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Solar Nova Scotia
Volunteer, non-profit solar industry association for Nova Scotia. It unites the solar sector through networking and educational events, member promotion, training, research, and advocacy for solar-friendly regulation.
📍 Nova Scotia, CanadaEst. 1980✓ 100% first-party verified
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2022 Net-Metering System Access Charge advocacy campaign
CompletedIndustry-association opponent; Chair David Brushett was the named solar-industry voice against the charge
NS Power proposed an $8/kW/month system access charge to begin Feb 1, 2023; the Province moved to halt it on Feb 2, 2022 (Premier Tim Houston notified the NSUARB). CBC (Jan 28, 2022) names 'David Brushett of Solar Nova Scotia' as the solar-industry voice opposing it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/solar-industry-says-proposed-nova-scotia-power-charge-will-devastate-sector-1.6331442 . The charge was withdrawn (see solarns.ca history). 'Led the campaign' is the show's promotional framing — SNS was a prominent opponent/intervenor alongside others (CanREA, the Province); see unverified_notes.
Atlantic Canada Solar Summit
In progressHost / organizer
Per SNS's own history, it hosted the first annual Atlantic Canada Solar Summit in December 2022 and the 2nd in December 2023. The summit is ongoing: solarsummit.ca lists the next edition for Dec 1-2, 2026 at the Halifax Convention Centre (freshness-checked). 2024 edition reportedly drew ~400 delegates (per event listings).
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Solar Nova Scotia was founded in 1980 and incorporated on October 14, 1980 as 'The Solar Energy Society of Nova Scotia' to foster alternative energy technologies in the province.
SOURCE ▸By early 2022 Nova Scotia had more than 4,000 solar homes, and the solar industry contributed roughly $30 million in private-sector investment to the provincial economy in the prior year (Government of Nova Scotia).
SOURCE ▸Solar Nova Scotia hired its first full-time employee in 2019 to develop and deploy its 'Discover Solar' education program.
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