Power lines are seen in Dartmouth, N.S. on Nov. 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Andrew Vaughan CANADAHALIFAX news Nova Scotia Power handed $750K fine for failing to meet performance standards by admin 17 أغسطس، 2023 written by admin 17 أغسطس، 2023 82 CITYnews halifax \ By The Canadian Press Nova Scotia’s electric utility has been handed a $750,000 fine for failing to meet 2022 performance targets set by the provincial regulator. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board issued a statement today saying privately owned Nova Scotia Power Inc. failed to fully satisfy five of 14 performance targets dealing with reliability, restoring power after adverse weather and service installations. The board found that even though the utility has increased investments in its transmission and distribution infrastructure to deal with increasingly powerful and more frequent storms, it has failed to achieve certain reliability targets in each year since the standards were established in 2016. In 2020, the board ordered Nova Scotia Power to pay a $250,000 penalty, and in 2022 the penalty rose to $375,000. In May, Nova Scotia Power filed a response to the board’s latest findings, saying the utility’s failure on seven occasions to meet the standard for restoring power within 48 hours of severe weather was the result of the widespread damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona last September. As a result, the board agreed to remove some Fiona-related outage data, as they did after post-tropical storm Dorian caused widespread outages in 2019. But it concluded a penalty of $750,000 for the utility’s 2022 performance was warranted. “The board recognizes that the inclusion of hurricane Fiona (would have) a significant impact on … NS Power’s performance standards reporting,” the board said in its statement. “However, the increasing intensity, severity and frequency of adverse weather events are not new phenomena …. It is incumbent upon NS Power to appropriately address the challenges of climate change and adverse weather events.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 16, 2023. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Three HRM swimming areas closed due to high bacteria levels next post Man charged in connection to Christmas Eve homicide in Halifax You may also like RMCP search for missing Lower Sackville woman 26 أبريل، 2025 Canadians at pope’s funeral say ceremony reflected his... 26 أبريل، 2025 2alarm blaze decimates home in Middle Sackville 26 أبريل، 2025 Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them... 26 أبريل، 2025 كارني يندّد بالحصار الغذائي الإسرائيلي على قطاع غزة 26 أبريل، 2025 القضاء يلغي قراراً كيبيكياً بزيادة الرسوم الدراسية لغير... 26 أبريل، 2025 الزعماء في حركة مستمرة مع اقتراب الحملة الانتخابية... 26 أبريل، 2025 Teen arrested, weapons seized after threats against Halifax... 25 أبريل، 2025 Liberals maintain ‘commanding’ lead in Atlantic Canada polls 25 أبريل، 2025 Second-degree murder charge laid in latest intimate partner... 25 أبريل، 2025