// COMPANY DOSSIER
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Regulated, vertically integrated electric utility that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to roughly 525,000-550,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Nova Scotia. It is the province's primary electric utility and a wholly owned subsidiary of Halifax-based Emera Inc.
📍 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaEst. 1972✓ 78% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM Nova Scotia Power Inc.
“They wanted to implement this system access charge but it wasn't very well thought out at all”
“As the solar energy contractor we are kind of the last thing that you should be doing for your home”
“There's a real importance to like find your tribe kind of thing”
“Early days I was like a bit of a cowboy, not having dependents I could take risks”
“I had this idea of like okay I'm take this old cargo van and turn it into a camper”
“Those first three years are really tough right and like you're carrying a vision forward”
“They're all coming in at like 21 22% efficient these days”
“We do relate it a little bit to the heat pump contractors”
“There's a tax credit it's called the clean technology investment tax credit”
// LESSONS FROM Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Position solar as the final sustainability step after a tight building envelope, not a substitute for insulation and good windows.
Early in a new technology market, you must sell the category itself, not just your company; client education is the first job.
Adoption tips when efficiency, trust, and cost mature together; watch the heat-pump curve as a template for where solar is headed.
Standing-seam metal roofs are ideal because clamps fasten to the seams with zero penetrations; have a solution ready for every roof type.
Sell on lifecycle economics: solar's 25-year warranties and no moving parts beat alternatives like wind turbines warrantied for only three years.
In a politically charged market, a single regulatory change can wipe out your business; treat policy risk as core operating risk.
// SELECTED PROJECTS
Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Project (Bridgewater, Waverley, White Rock)
In progressOwner / utility (delivered with partners) · CAD $237 million total project cost; CAD $138.2 million loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank
Bridgewater and Waverley energized in late 2025 and now operational (announced operational Jan 30, 2026); the third site at White Rock is expected online August 2026. Partners include the Canada Infrastructure Bank and Wskijinu'k Mtmo'taqnuow Agency Ltd. (WMA), representing all 13 Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia. Marketed as Atlantic Canada's largest grid-scale battery installation.
// KEY PEOPLE
// NOTABLE
In late January 2022, Nova Scotia Power applied to the regulator for a net-metering 'system access charge' on solar (net-metered) customers; after public and political backlash the company withdrew the application and the Nova Scotia government moved to block such a charge. The episode is the basis of the podcast feature.
SOURCE ▸Nova Scotia Power's own Feb 1, 2022 statement (President & CEO Peter Gregg) initially proposed delaying the net-metering charge a year (from Feb 1, 2022 to Feb 1, 2023); the full withdrawal followed on Feb 2, 2022 under provincial pressure.
SOURCE ▸In 2025 Nova Scotia Power suffered a ransomware cyberattack (detected April 25, 2025) in which an unauthorized third party accessed and stole personal information of affected customers (name, contact details, date of birth, account/billing history, and for some customers driver's licence, SIN, and bank account numbers). The company stated no ransom was paid and that physical generation/transmission/distribution operations were not disrupted.
SOURCE ▸Nova Scotia Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of Halifax-based Emera Inc. and is described by Emera as its 'founding affiliate,' serving more than 525,000 customers and accounting for roughly 95% of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution in Nova Scotia.
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