BILL NO. 8

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016



Private Member's Bill



Public Utilities Act
(amended)



Tim Houston
Pictou East



First Reading: October 14, 2016

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Note

This Bill amends the Public Utilities Act to require Nova Scotia Power Incorporated to prepare service-standards audits and to require the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board to review the audits and apply service-standards penalties, if required by the regulations, when determining the allowable return on common equity included in the general rate set for Nova Scotia Power Incorporated.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 380
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Public Utilities Act,
to Eliminate the Guarantee
on Nova Scotia Power's Profit

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 380 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Public Utilities Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 45 the following Sections:

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