Nova Scotia Power has once again been fined for failing to meet annual performance targets for the reliability of its grid set by the regulator. A worker walks past downed power lines and a pole caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in Dartmouth, N.S., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese CANADAHALIFAX news Nova Scotia Power given $1.25-million fine for failing to meet performance standards by admin 9 سبتمبر، 2024 written by admin 9 سبتمبر، 2024 89 CITYnews halifax / By The Canadian Press HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power is being fined for the third time in four years for failing to meet annual performance targets for the reliability of its energy grid. The province’s Utility and Review Board says in the decision released today it is levying a $1.25-million penalty on the subsidiary of Emera Inc. for shortfalls in 2023. The board’s latest fining of the private utility is the largest to date, after it imposed penalties of $750,000 in 2022, $375,000 in 2021 and $250,000 in 2019, while there was no financial sanction in 2020. It says it is not acceptable that the failures to meet performance standards “has become a normal occurrence” for the utility. Nova Scotia Power failed in 2023 to meet two reliability targets for outage frequencies and duration, and four of five elements in the standards for new service connection times. The board acknowledged the firm is spending $45 million annually to trim trees and that the utility is installing stronger poles and gear, but says the expected reliability improvements haven’t been met despite those efforts. “Targets have not been met for three consecutive years, certain customer service targets have not been met for two consecutive years, and there has not been a single year since establishing the standards in 2017 that Nova Scotia Power has been able to satisfy all of the performance standards,” the report says. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2024. The Canadian Press 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Former fashion tycoon Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years in prison next post Former Halifax cabbie convicted of sexual assault extradited back to Canada You may also like Latest survey shows majority of votes would go... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Chance of flurries this week in Halifax 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues 72-hour strike... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Double-double trouble: N.S. Tories accused of vote-buying with... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 فورد يدعو إلى اتفاق تجارة حرة مع الولايات... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 سعاة البريد قد يبدأون إضراباً يوم الجمعة 12 نوفمبر، 2024 ‘I get goosebumps’: Canadians across the country mark... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Burned vehicle contained human remains; RCMP probing ‘suspicious’... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 Nova Scotia NDP candidate out after criticism for... 12 نوفمبر، 2024 نوفا سكوشا: انسحاب مرشّحة على خلفية منشوريْن عن... 12 نوفمبر، 2024