking at the issue following requests from Premier Stephen McNeil as well as the official Opposition Tories. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Aug 19 Nova Scotia Power files report with UARB on response to post-tropical storm Arthur Nova Scotia Power will work on improving communications with customers in big storms, the company says in a report filed Tuesday, August 19th, with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board. The report was prepared in the wake of Arthur, the powerful wind storm that hit Nova Scotia July 5th and left many people in the dark for days. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2014 Aug 19 Nova Scotia Power defends efforts following Arthur, likens it to hurricane Juan In eight days, Nova Scotia Power's call answering system fielded 425,123 calls, above the 416,664 calls it received in the two weeks following hurricane Juan. The utility says its communications systems were swamped due to more calls from customers than ever before and capacity was reduced after technical problems occurred with its telecommunications supplier. More than 24,000 calls were disconnected by the system. Bridge River Lillooet News, B.C. |
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2014 Aug 18 Concrete starts to flow at Muskrat Falls The concrete work for Muskrat Falls on Labrador's Lower Churchill River started today. Nalcor Energy has issued a news release marking the start of concrete pouring for the spillway structure at the Muskrat Falls site. The facility will require large quantities of concrete for the spillway, powerhouse and dam structures. Northern Pen, St. Anthony |
2014 Aug 19 Post-Tropical Storm Arthur Review of NS Power's Storm Response Nova Scotia Power submitted its report to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board today, as part of the independent review related to post-tropical storm Arthur.
• Report Review of NS Power's Storm Response [173 pages]
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2014 Aug 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: June 2014 [50 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of June 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link. Fabrication of the first stator frame for the Muskrat Falls electric generators has commenced. Each stator is designed to deliver 229 MVA at 15 kV, 8820 amperes, 90% power factor. The Muskrat Falls powerhouse will contain four turbine-generator units, operating under a rated net head of 35 m. Each unit will be complete with speed governor and static excitation system.
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • July 2014 • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • November 2013 • October 2013 • September 2013 • August 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure |
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2014 Aug 11 Alberta-based company to construct transmission line for Muskrat Falls project A subsidiary of Crown-owned Nalcor Energy has selected Valard Construction to install infra- structure for the Labrador to Newfoundland transmission link for the $8.5 billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. The Labrador-Island Link Partnership says Alberta-based Valard, a Quanta Services company, is to install about 1,100 km of 350 kilovolt overhead high voltage lines running from the Muskrat Falls generating facility in central Labrador to the Avalon Peninsula. The installation of the power lines is expected to be completed by the summer of 2017. The Canadian Press |
2014 Aug 11 Quanta Services Selected by Nalcor Energy for Labrador-Island Link HVdc Transmission Project Quanta Services Inc. today announced that Valard Construction, a Quanta Services company, has been selected by Labrador-Island Link Partnership, a subsidiary of Nalcor Energy, to install transmission infrastructure for the Labrador-Island Transmission Link project. Valard will install approximately 684 miles (1,100 kilometres) of 350-kilovolt overhead high-voltage direct current (HVdc) transmission line running from the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility in central ; Labrador to Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. The project is expected to be completed during the summer of 2017. Valard's scope of work includes all construction aspects of the project, including geomatic services, management of right-of-way clearing, access and reclamation, installation of concrete foundations, tower assembly and erection and conductor stringing. Quanta Services, Inc. press release |
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2014 Aug 01 Marshall talks oversight, oversight and more oversight on Muskrat Falls Tom Marshall, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, rattled off a laundry list of oversight mechanisms in place for the Muskrat Falls project, assuring people that the $8.5-billion mega-venture is being properly managed. Thursday morning, July 31st, Marshall was speaking to the media about the Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee chaired by the government's top bureaucrat and made up of many of the most senior members of the civil service. In February, Natural Resources Minister Derrick Dalley said he didn't feel he needed to see the report of the Muskrat Falls independent engineer, appointed as a condition of the federal loan guarantee, because he was already confident with what Nalcor officials were telling him... The News, New Glasgow |
2014 Aug 08 Strengthening the Provincial Electricity System Consultant Retained for Independent Review of Electricity System The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador today announced that a contract has been awarded to Power Advisory LLC for the inde- pendent review of the electricity system in Newfoundland and Labrador. The final report will be made available to the public. Power Advisory LLC will examine the operation, management and regulation of the current electricity system to ensure reliability and security as well as a smooth transition into an interconnected system. Department of Natural Resources Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |
2014 Aug 11 Independent Review of Newfoundland and Labrador Electricity System Power Advisory LLC has been retained by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to conduct an independent review of the electricity system. Power Advisory LLC will examine the operation, management and regulation of the current electricity system to ensure reliability and security as well as a smooth transition into an interconnected system. Power Advisory LLC, Concord, Massachusetts Power Advisory LLC Blog |
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2014 Jul 29 Whynotts Community Wind Farm construction begins Construction of the Whynotts Community Wind project is about half way through construction. Production of electrical energy is expected to begin in September. Two wind turbines are being installed that will produce four megawatts. The project has a contract to sell the energy to Nova Scotia Power for 20 years at a fixed rate of 13.1 cents per kWh. The project is a part- nership between Community Wind Farms Inc, a Mi'kmaq rights organization called Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn, Firelight Infra- structure Partners and juwi Wind Canada. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
2014 Jul 29 UARB looks for public input on Arthur review Global TV News video 8:05 The Utility and Review Board's review of Nova Scotia Power's response to post-tropical storm Arthur is ongoing, and residents will get a chance to say how the storm affected them. |
2014 Jul 30 Nova Scotia Department of Energy – Notice of Intention to Participate The Nova Scotia Department of Energy officially announces its intention to participate in the UARB's Review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's state of prepardness and response to post-tropical storm Arthur N.S. Energy Department |
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2014 Jul 16 Fifty-seven expropriations approved to make way for Maritime Link power lines The Nova Scotia government has approved expropriation for easements on 57 properties in Cape Breton to make way for overhead power transmission lines from the Maritime Link, a pair of underwater cables bringing hydroelectric power from Newfoundland and Labrador. The expropriations were approved by order-in-council Tuesday, July 15th. In May, NSP Maritime Link Inc., a subsidiary of Nova Scotia Power, applied to the provincial Energy Department for approval to expropriate easements on 32 parcels of land along the planned corridor from the underwater cable's landfall at Point Aconi to the Woodbine power substation south of Sydney. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Jul 18 A power player in Nova Scotia's burgeoning clean energy market Chris Huskilson drives a battery-powered Chevy Volt from his lakefront home to Emera Inc.'s gleaming headquarters on the Halifax waterfront, a former power plant that was given a $53-million makeover, transforming it into one of the Maritimes' most most environmentally-advanced buildings. His electric car and his company's new headquarters are outward signs of the CEO's decade-long strategy to transform Emera from a sleepy holding company for Nova Scotia Power into an industry-leading growth story... The Globe and Mail |
2014 Jul 24 Letter of Comment by Richard Plett Cumberland County To the UARB Re: Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's state of prepardness and response to post-tropical storm Arthur |
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2014 Jul 15 Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Report: May 2014 [48 pages] This report – which covers the activities for the month of May 2014 – is prepared by Lower Churchill Management Corporation, the Nalcor Energy subsidiary responsible for managing the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric generating facility, the Labrador Transmission Assets and the Labrador-Island Transmission Link.
This report provides the monthly update on the following projects
References: Muskrat Falls Projects Monthly Reports • June 2014 • May 2014 • April 2014 • March 2014 • February 2014 • January 2014 • December 2013 • November 2013 • October 2013 • September 2013 • August 2013 • Nalcor's Corporate Structure |
2014 Jul 15 NS Government approves fifty-seven expropriations to make way for Maritime Link power lines Nova Scotia Orders-In-Council July 15, 2014 The Governor in Council is pleased to approve the expropriation by NSP Maritime Link Incorporated of the following properties, the expropriation being necessary and useful for the purposes of the Maritime Link Project: • OIC 2014-260 • OIC 2014-261 • OIC 2014-262 • OIC 2014-263 • OIC 2014-264 • OIC 2014-265 • OIC 2014-266 • OIC 2014-267 • OIC 2014-268 • OIC 2014-269 • OIC 2014-270 • OIC 2014-271 • OIC 2014-272 • OIC 2014-273 • OIC 2014-274 • OIC 2014-275 • OIC 2014-276 • OIC 2014-277 • OIC 2014-278 • OIC 2014-279 • OIC 2014-280 • OIC 2014-281 • OIC 2014-282 • OIC 2014-283 • OIC 2014-284 • OIC 2014-285 • OIC 2014-286 • OIC 2014-287 • OIC 2014-288 • OIC 2014-289 • OIC 2014-290 • OIC 2014-291 • OIC 2014-292 • OIC 2014-293 • OIC 2014-294 • OIC 2014-295 • OIC 2014-296 • OIC 2014-297 • OIC 2014-298 • OIC 2014-299 • OIC 2014-300 • OIC 2014-301 • OIC 2014-302 • OIC 2014-303 • OIC 2014-304 • OIC 2014-305 • OIC 2014-306 • OIC 2014-307 • OIC 2014-308 • OIC 2014-309 • OIC 2014-310 • OIC 2014-311 • OIC 2014-312 • OIC 2014-313 • OIC 2014-314 • OIC 2014-315 • OIC 2014-316 |
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2014 Jul 14 Job openings for Emera's Maritime Link Project Emera Newfoundland and Labrador has developed a quarterly newsletter to ensure stakeholders such as local communities are kept up-to-date on project activities. According to the newsletter, an average of 300 workers will be required for the Maritime Link Project between 2014 and 2017. On the island of Newfoundland, people interested in working on the project are encouraged to register with IBEW Local 1620, which will be coordinating with contractors on hiring. In Cape Breton, those wanting to apply for work related to transmission aspects of the project should register with IBEW Local 1928. The company has started tree clearing along the transmission right-of-way in Cape Breton with MacLean Forestry and in western Newfoundland with Major's Logging. The Pilot, Lewisporte References: • Maritime Link Project • Maritime Link Project Overview • Operation of the HVDC System • Horizontal Directional Drilling • Emera NL launches quarterly newsletter • The Link: Quarterly Newsletter Issue 01 - Summer 2014 |
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2014 Jul 11 NSP's top guy apologized for wrong thing Hanf said that the company made preparations in advance of the storm. Perhaps those prep- arations should include ongoing tree-trimming practices. Maintenance is the real problem. And perhaps the power utility and its regulator should make sure that NSP's response to the next weather event starts right now with better maintenance. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Jul 11 Out of storm comes political gales The Utility and Review Board announced Friday, July 11th, it will undertake a detailed review of NSP's performance in the wake of the storm. While there were 200,000 customers across a broad swath of the province without power in the wake of the storm, no area was harder hit than the southwestern and valley regions. As of Friday afternoon, there were still 1,470 Nova Scotia homes and businesses without power, many of them in the premier's home region of the Annapolis Valley. In McNeil's family home in Upper Granville, the lights didn't come on until Thursday (five days after the storm). Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Jul 12 Editorial: Nova Scotia Power has hard lessons to learn On Thursday, July 3rd, Hurricane Arthur was still swirling and strengthening off the coast of the U.S. and was forecast to march northeast and hit Nova Scotia on that Saturday. Nova Scotia Power issued a news release that all was still well ... that they were “ready” for Arthur and were “well prepared to respond” to the forecasted storm. At the time we and most everyone else believed them... You know what happened... We're sure the power utility will learn some lessons as a result of the fallout from its response to the storm. We've certainly learned ours. The Hants Journal, Windsor |
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2014 Jul 11 Premier wants review of NSP's performance during storm Premier Stephen McNeil has asked the province's utilities regulator to assess Nova Scotia Power Corp.'s performance after the weekend's intense storm left much of the province without power. “We've asked that they expedite it... and the (Nova Scotia Utility and Review) board has agreed to do so,” McNeil said in a telephone interview following a press conference in Middleton on Friday morning. As of 2pm Friday, 1,470 Nova Scotians were still without power. NSP vowed to have everyone back online before Saturday. In McNeil's case, his family had electricity restored at their Upper Granville home Thursday. The public will be able to participate in the review process to express their frustrations and make recommendations. Details of the review are still being worked out. The URB will finalize how it will conduct the process next week. The premier also expects the board to make short-term and long-term recommendations. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Reference: UARB Report: Feb. 9, 1998 • Widespread Electric Power Failures in Nova Scotia Storm of 27-28 November 1997 “The existing setup at the Call Centre did not seem able to handle the magnitude of incoming calls experienced (75,829 calls on Thursday evening and early Friday morning)...” Job Cuts Made Blackout More Severe: If Nova Scotia Power Inc. had pulled the plug on fewer linesmen, an early winter storm wouldn't have left so many homes in the dark for so long, says a report released this day by the provincial regulator, the Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board... —Source: The Halifax Daily News, 10 February 1998 (sixteen years and five months ago) (The UARB) ordered NSP to investigate and recommend a course of action by Dec. 30, 1998, that will look at... restoring the number of lineworkers to 1994 levels at a minimum... The report noted the investigation came after complaints to the Board from electricity users who lost power in the November storm and political leaders who also complained about the frequency and duration of power outages over the past few years... NSP said Monday...it is always interested in learning from outages... —Source: The Cape Breton Post 10 February 1998 (sixteen years and five months ago) Background: Power Failure Report Handed In 1998 Jan 08 Also see: • Union raps NSP over technicians list Chronicle-Herald, April 23, 2014 • Information Memo from IBEW Local 1928 April 22, 2014 • NS Power 2014 Power Line Technician Staffing...Report April 17, 2014 |
2014 Jul 11 Utility and Review Board to review Nova Scotia Power response to Arthur What happened with the electrical grid when Arthur hit is going to be examined by the province's Utility and Review Board. Premier Stephen McNeil announced in Middleton that the government and the UARB have agreed to a priority review of Nova Scotia Power's response to the July 5 post-tropical storm. Speaking outside of his constituency office, along with Energy Minister Andrew Younger and minister responsible for EMO Mark Furey, McNeil said there are still 1,300 customers without power on July 11th, including his own family. He acknowledged the loss of food was a burden on low-income and other vulnerable Nova Scotians. Energy Minister Andrew Younger said that Annapolis County was prob- ably the hardest hit, but so far there are no estimates on how much the storm damage will cost to repair. He added that much of the severe damage occurred at electrical substa- tions and other key pieces of infrastructure, taking out entire areas in neighbourhoods without much visible damage to power lines. He added that one of the major frustrations many people experienced was a lack of infor- mation about where power outages were located and the inaccurate information about restoration times. Younger said that while he didn't lose electricity in either his Dartmouth home or his office, Nova Scotia Power inclu- ded his addresses on their outage list, while people who lost power in other areas were told that their service was working fine. Annapolis County Spectator, Annapolis Royal References: • Premier's letter to the UARB July 10, 2014 • NOTICE OF REVIEW The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board is conducting a review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's state of preparedness and response to the 5 July 2014 post-tropical storm Arthur. July 10, 2014 • Utility Board Agrees to Priority Review of Nova Scotia Power's Storm Response (as requested by Premier McNeil) July 11, 2014 • Utility Board Report on Widespread Electric Power Failures in Nova Scotia (as requested by Premier MacLellan) February 9, 1998 |
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2014 Jul 10 Everyone connected by Saturday – crews arrive from Maine to help Nova Scotia Power's Director of Field Operations says they should have everyone hooked up by Saturday, July 12th. Frank Woodworth, speaking to the Digby Courier by phone on Thursday, July 10th, said crews in the eastern area of Nova Scotia had things back to normal; in the central area they were just mopping up the last few areas today and the power utility was concentrating efforts in the western end of Nova Scotia. As of this afternoon, Nova Scotia Power still had about 3900 customers without power, with the great majority in the western part of the province. Of the 187 crews (typically two linesmen per crew) at work province-wide, over 160 of them are in the western end of the province, from Avonport and Chester westward to Yarmouth. Those crews were joined today by 20 men from Emera Maine who brought nine trucks over on the 3pm ferry to Digby from St. John. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2014 Jul 10 Emergency Crews Make Final Push to Restore Electricity in Valley Emergency Management Office Minister Mark Furey said today, July 10th, crews are making a significant effort to restore power to Nova Scotians still without it, five days after post- tropical storm Arthur. "Our first priority is making sure that electricity is restored to all areas as quickly as possible," said Mr. Furey. Most of the province felt Arthur's impact, with some places hit with up to 140 km/h winds, which felled trees and brought power outages. About 3,900 Nova Scotians are without electrical service, 2,200 of them in the Valley region. This is down from a peak of about 165,000 households. Emergency Management Office (EMO) press release References: • Hurricane Arthur (2014) Wikipedia • Upgraded HWRF and GFDL Hurricane Models Excelled During Hurricane Arthur NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) NWS Hurricane Weather Research Forecast (HWRF) |
2014 Jul 10 West Hants woman's Facebook complaint about Nova Scotia Power goes viral A no-holds-barred letter to Nova Scotia Power, written by a resident of Falmouth, Hants County, following post-tropical storm Arthur, has gone viral on social media. Janet Lunn's lament, posted as a Facebook note shortly before 6pm on Tuesday, July 8 – the fourth day of the power blackout – tells the tale of an annoyed Nova Scotia Power customer expecting to be left in the dark for another 48 to 72 hours after already living without electricity for 82 hours. "I have three voicemails on my phone advising me that you have restored my power," the letter reads. "I was shocked to hear this yet again because my lights still don't work and the hot water is very, very cold... Remember the time my power was out for two days due to fog?" she continued in her letter. "Convinced I must have misheard you I asked again why my power was out since the weather was calm, no accidents had occurred and there were no reported beaver sightings gnawing at the power poles in my neighbourhood. The reply was that there was fog on the lines. I admit I have some passing knowledge of a fog that could have caused such an outage but that was from a Stephen King story and I believe it also grew tentacles and ate people which I don't recall occurring in this instance." The Hants Journal, Windsor References: • Complete text of Janet Lunn's letter to Nova Scotia Power • Frustrated Nova Scotia hydro customer uses the power of Facebook Toronto Star, July 14, 2014 |
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2014 Jul 09 Swiss firm inks link deal High-voltage electricity specialists to build converter stations in Cape Breton and Newfoundland ABB's contract includes construction of AC-DC converter stations at Woodbine in Cape Breton and Bottom Brook on the island of Newfoundland. The award also covers two high-voltage substations in Newfoundland and another in Nova Scotia, as well as a cable transition station in each province. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Cabot Strait There will be two underwater cables ±200kV crossing Cabot Strait. Each cable, one positive and the other negative, is designed to carry 1250 amperes at 200 kV, delivering 250 MW. Two cables can deliver a total of 500 MW across the Strait. Manufacturing of the two high-voltage cables, each about 170 km long, is expected to begin in 2015. Due to the large scale of this project, one cable wll be manufactured at the Nexans factory in Japan and the other at at the Nexans factory in Norway. The laying of the cables across Cabot Strait is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2017. The design of this system takes into account the magnetic effect of this high-current DC loop on navigational compasses in ships traversing the Strait above the cables. Hatch Ltd., January 26, 2013 Nexans Norway, February 06, 2014 |
2014 Jul 09 ABB awarded $400 million order for Maritime Link power project ABB, a giant electrical manufacturing company based in Zurich, Switzerland, has been awarded a contract worth approximately $400 million from NSP Maritime Link Inc., a subsidiary of Emera Inc., to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power trans- mission system creating the first electricity link between the island of Newfoundland and the North American power grid in Nova Scotia. In addition to two AC-DC converter stations for the ±200 kilovolt (kV) HVDC link, the project scope also includes two 230 kV alternating current (AC) substations in Newfoundland, one 345 kV AC substation in Nova Scotia and two cable transition stations. The project is scheduled for commissioning in 2017. ABB Press Release |
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2014 Jul 08 Baillie touring Valley areas struck hard by Arthur Jamie Baillie wants to see first hand some of the damage caused by Arthur. The PC leader is in Kings County today to meet people who have been without power since the post-tropical storm ripped through the area and view the damage that was left behind. Preliminary data shows the Annapolis Valley as the site of the strongest winds produced by post-tropical storm Arthur, with Greenwood recording wind gusts up to 138 kilo- metres per hour. As of 9am on July 8th, there were still 17,791 customers without power. Of those, the greatest concentration was in Kings County, where 7,391 customers were still off line. Annapolis County Spectator, Annapolis Royal |
2014 Jul 08 Areas of western Nova Scotia could be without power until Friday As of 1:15pm today, Tuesday July 8th, there were 14,373 customers without service across Nova Scotia, with the biggest pocket in Kings County. Kings County Register, Berwick |
2014 Jul 09 Crews continue work as thousands remain without power four days after Arthur Nova Scotia Power's website said about 4,000 customers were still without electricity as of 4pm Wednesday, July 9th. Bob Hanf, Nova Scotia Power's president, toured some of the affected areas around Port Williams in Kings County, Nova Scotia, and apologized to customers following widespread complaints about the communication system set up to inform the public about outages. “Our communications systems... did not work up to the standard that we are used to and our customers are used to and for that I apologize,” said Hanf. Cape Breton Post, Sydney |
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2014 Jul 08 Premier calls for improved communication from Nova Scotia Power The Premier of Nova Scotia says Nova Scotia Power has to improve its communication during outages. Speaking to journalists via teleconfer- ence on Tuesday, July 8th, Premier Stephen McNeil said the biggest frustration for Nova Scotians was the lack of reliable information from the power utility. The Premier said some of the problems stemmed from an automated communication system. "Obviously they have some issues with that," he said. "What we want to see is a better communication plan." McNeil said his government had "expressed strongly" their disappointment with the comm- unications from Nova Scotia Power but he isn't ready yet to impose penalties. Currently, 140 crews are in western Nova Scotia, and additional crews have been brought in from the eastern part of the province. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2014 Jul 08 McNeil: NSP dropped ball on post-storm communications Premier Stephen McNeil says his government has passed along to Nova Scotia Power just how exasperated many Nova Scotians are this week in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Arthur. "The biggest frustration that I've heard over and over again has been not that the power was out but the fact that (customers) kept being told that it was going to be on in 24 hours," McNeil said Tuesday (July 8th) in a telephone news conference. "And when that (time frame) passed, it would be in 24 hours and then when that passed, it would be in 24 hours." He said there are some obvious issues with the utility's automated communications program. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Jul 08 Electricity outages in Lunenburg County Still roughly 650 Nova Scotia Power customers in and around Lunenburg County are without electricity. Among those without power in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Arthur include more than 435 customers in "Auburndale north to Colpton and west to Upper Chelsea, North to Waterloo Lake including New Germany, East Dalhousie and Springfield, south to Lower Cornwall, Lower Cornwall west to West North- field and all areas in between." It's estimated customers there will get the lights back on by 9:30pm Wednesday night, July 9th... Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
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2014 Jul 07 Muskrat Falls work well underway in Forteau Construction for the Muskrat Falls Project is ramping up in a big way in Southern Labrador, where drilling began at Forteau Point in June, for the three boreholes necessary to take the overhead transmission line from Muskrat Falls and get it across the Strait of Belle Isle with two large high-voltage underwater cables, and then on the Island side take it up to the high-voltage overhead power line. The drill program had started on the Island side and after the three boreholes were completed on the Island, they moved to Labrador to commence work there as soon as the ice cleared. Presently, 1100 metres has been drilled on the Labrador side. After this borehole is finished, they will pull back and complete two more. Northern Pen, St. Anthony Strait of Belle Isle Each borehole will have its underwater end about 70 metres [about 300 feet] below sea level – deep enough to avoid the possibility that an iceberg could damage the cables. There will be three underwater cables crossing Belle Isle Strait – one 350kV positive, one 350kV negative, and one spare cable that will be placed on the seabed in the unlikely event that one of the cables is damaged. Each cable is designed to carry 1285 amperes at 350 kV, delivering 450 MW. Two live cables will be able to deliver a total of 900 MW. It will take well over a year to manufacture the three cables, and they will be installed on the seabed in the summer of 2016. Each of the cables will be placed on the seafloor with about 150 metres of separation and all within a corridor 500 metres wide by 34 km long. Independent Engineer Report, November 29, 2013 References: • Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing • Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing • Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing Options to be Considered (April 2011) • Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing Technical Assessment (January 2012) Failure statistics show that the risk of third-party mechanical damage is three to five times higher than the risk of internal failures for cable systems... • Strait of Belle Isle Marine Cable Crossing Awarded Contracts Transmission Corridor • Analysis of Current Levels of Accessibility Along the Transmission Corridor (March 2011) 51 megabytes • Environmental Impact Statement: Plain Language Summary (2011) • Environmental Assessment: Document Index (June 2013) |
2014 Jul 07 Maine's Two Largest Utilities Agree to Co-develop Transmission Projects in New England Emera Maine and Central Maine Power recently signed a memorandum of understanding for joint project development which identified a number of potential projects that could be developed together. Iberdrola USA |
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2014 Jul 06 Updated: Arthur and 'sting jet' effect knock out power for thousands The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had gusts of 120 km/h as a hurricane and 110 km/h or more after its transformation. The high winds knocked down trees and power lines throughout the western end of the province, with thousands of Nova Scotia Power customers without electricity, including large outages through the Annapolis Valley and the Digby and Clare area. At 2pm July 6th, there were more than 22,000 customers without power in Kings County, 6,300 in Annapolis County, and almost 12,000 out in the Digby area. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2014 Jul 07 In more ways than one, NSP customers still in dark Nova Scotia Power began Monday, July 7th, with 50,000 customers powerless as a result of severe storm Arthur, which swept across Nova Scotia on Saturday, July 5th. By Monday afternoon that number was reduced to about 32,000. Energy Minister Andrew Younger said "people had a lot of difficulty accessing Nova Scotia Power's computer system and their call centre to find out about restoration. That seems to be the biggest issue at this point." Chronicle-Herald, Halifax |
2014 Jul 07 Storm Arthur damage 'as bad as Hurricane Juan' Nova Scotia Power says “all hands on deck” in bid to fix downed lines More than 24,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were still waiting to be reconnected Monday after post-tropical storm Arthur tore through the Maritimes. Some people won't get power back until Friday (July 11th). Most of the province along the eastern shore and Cape Breton appear to be back online, but for those in the Annapolis Valley and the South Shore area, it could be late this week before they're reconnected. NSP tweeted on Monday that customers in western Nova Scotia could be out until Friday night. Central and eastern Nova Scotia customers could wait until Thursday night (July 10th) for a reconnection. CBC News |
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2014 Jul 05 Arthur knocking down trees and branches around Digby County Wind from tropical storm Arthur is breaking off branches and uprooting trees. Various streets and roads including Hwy 101 have been blocked temporarily. Power out is out in Digby town and around the county. The Nova Scotia Power online outages map is overloaded and not accessible. Digby County Courier, Digby |
2014 Jul 05 Storm Arthur: Nova Scotians face hours without power More than 132,000 customers lose power as storm moves through province It could take several hours for power to be restored to thousands of Nova Scotians as post-tropical storm Arthur sweeps through Nova Scotia. The number of reported power outages steadily rose during the day. As of 8pm (July 5) Nova Scotia Power says approximately 132,000 customers were without power, a drop from 142,000 customers at 6:30pm. The utility tweeted that it could take up to six to twelve hours to restore the large outages. CBC TV News video 3:00 |
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2014 Jul 02 NSP fuel costs questioned The provincial regulator should disallow roughly $5 million to $6 million in fuel purchases made by Nova Scotia Power over the past two years, says a consultant. But the biggest amount being questioned by Liberty Consulting Group, $3.8 million to $4.9 million related to natural gas contracts, is a carryover amount from a previous fuel audit. The consultant, working for the provincial Utility and Review Board, also questions $750,000 in fuel costs tied to the 2012 study. Liberty says in its new report, filed Wednesday, July 2nd, that Nova Scotia Power should be penalized for delays making changes to its hedging program for natural gas purchases. If the board agrees, the amounts in question would have to be covered by company profit rather than ratepayers. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Reference: • Liberty Consulting Group Report (redacted) [249 pages] 2014 July 02 |
2014 Jul 03 Report raps Nova Scotia Power over Trenton mishap Nova Scotia Power management failed to shoulder its share of responsibility for a mechanical failure at the Trenton power plant in 2012, a fuel audit says. Liberty Consulting Group said in a 249-page report to the province's Utility and Review Board this week that lapses on the part of senior officials played a role in the accident. “Nova Scotia Power concluded by assigning all accountability to the lowest organi- zational levels, while making no find- ings of management responsibility,” the report said. Chronicle-Herald, Halifax Reference: • Liberty Consulting Group Report (redacted) [249 pages] 2014 July 02 |
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2014 Jul 02 Audit of Nova Scotia Power, Inc.'s Fuel Adjustment Mechanism for 2012-2013 Trenton Unit 5: The Incident [Pages VIII-27 to VIII-30 inclusive] ...At 9:00pm on March 1, 2012, NS Power took Trenton Unit 5 off line for what was thought to be a brief repair. The turbine Reference: • Salt water forces shutdown to NSP power station unit The Advocate - May 30, 2012 |
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2014 Jul 01 Mahone Bay signs off on wind farm deal Mahone Bay has signed off on a service deal with Antigonish and Berwick to solidify the future commissioning of a 16-megawatt Hants County wind farm that's expected to ensure a long-term supply of renewable energy to the trio of Nova Scotia municipalities. The three areas will provide loan guarantees to the Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA), the ownership entity established by the towns, while Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company will develop the project. Mahone Bay holds a 10% ownership share in AREA and provided a $2.4 million loan guarantee. The three towns' electrical utilities could start getting fed the new wind capacity by next fall. About seven turbines are expected to be built in the Ellershouse area of West Hants. Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Bridgewater |
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