BILL NO. 194

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Banning Electrical Disconnections
during a Cost-of-Living Crisis Act

 

Susan Leblanc
Dartmouth North

First Reading: July 28, 2022

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

 

An Act to Ban Electrical Service Disconnections
during a Cost-of-Living Crisis

WHEREAS Nova Scotians are paying to Nova Scotia Power Incorporated the highest energy rates of any integrated power utility in Canada;

AND WHEREAS many Nova Scotians are spending more than six per cent of their income on home energy;

AND WHEREAS in June of 2022, inflation was at its highest point in four decades, including a 45.8% increase in energy costs in one year;

AND WHEREAS access to energy is essential for health and well-being;

THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Banning Electrical Disconnections during a Cost-of-Living Crisis Act.

2 In this Act, "cost-of-living crisis" means any period where the year-over-year increase in the Consumer Price Index for Nova Scotia, published by Statistics Canada, is above three per cent.

3 Notwithstanding any rules and regulations approved by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board respecting Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's ability to disconnect electrical service to a customer, during a cost-of-living crisis, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated shall not disconnect electrical service to any customer for a failure to pay any tolls, rates or charges.

 

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