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Nova Scotia Department of Energy Public Consultation

Public consultation helps the Department of Energy do a better job of serving the people of Nova Scotia.

Whether it is informal correspondence, phone calls, or open-house meetings, public input is vital to everything we do.

This part of the website is where you can learn more about how we connect with Nova Scotians and to get up-to-date information on current public consultations.

Public Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Renewable Electricity Regulations

The Government of Nova Scotia is consulting the public on amendments to the Renewable Electricity Regulations under the Electricity Act. The proposed amendments will help ensure that objectives and goals of the Renewable Electricity Plan are met. Key features of the proposed amendments include:

  • New Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) for 40% renewable electricity supply by 2020
  • Defines role of Lower Churchill
  • Adds flexibility for over achievement of RES targets
  • Ensures a balance between firm and wind electricity
  • Provides new rules for biomass use for electricity
  • Improved definition of First Nations eligibility
  • Ensures a minimum of Nova Scotia capital invested

For more information, please see the press release here. A copy of the proposed amendments can be found here.

A guide to the proposed amendments providing a description of the policy rationale behind the proposed amendments and how they are intended to work can be found here.

There is a 30 day public comment period.

Comments will be accepted on or before July 27, 2011. Please send comments in writing by mail or email.

The public is invited to submit written comments to:

Renewable Electricity Regulations
Regulatory and Strategic Policy
Nova Scotia Department of Energy
5151 George Street, Suite 400
P.O. Box 2664
Halifax, NS B3J 3P7

Electronic comments can be sent to: renewableregs@gov.ns.ca

All submissions received, including names of individuals submitting feedback, will be available on the Department of Energy web site.

Please note that there will be no response to individual comments, but all information will be compiled and reviewed to inform the final version of the amendments.

PLEASE NOTE: All submissions from the public will be posted on the Nova Scotia Department of Energy website and will be available for public viewing. You should not include the names of other parties or any other information from which other parties could be identified, unless their permission has first been obtained.

As well, if you wish to submit confidential information, or other information that would normally be protected under the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, separate this information and clearly mark it as such. Even if information is marked as confidential, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act may require us to release the information to an applicant under the Act.