Timeline
TIMELINE
Upgrading the meter on each home and business from Yarmouth to Meat Cove — and in every community in between — is a big job. We began this work in the fall of 2019 and we aim to be finished in 2021.
The following table shows the communities where smart meter upgrades are underway.
| Community | Upgrades Begin |
|---|---|
| Bedford, Sackville | Started November 2019 |
| Amherst, Tatamagouche | Started November 2019 |
| Downtown Dartmouth, Burnside | Started January 2020 |
| Truro | Started January 2020 |
| Tantallon, St Margaret's Bay | Started February 2020 |
| Dartmouth, Sheet Harbour, Guysborough, Sherbrooke | Started March 2020 |
| Stellarton, New Glasgow, Antigonish, Pictou | Started March 2020 |
| Clayton Park, Fairview, Spryfield, Sambro | Started June 2020 |
| Port Hood, Inverness, Baddeck, Ingonish | Started July 2020 |
| Yarmouth, Shelburne, Liverpool | Started July 2020 |
| Isle Madame, Louisburg, Bras D'Or | Started September 2020 |
| Digby, Kingston | Started November 2020 |
| Sydney | Started November 2020 |
| Eastern Passage, Cole Harbour, Lawrencetown | Started December 2020 |
| Windsor, Wolfville | Started February 2021 |
| Halifax (Peninsula) | Started March 2021 |
| Chester, Bridgewater | Started March 2021 |
The choice is yours: Opting out of the smart meter upgrade
Smart meters are our new standard service and there is no additional cost to take advantage of their benefits. If you opt out of a smart meter, you will be choosing a non-standard meter and will be charged a fee for that service. This ensures that the costs to manually read your meter and maintain older systems and processes for non-standard meters are not passed on to smart meter customers. Customers who opt-out may, at any time, opt back in at no cost. Click here to learn more.