A CBC Interview; Adding onto the Heating Assistance Program- July 18, 2024
Two months after recommendations were made to adjust the Nova Scotia's Heating Assistance Program, Nova Scotia Power has agreed to...
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A Way Forward: A Made-In-Nova Scotia Home Energy Affordability Program
Roger Colton worked closely with members of the Nova Scotia Energy Poverty Task Force to prepare his report: “A Way Forward - A...
2024 Energy Poverty Survey- Infographic
Full report to coming soon.
Proposal to enhance the HARP Program- December 23, 2022
The substantial increase in funding and in target population for HARP creates an unprecedented opportunity to do some research that would...
Good News! December 15, 2022
The Affordable Energy Coalition applauds the provincial government’s free low income Heat Pump program and the expanded Heating...
Before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board- December 14 2022
In the matter of an Application by Nova Scotia Power Incorporated for Approval of Certain Revisions to its Rates, Charges, and...
Recommendations regarding Bill 212- Oct 22, 2022
We have 3 concerns about the amendments proposed to the Public Utilities Act in Bill 212. The first is that there is no direct relief to...
Insight from Antigonish Emergency Fund's co- founder- Mike MacDonald- Fall 2022
Monthly on-bill credits reduce the amount of stress and extra costs that households facing unaffordable energy costs face. One of AEC's...
A Review of the Energy Poverty Characteristics of Nova Scotia- May 17, 2022
This review was conducted after AEC became aware in 2019 of recent sources of data which challenged and expanded on some of the...
Empty Gesture on the Part of the Legislature?- April 13, 2022.
Until now, the Nova Scotia Legislature has not amended s.67(1) so as to give the Utility and Review Board the jurisdiction to order NSPI...
A summary and hope for a Universal Service Program- March 4 2022
What is a Universal Service Program? A four part program to ensure low income households can afford the electricity they need....
Op Ed in The Chronicle Herald- February 14, 2022
Nova Scotia Power’s application for large rate increases raises many controversial questions. Premier Tim Houston has said the Nova...
Letter to the Editor- July 15, 2019
Energy efficiency cuts energy poverty Further to Monday’s front page story about NS Power bills I’d like to draw attention to the low...
Ecology Action Centre Publishes "Solving Nova Scotia’s Electricity Pricing Problem"- August 2013
Introduction- Nova Scotians are angry about the increases in electricity rates from NSPI over the last several years. Electricity rates...
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