News Archives - 2008

Halifax - Salt deposited on power lines by high winds earlier this week, combined with light precipitation late this morning, has caused new power outages in several coastal areas of Nova Scotia, including greater Halifax and Cape Breton.

Nova Scotia Power crews continued to make progress overnight in restoring electricity to all of its remaining customers whose service was affected by this week’s winter storm.

Service has been restored to more than 90 per cent of Nova Scotia Power customers who experienced an outage due to this week’s intense winter storm.

Nova Scotia Power crews restored electricity to an additional 34,000 customers overnight.

Almost half of Nova Scotia Power customers who experienced a service disruption today had their power restored by late afternoon.

A severe winter storm and heavy winds are causing power outages throughout Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotians will save energy and money this holiday season after exchanging about 15,000 sets of incandescent holiday lights for energy efficient light emitting diode (LED) lights.

NSPI is seeking proposals for renewable energy projects using biomass and wind. NSPI announced today it has issued two requests for proposals to seek 10 MW of energy from biomass and 20 MW of energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar power.

The seven Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Nova Scotia have received the largest single donation in Nova Scotia in the organization’s history.

Six Canadian Tire locations across Nova Scotia will save over one million kilowatt hours a year – equivalent to the total electrical needs of 120 Nova Scotian homes.