Story · 25:46
// THE QUOTE
“They wanted to implement this system access charge but it wasn't very well thought out at all”
— John Jennex · Solar Ascent
Strongest moment: the January 2022 Nova Scotia Power charge that would have cost homeowners ~$1,000/year and killed the industry, and how the industry banded together and reversed it. Specific, local, high-stakes.
Full episode at 25:46How Nova Scotia almost killed its solar industry — and the founder who fought back ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Band together through an industry association and public outreach to reverse harmful utility policy; collective advocacy is leverage a single firm lacks.
“we banded together as an industry ... we were able to kind of put up enough of a stink ... and it all got reversed”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Energy is political: the NS Power system access charge fight
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 25:46 of How Nova Scotia almost killed its solar industry — and the founder who fought back