BILL NO. 53

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Private Member's Bill

Electricity Act
(amended)

Andrew Younger
Dartmouth East

First Reading: October 29, 2009

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill permits renewable energy providers to sell directly to customers.

1 Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2004, the Electricity Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 4 the following Section:

4A Notwithstanding any enactment, a renewable energy producer may sell electricity directly to a customer.

2 Subsection 5(1) of Chapter 25 is amended by adding immediately after clause (d) the following clause:

(da) respecting renewable energy producers' authority to sell directly to customers;