BILL NO. 1

(as introduced)

1st Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
62 Elizabeth II, 2013



Government Bill



Electricity Reform (2013) Act



The Honourable Andrew Younger
Minister of Energy



First Reading: November 29, 2013

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: December 2, 2013

Third Reading: December 12, 2013 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

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Explanatory Note

This Bill provides for certain suppliers to be able to sell, and certain customers to be able to purchase, renewable low-impact electricity.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 25
of the Acts of 2004,
the Electricity Act,
Respecting the Sale of Renewable Electricity

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Electricity Reform (2013) Act.

2 Subsection 2(1) of Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2004, the Electricity Act, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2011, is further amended by

(a) adding immediately after clause (aa) the following clause:

(b) adding ", but does not include a retail supplier" immediately after "Act" in the last line of clause (ab); and

(c) striking out clause (b) and substituting the following clauses:

(b) "retail customer" means a person who uses, for the person's own consumption in the Province, electricity that the person did not generate;

(c) "retail supplier" means a person who is authorized to sell renewable low-impact electricity in accordance with this Act and the regulations, but does not include a wholesale customer;

(d) "wholesale customer" means Nova Scotia Power Incorporated or a municipal utility.

3 Chapter 25 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 3A the following Sections:

4 Chapter 25 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 4B the following Section:

5 (1) Subsection 5(1) of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2011, is further amended by

(a) striking out clause (a) and substituting the following clause:

(b) adding immediately after clause (c) the following clauses:

(2) Section 5 of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2011, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (1A) the following subsection:

(3) Subsection 5(2) of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2011, is further amended by adding "or the Board" immediately after "Council" in the first line.

6 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.

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