Electric power is a unique and challenging business venture.
The product can't be stored, but must be manufactured, transported
and distributed, all at the same moment it is consumed.
– Adapted from: Samuel Insull: Cheap Electricity at WGBH PBS
Contents:
# Privately-Owned Electric Utility Companies
# Government-Owned Electric Utilities
# Renewable-Energy Electric Companies
# Recent additions to this list
# NS to manage own greenhouse emissions
# Notes
# Edison telegram, 31 July 1907
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Avon River Power Company Ltd.
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S.P. Benjamin Company Ltd.
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Berwick Electric Commission
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Black River Hydro Ltd.
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Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
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Canada Electric Company Ltd.
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Water Commissioners of the Village of Canning
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Town of Canso
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Cape Breton Electric Company Ltd.
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Chambers Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Cobequid Power Company Ltd.
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Dartmouth Gas & Electric Light & Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
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Digby County Power Board
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Dominion Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
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Eastern Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Eastern Utilities Ltd.
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Egerton Tramway Company Ltd.
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Emera Inc.
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Lower Churchill – Muskrat Falls project – Labrador
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Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company Ltd.
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Gaspereaux Valley Electric Light Company Ltd.
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Halifax Electric Tramway Company Ltd.
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Joggins Coal & Railway Company Ltd.
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Kentville Electric Commission
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Kentville Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Town of Lunenburg
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Town of Mahone Bay
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Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Ltd.
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Morgan Falls Power Company
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Municipal Electric Utilities of Nova Scotia Co-operative Ltd.
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New Glasgow Electric Company Ltd.
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Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Nova Scotia Power Commission
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Nova Scotia Power Corporation
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Nova Scotia Power Inc.
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Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Company Ltd.
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NS Power Holdings Inc.
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Pictou County Electric Company Ltd.
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Pictou County Power Board
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Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc.
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Riverport Electric Light Commission
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Seaboard Power Corporation Ltd.
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Stone & Webster
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Truro Electric Commission
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Western Nova Scotia Electric Company Ltd.
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Windsor Electric Light & Power Company Ltd.
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Yarmouth Street Railway Company Ltd.
The full, official, legal name of each company is given.
This list is known to be incomplete (I'm working on it).
Where it appears below, "NSL" refers to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Unless otherwise stated, "Act" means an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
NSL 1883 chapter 64 — Act to incorporate the Acadia Coal Co.
NSL 1898 chapter 165 — Amendment, relating to electric power
The Acadia EL Co. reported that, during the year
1912, its operating revenue was $7,168.55 and operating expenses were
$5,362.64, and it paid out $1,600.00 in dividends.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
By 1917, the steam-driven electric generating plant of the Acadia Electric Light Company in Wolfville was 26 years old. Its maximum output was 55 kilowatts, the service operated only seven hours out of twenty-four, and, according to an ancient townsman (who was interviewed by Harry Bruce in the mid-1970s) "You could hardly see the light bulbs even when you turned them on," — translation: the voltage was well below the proper level which meant that the generating plant was overloaded, or the distribution circuits were inadequate, or both.
The Wolfville Board of Trade (whose secretary, incidentally, was George C. Nowlan, a federal cabinet minister forty years later) decided somebody had to do something about the electricity supply in Wolfville. It asked two of the sharpest young businessmen around town to investigate the Gaspereau River as a power source.
They were Charles H. Wright, a capable and popular building contractor, and Roy A. Jodrey, farmer, apple speculator, and fair-haired boy of the W.H. Chase organization. L.E. Shaw, a brick manufacturer who was also president of the Wolfville Board of Trade, wrote many years later that Jodrey and Wright "never came back to report. They found more than we had anticipated."
They found a waterfall, formed a company (Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company), built a dam, installed a powerhouse, and built electric transmission lines out across the Annapolis Valley. Wright and Jodrey's hydroelectric generating plant at Stivers Falls, White Rock, Kings County, began to operate on February 25, 1920. By May 1920, it was producing electric power for Wolfville, Greenwich, and Port Williams...
Source: Excerpted from pages 114 and 119, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
NSL 1887 chapter 94 — Act to incorporate the Amherst Electric Light & Water Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry numbers 1038957 and 2231779.
In the 1920s, the Associated Gas & Electric Company of New York was busily buying Nova Scotia utilities.
Source: Page 137, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
The Associated Gas & Electric Co. was broken up in the mid-1930s, under the U.S. Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, which provided for the regulation of utility holding companies by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Title I of the Public Utility Act of 1935 is known as the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA). PUHCA was enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. A regulatory bargain was created between utilities and the government. In exchange for an exclusive service territory, utilities are required to provide reliable electric service to all customers at a regulated rate. A holding company under PUHCA is an enterprise that directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of stock in a public utility company. To eliminate the complex and confusing structure of holding companies that had made them almost impossible to regulate, Section 11b of Title I (the "Death Sentence Clause") of PUHCA abolishes all holding companies that were more than twice removed from their operating subsidiaries. All electric and natural gas holding companies are required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Under PUHCA, the SEC regulates mergers and diversification proposals of holding companies whose subsidiaries engage in retail electricity or natural gas distribution. In addition, PUHCA requires that before purchasing securities or property from another company, a holding company must file for approval with the SEC.
NSL 1916 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the Atlantic Power & Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1923 chapter 121 — Act respecting the Avon River Power Co. Ltd.
In 1921, the Avon River Power Company was incorporated by Roy Jodrey and Charles Wright. The company had its head office in Windsor.
The Avon River Power Co. bought the Windsor Electric Light
& Power Co. in November 1925, and the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat
& Power Co. in 1926.
In April 1929, the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co. bought
Avon River Power Co. and thereafter operated it as a wholly-owned
subsidiary.
During 1931, the Avon River Power Co. bought six small electric utilities:
Centreville Electric Light & Power Company,
Gaspereaux Valley Electric Light Company,
Lower Horton Electric Company,
Kingston Electric Light Commission,
the Town of Middleton's electric power system, and
Sheffield Mills Light & Power Company.
In August 1941, the Avon River Power Co. bought the electric
power distribution system owned and operated by the Canning Water
Commissioners.
Larger image Photograph of the original Nictaux hydro-electric power plant, probably taken in 1940. There is a rubber-stamped "Middleton, June 26, 1940" on the back of the print that was scanned for this gif file (probably stamped when the print was made). This plant was located at Nictaux Falls, about 4km south of Middleton, in Annapolis County. It was demolished in the early 1950s to make way for the construction of the new and larger hydro-electric power plant, also called Nictaux, that was built on this site by the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company, and put into service about 1956. It is believed that the original power plant was built to supply electric power to the iron mines at Torbrook, near Nictaux; it is not clear what company built it or owned it originally. At the time this photo was taken, the plant was owned and operated by the Avon River Power Company. The photo was taken from a position downstream from the plant, looking upstream over the tailrace toward the tailrace tunnels. The smaller tailrace tunnel, on the left in the photo, was for the original generating unit; the larger tunnel on the right, was for unit number two. The surface appearance of the tailrace clearly indicates that generator number one was running at the time the photograph was taken. [The print was generously made available to me in August 1997, by Mr. Jim Sangster, who hired on with Avon River in 1936, and was an operator at this plant in the late 1930s.]
NSL 1919 chapter 139 — Act to incorporate the Barrington Electric Co. Ltd.
Also see: Barrington MunicipalityThe Barss Corner EL Co. was incorporated on 23 June 1921. The BCEL Co. was purely a distributing company, meaning it did not generate any electric power; it purchased all of its electric power from J. Zwicker & Son of New Germany.
NSL 1899 chapter 137 — Act to change the name of the Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co to the Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co.
Also see: Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.NSL 1899 chapter 137 — Act to change the name of the Bear River Electric Light, Heating & Power Co to the Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co.
Also see: Bear River & Digby Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 133 — Act to incorporate the Bedford Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 136 — Amendment
NSL 1901 chapter 171 — Amendment
NSL 1903 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 156 — Amendment
NSL 1908 chapter 137 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 131 — Amendment
NSL 1897 chapter 111 — Act to incorporate S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 165 —
This photograph appears on page 152 of "White Rock Past and Present"
by Doris Atwell, published 2004
This postcard was postmarked in Kentville in September 1915.
“Built on the banks of the Gaspereau River above
the White Rock bridge, the S.P. Benjamin grist
and lumber mill began operations in 1885...
Dictated perhaps by a dwindling timber supply,
this mill was closed after less than two decades
of operation. In 1900 the mill machinery
was dismantled and moved to Falmouth...”
—Source:
White Rock's grist and lumber mill
by Ed Coleman, 3 July 1998
Located where the Black River flows into the Gaspereau River, White Rock – often called White Rock Mills – has seen numerous mill operations, including that of S.P. Benjamin. About 1885 Benjamin bought out the Calder and Freeman mill along with much of the timberlands upriver and around the lakes. Running day and night with 75 men employed, in one year his operation shipped seven million board feet of lumber out of nearby ports. The route travelled by horse and ox teams over the Deep Hollow Road (paved now but not then) to Wolfville, Canning and Port Williams was no easy haul.
— Historic Kings County (booklet), Kings County Historical Society, 2004
A PUB report dated 30 June 1927 states that:
Mr. Norman Bethune, owner of the plant, told the PUB that the
generating equipment consists of one 15 horsepower oil engine
[probably a single-cylinder Diesel (compression-ignition) engine]
belted to a ten kilowatt Direct Current [DC] 110-volt
generator. The distribution system includes 1.5 miles [about
2.4 km] of line carried for the most part on poles owned by the
Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company, only fourteen poles having
been supplied by Mr. Bethune.
[Comment: Since this was a DC system, there were no transformers anywhere – the entire system operated at the generator voltage. A system operating at 110 volts DC could not serve customers located 1.5 miles from the generating plant – the voltage drop would be excessive – thus it can be inferred that the generating plant was located roughly at the geographic center of the service area, with distribution lines radiating in at least two directions, east and west, and probably in four directions, so that no customer would be much more than about 2000 feet [600 metres or so] from the generator. Even with this arrangement, the distribution system would not have been able to supply electricity to the farthest customer at satisfactory voltage. A ten kilowatt generator supplying 110 volts will be delivering about 90 amperes. Assuming the distribution system radiated in four directions, with the load divided equally among all four lines (the most favourable arrangement), each circuit would be carrying more than 20 amperes, and the voltage drop would be dramatic even over a distance of two or three blocks. Mr. Bethune's DC system, as he well knew, was not capable of reaching even to the town outskirts, but this was a startup operation, financed on a shoestring, and it was good enough to bring electric lights to the area for the first time.]
The PUB report continues: The total capital cost of plant installed
to date, including land and buildings, is approximately $4,000.
The system has been in operation for five months and has at present
23 consumers connected with the expectation of serving a total of
40 consumers, together with nine 60-watt street lights.
The operating expenses for the five months amounted to
$640.00, prorated for twelve months would total $1536.00. To this
should be added for interest, depreciation and return on investment
$480.00, making a total required annual income of $2016.00 (for a
sustainable continuing operation).
The revenue for the five months was $395.64, which would
amount to about $950.00 for the year, less than one-half the return
Mr. Bethune is entitled to. While slightly more than
one-half of the prospective consumers are at present being served, it
is doubtless true that the most profitable part of the load is
connected and the balance when connected will not yield revenue in as
great a proportion, while additional fuel cost will further increase
the operating costs...
However, Mr. Bethune has expressed a willingness to forego an
adequate return during the time the load is being built up, and it is
the feeling of the Board (that Mr. Bethune should be permitted to
continue his electric utility service)...
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1925, pages 117-118
NSL 1901 chapter 147 — Act to incorporate the Blockhouse Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.Electric utility companies were required to report annually to the PUB, certain basic statistics such as operating revenue, operating expenses, taxes, debt, and the like. For the year 1912, the Bridgetown EL Co.'s statistics are missing in the PUB Annual Report, and the note "burned out" appears on that line. There is no further information; this note may mean that there was a fire in the company's office and its records were destroyed.
NSL 1898 chapter 148 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.NSL 1898 chapter 150 — Act to incorporate the Bridgetown Water, Power & Light Co. Ltd.
Also see: Bridgetown Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1891 chapter 148 — Act to incorporate the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 158 — Act to confirm the sale of the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co.
NSL 1897 chapter 103 — Act to incorporate the Bridgewater Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 158 — Act to confirm the sale of the Bridgewater Electric Light, Water, & Power Co.
NSL 1889 chapter 128 — Act to incorporate the Canada Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 167 — Act to authorize the Company to sell property to the Town of Amherst
NSL 1913 chapter 166 — Amendment
Her Majesty the Queen . . . . 2500 preferred shares
Her Majesty the Queen . . . . 8970 common shares
George I. Smith . . . . . . . 5 common shares
Harvey W.L. Doane . . . . . . 5 common shares
Ronald G. Smith . . . . . . . 5 common shares
J. Craig MacDonald . . . . . . 5 common shares
Roderick J. McSween . . . . . . 5 common shares
William L. Jodrey . . . . . . 5 common shares
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Total 9000 common shares
2500 preferred shares
Source: 1961 Annual Report of the Public Utilities Board, pages 86-87
This generating plant was located on the north side of Harrison Lake
GPS location: 45°42'54"N 64°16'57"W
Google map
NSL 1914 chapter 181 — Act to incorporate the Canadian Provincial Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1915 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1918 chapter 128 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 164 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 113 — Act to incorporate Canadian Tungsten Mines Ltd.
NSL 1912 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 188 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 173 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1915 chapter 94 — Amendment
In 1911 a company was incorporated under the name of
The Canadian Tungsten Mines Limited, which name was afterwards changed
more than once, and in 1913 it was called The Halifax Power Company
Limited. The Act of incorporation gave legal authority to the company
to engage in certain business activities, which included mining of
scheelite and tungsten, transportation of freight and passengers on
land or water from places in Nova Scotia, and the authority to
"generate, sell and deliver, electricity or electric energy generated
from steam or water power, and to build and maintain dams and make use
of water power, and generate, sell and deliver, energy generated from
water power."
Source: Excerpted from the decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court dated 18 September 1913, on the appeal of Miller versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and Thomson versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd., as reported on pages 394-408 of the Eastern Law Reporter, volume XIII number 5, 24 December 1913, published by the Carswell Company, Toronto.
Total pole line in service (April 1922) about 11 miles [about 18km], from the point of connection with Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company near Port Williams, to the customers in the serviced territory. Canard EL&P Co. never operated a generating plant; it bought its electric power wholesale from Gaspereaux River LH&P Co. Beginning in 1923, Canard EL&P Co. sold electric power wholesale to Centreville EL&P Co.
NSL 1893 chapter 158 — Act to incorporate the Canning Water & Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1900 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 159 — Change name to Cape Breton Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1902 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 136 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 115 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 197 — Amend chapter 130 of 1900
NSL 1900 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 159 — Change name to Cape Breton Electric Co. Ltd.
Cape Breton Tramways Ltd. operated an electric streetcar system within the Town of Glace Bay and an interurban line (public transit electric railway) between Glace Bay and Sydney. On 29 September 1944, Cape Breton Tramways Ltd. transferred all its property to the Cape Breton Bus & Tram Co.
The Cape Split Development Company was created in 1916 with a four-fold purpose:
• to examine the economic viability of the development of a hydroelectric power plant at Cape Split;
• to obtain an engineer's report;
• to carry out experimental work; and
• to raise the capital necessary to complete the project.
After raising its initial capital by selling shares, the company hired the services of the New York consulting engineers Bogart and Pohl, whose report emphasized the growing need for hydroelectric power in the Maritimes and the suitability of the Cape Split site for the generation of said hydroelectric power. Also hired was the consulting engineer Charles M. Allen, who conducted experiments on the efficiency of the Clarkson Current Motor prototype, which the company hoped to use, and gave an extremely favorable report. All was ready for the beginning of construction at the Cape Split site, except for the necessary capital. Unfortunately, the initial $31,000 raised through the selling of shares was the sum total of all of the company's capital, so the project fell through.
In 1928, the property was sold to Minas Basin Pulp and Paper, although the right to develop power on the property was retained by the company. This right was deeded to the Nova Scotia Power Commission in 1957.
Sources:
http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/acadia_archives/NSPC.pdf
http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/acadia_archives/Moir_Alexander.doc
NSL 1872 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the Carboline Gas Light Co. Ltd.
On 23 July 1923, Centreville EL&P Co. received official approval to issue 60 shares of common stock at a par value of $50.00 each, to raise $3,000 to pay for construction of its transmission line from "A.S. McDonald's corner, where connection is made with the Canard Electric Light & Power Co., into the district of Centreville, a distance of 2.3 miles [3.7km]. Construction materials included 90 cedar poles with cross arms and insulators, 2888 pounds [1307kg] of line wire, and seventeen 10-ampere kW·h meters." In July 1923, seventeen consumers were connected, "with the prospect of eight additional later". Centreville EL&P Co. never operated a generating plant. From the beginning in 1923, Centreville EL&P Co. bought its electric power wholesale from Canard EL&P Co. Canard EL&P Co. bought its electric power wholesale from Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Co. In 1931, the Centreville EL&P Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1889 chapter 130 — Act to incorporate the Chambers Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 101 —
NSL 1901 chapter 172 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 177 — Amendment
NSL 1888 chapter 129 — Act conferring certain powers upon the Chandler Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 202 —
NSL 1910 chapter 128 — Act to incorporate the Chester Light, Power & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1924 chapter __ — Act to incorporate the Chester Light & Power Co. Ltd.
The Chester L&P Co. was incorporated in 1924, by Foreman Hawboldt, Carrol Manning, Roy Hennigar, Harold Hilchie, Owen Zinck, and Eugene Publicover. In November 1924, the Chester L&P Co. had 73 electricity meters in service, which indicates it had 73 paying customers.
In 1928, Chipman's Corner EL&P Co. bought $408.20 worth of energy from Avon River Power Co.
Source: Page 123, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
Cobequid Power Co. never operated a generating plant. When it started in business, it purchased all its electric power from The Falls hydroelectric generating station in Colchester County, owned and operated by the Northumberland Light & Power Co. To get this power from The Falls to its service area, it erected a 4-wire 3-phase 12.5 kV transmission line from The Falls 17.5 miles to Stewart's Bridge in Colchester County, and thence toward Truro. This transmission line bringing electric power from The Falls was the sole source of supply for the Cobequid Power Co. until 1 October 1933, when Cobequid ceased to draw its power from The Falls, and began purchasing it from the Truro Electric Commission. At that time, the transmission line became unnecessary to Cobequid's operation, and in May 1934 Cobequid applied to the PUB to sell part of this line, the 17.5 miles from the Falls to Stewart's Bridge, to Northumberland L&P Co. This transaction was complicated by the fact that this portion of the line served not only for transmission of wholesale electric power, but also supplied two domestic (residential) customers along the route. After extensive examination of the situation, on 27 July 1934 the PUB denied the application to sell the line.
NSL 1911 chapter 120 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth & Cow Bay Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1914 chapter 170 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Gas & Electric Light & Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1920 chapter 181 — Amendment
The Dartmouth GELHP Co. was incorporated on 17 April 1889, under chapter 132 of the 1889 Acts of the Legislature. On 25 February 1935, official approval was given by the PUB for the Dartmouth GELHP Co. to sell its entire property, assets and undertaking to the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co.
NSL 1861 chapter 76 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Gas Light & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 189 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Tram & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1867 chapter 55 — Act to incorporate the Dartmouth Water & Gas Co.
The Digby EL Co. reported that, during the year 1912, its operating
revenue was $5,941.68 and operating expenses were $5,324.52, and it
paid $108.87 in taxes.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
On 14 June 1922, the Digby EL Co. received official approval
from the PUB to sell the whole of its undertaking to the Town of Digby.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1922
Incorporated on 20 May 1913 as Waterford Public Utilities Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000914.
Name changed 24 November 1921 to Dominion Utilities Co. Ltd.
NSL 1882 chapter 61 — Act to incorporate the Eastern Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1883 chapter 71 —
NSL 1884 chapter 71 —
NSL 1885 chapter 99 —
NSL 1886 chapter 141 —
NSL 1890 chapter 181 — To extend powers, as to Gas Works and Water Works, etc.
Incorporated on 26 January 1911 as Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000776.
Name changed 9 June 1931 from Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd.
By Order In Council dated 9 June 1931, the name of the Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. was changed to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd., with head office in Sydney.
On 30th December 1966, all of the outstanding shares of Eastern Light & Power Company Limited were purchased by the Nova Scotia Power Commission at a cost of $3,900,000.
— Nova Scotia Power Commission Annual Report 1966, page 12
Eastern Utilities Limited was a holding company (it owned shares of other companies), not an operating utility company – it did not own any generating plants or transmission lines or any other equipment used in the production and/or distribution of electric power, it did not deliver electricity to anyone, and it did not send bills to electric power consumers. Eastern Utilities Limited was incorporated in Prince Edward Island; it is included in this history of Nova Scotia electric companies because it owned companies in the electric power business in Nova Scotia — Canada Electric Co. Ltd., Maritime Coal, Railway and Power Co. Ltd., and Joggins Coal Co. Ltd. (all three based in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia).
May 1940: Eastern Utilities Limited is an investment holding Company which owns all the issued shares of Canada Electric Company Limited; The Eastern Electric and Development Company Limited; and with the exception of 33 shares, all of the 11,254 shares (par value $100) of the Moncton Electricity and Gas Company Limited; also the majority of common (voting) shares of Maritime Coal, Railway and Power Company Limited; and all the issued shares of Joggins Coal Company Limited.
The Managing Director of Eastern Utilities Limited is J.H. Winfield
of Halifax. Other directors are: Hon. F.B. McCurdy, P.C. of Halifax; L.A. Lovett, K.C. of Halifax; Hon. C.W. Robinson of Moncton; and H.A. Forsythe, M.M. King, and M.K. Bell of Charlottetown.
Source: a prominent display advertisement in the Kentville Advertiser,
9 May 1940, by Johnston and Ward, a large Montreal brokerage firm, offering for sale shares of Eastern Utilities Limited. "The statements contained herein are based on information which we believe to be reliable..."
NSL 1892 chapter 155 — Act to incorporate the Edison Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd. of Springhill
NSL 1914 chapter 151 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 137 — Act to incorporate the Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 234 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 133 — Act respecting assessment of the Egerton Tramway in New Glasgow, Stellarton, and Westville
NSL 1906 chapter 160 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 142 — Act to confirm contract between New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd. and Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 143 — Amendment and name changed
NSL 1910 chapter 163 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 105 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 160 — Act to incorporate the Electric Association of Nova Scotia
Incorporated as 3021211 Nova Scotia Limited on 23 July 1998.
Name changed to NS Power Holdings Incorporated on 11 September 1998.
Name changed to Emera Incorporated on 17 July 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3021211.
On 2 December 1998 shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize Nova Scotia Power Inc. to create a holding company structure. This reorganization allows the regulated utility business of Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) to be held in a corporation separate from other business activities. On 9 December 1998 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ratified the new holding company structure. On 1 January 1999 all NSPI common shareholders exchanged their shares for NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares on a one-for-one basis.
Source: NS Power Holdings Inc. Annual Report 1998
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport98.pdf
NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares were approved for listing
on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges and began trading on
6 January 1999. The company name was changed to Emera Inc. on
17 July 2000.
Source: Emera Inc. Annual Report 2000
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport00.pdf
In early October 2001, final regulatory approvals for the
merger between the Bangor Hydro Electric Company and Emera Inc. were
received. On October 10, 2001, Emera completed the acquisition of all
of the outstanding common stock of the Bangor Hydro Electric Company
for US$26.806 per share in cash.
Source: Bangor Hydro Electric Company Annual Report 2001 (SEC form 10-K)
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020320/bgr.html
As of July 2002, Emera Inc., 1894 Barrington Street, Halifax, had the following subsidiary companies:
• Nova Scotia Power Inc. (wholly owned)
• Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (wholly owned)
• Emera Energy (wholly owned)
• Emera Fuels Inc. (wholly owned)
• Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline (12.5% interest)
• Sable Project (SOEP) (8.4% interest)
The SOEP infrastructure assets comprise a gas processing plant at
Goldboro, Nova Scotia; a natural gas liquids fractionation plant at
Point Tupper, Nova Scotia; a natural gas liquids pipeline connecting the
Goldboro and Point Tupper operations; offshore production platforms;
and sub-sea gathering pipelines.
Source: Emera's website http://www.emera.com/
Bangor Hydroservice area |
Bangor Hydro is an electric utility serving a population of about 192,000 in an area encompassing approximately 5,275 square miles 13,660 square kilometres in eastern and east coastal Maine. Bangor Hydro is a member of the New England Power Pool and is interconnected with other New England utilities to the south and with the New Brunswick Electric Power Corporation to the north.
Source:
http://www.bhe.com/about/body_news_000427.html
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company shares trade in the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BGR. NS Power Holdings Incorporated shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NSH.
Emera adds to wind holdings - Firm now owns Digby Neck wind farm Halifax Chronicle Herald, 3 February 2010
Nova Scotia Power Inc.'s parent company has gobbled up the remaining interests in a 20-turbine wind farm in Digby Neck. Emera Inc. announced Tuesday (2 Feb 2010) that it has purchased 100 per cent of the shares Scotian WindFields Inc. had in the project. Emera purchased the other half of the project in November 2009 from SkyPower Corp., which entered into creditor protection when owner Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. went bankrupt. "As we moved through that process, we started into meetings and discussions with Scotian. We ended up purchasing their interest as well," said Emera spokeswoman Sasha Irving... Emera finalized the purchase of Scotian Windfields on February 1st. The deal includes a development agreement that will see Scotian Windfields continue to work on the project in an unspecified capacity. Development costs on the Digby wind project were about $19.1 million when SkyPower filed for creditor protection in August 2009. The company also paid US$16.2 million towards the cost of purchasing 20 wind turbines from General Electric Co. The total cost of purchasing the turbines is about US$41.1 million, according to court documents. Dan Roscoe, chief operating officer of Scotian Windfields, said the project can now move toward completion. "We think this is a very positive move for our investors for what we had invested in to this project," he said Tuesday (2 Feb 2010)... The Digby wind project includes a 20-year power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. Last month, the utility announced it was spending $28 million to kick-start a stalled wind power project in Point Tupper. Under the agreement, Renewable Energy Services Ltd. of Lower Sackville will build and operate the wind farm in Richmond County and Nova Scotia Power will have a 49 per cent interest. Last year, Nova Scotia Power purchased the $120-million Nuttby Mountain project in Colchester County from EarthFirst Canada Inc. of Calgary. The project had stalled due to the global credit crisis.
Under the agreement with Emera announced on 17 November 2010, Nalcor will build the first phase of the Lower Churchill project, an 800-megawatt site at Muskrat Falls in Labrador, and the two companies will transmit the electricity to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by underwater cable. Nova Scotia Power Company – a subsidiary of Emera – will purchase some 20 per cent of the Muskrat Falls output for 35 years at a firm price.
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— Source: Globe and Mail page B6, 18 Nov 2010
Nalcor to provide Emera with approximately one terawatt hour per year for a term of 35 years. Emera will be granted transmission rights on the Maritime Link sufficient to deliver the Nova Scotia Block. All remaining Maritime Link transmission rights will be held by Nalcor. Emera will provide Nalcor with transmission rights from Cape Breton to the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border up to Nalcor's capacity on the Maritime Link. Nalcor will pay the Nova Scotia transmission tariff. Nalcor will be provided use of Emera's transmission rights to transmit power through New Brunswick with Nalcor paying the associated transmission tariff when used by Nalcor. If these rights cannot be acquired or extended, Emera will purchase the power Nalcor would have sold through New Brunswick. Alternatively, at Nalcor's option, Emera will provide Nalcor with the opportunity to acquire or use 300 MW of firm transmission if proposed Nova Scotia-New Brunswick transmission line is constructed...
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— Source: Backgrounder - Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. Term Sheet
Emera and Nalcor Energy have concluded agreement on a term sheet for the parties to bring energy from the Lower Churchill Project to Newfoundland and Labrador as well as to consumers in the Maritime provinces and New England. Chris Huskilson, President and CEO, Emera Inc. and Ed Martin, President and CEO, Nalcor Energy, made the announcement today (18 November 2010). They were joined by Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland and Labrador and Premier Darrell Dexter Nova Scotia. Nalcor will build generating facilities at Muskrat Falls. Emera and Nalcor will jointly develop transmission in Newfoundland and Labrador to enable the movement of Lower Churchill energy through a joint venture that is 71% owned by Nalcor and 29% by Emera which will establish a new, regulated transmission utility in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nova Scotia Power will develop agreements with Nalcor to build subsea transmission between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in return for 20% of the energy from Muskrat Falls for 35 years. This subsea transmission (the Maritime Link) will be 100% owned by Nova Scotia Power. The total investment by all parties into the project would be C$6.2 billion. Nalcor would invest $2.9 billion for the Muskat Falls generation facility. The transmission link from Labrador to the island of Newfoundland will cost $2.1 billion and Emera is investing approximately $600 million. The Maritime Link connecting the island of Newfoundland to Nova Scotia is expected to cost $1.2 billion which will be funded 100% by Emera. Agreements resulting from this term sheet are subject to a number of conditions including final approval of the Boards of Directors of Emera and Nalcor Energy and by regulators in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador...
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— Source: Emera Inc. media release 18 Nov 2010
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Churchill Falls, Labrador c.1969
Geological Survey of Canada
• Lower Churchill Project Nalcor Energy
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The 13 formal agreements signed by
Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. on 31 July 2012
• Nalcor Energy
• Nalcor Energy Wikipedia
• Lower Churchill Project: Backgrounder - Nalcor Energy and Emera Inc. Term Sheet
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lower Churchill Project: Backgrounder – Agreement with Innu Nation of Labrador
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Lower Churchill Project to Become a Reality;
Province Signs Partnership Agreement with Emera Inc. for Development of Muskrat Falls
Media release, 18 Nov 2010
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Brinco: The story of Churchill Falls
(book) by Philip Smith, 1975 Making Best Use of the Lower Churchill: The Muskrat Falls Development by David A. Vardy, August 2011 “...At this point in time it is difficult to undertake effective marketing, when the most cost effective transportation route (through Quebec) is precluded. The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador should be free to choose between the Quebec versus the so-called Anglo-Saxon routes on the basis of cost. If the Quebec route were an available option and if the cost were substantially less than the cost of the Anglo-Saxon route, with two submarine (underwater) crossings, then Newfoundland and Labrador might elect to maximize its economic rent by selling all Lower Churchill power west, meeting the energy requirements of the Island from facilities entirely located on the Island. When this choice is unavailable the Province is left with only one possible wheeling option to market energy surplus to its needs. Clearly there is a case for the exercise of national policy to ensure that efficient choices are made, within a free trade environment...” Presentation to the Public Utilities Board in the Matter of the Muskrat Falls Reference by Ron Penney and David Vardy, February 2012 “...the Muskrat Falls development is the most significant electrical generation and transmission project undertaken by the province (of Newfoundland and Labrador) in fifty years...” “...We are not opposed in principle to the project. Our main concerns are with the process and whether Muskrat Falls is the best option either now or later...” Planning for Prosperity: Building Canada's Low-Carbon Growth Plan National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy “...In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project is slated to come into production by 2017, and is intended to replace existing fossil fuel generation in that province, in Nova Scotia and potentially through into the rest of the Maritimes...” Independent Review of Manitoba Hydro Export Power Sales and Associated Risks 4.2.6 Construction Costs, Infrastructure Damage... Capital Investment, Inflation Risks, and Cost Overruns
The above were recommended by Pat Bates in his article
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• Emera Inc.
• Nova Scotia Power Inc.
• Strait of Belle Isle (a.k.a Labrador Straits) Wikipedia
• Strait of Belle Isle Land of First Contact
• Ferry across Strait of Belle Isle (Labrador Straits) Labrador Marine Inc.
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Red Bay National Historic Site (Strait of Belle Isle) Parks Canada
• Gulf of Saint Lawrence Wikipedia
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Cabot Strait Wikipedia
• Cabot Strait Telegraph Cable, 1856
• Coastal Charts for Atlantic Canada
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Marine Atlantic Wikipedia
• Churchill Falls Nalcor Energy
• Churchill Falls Generating Station Wikipedia
• Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Wikipedia
• (1) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• (2) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• (3) Full text of "Power Contract between the Quebec Hydro-electric Corporation and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation" 12 May 1969
• Power Politics and Questions of Political Will: A History of Hydroelectric Development in Labrador's Churchill River Basin, 1949-2002 Royal Commission Report, March 2003
• The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the Churchill Falls Contract Dalhousie Law Journal, Spring 2007
• The Churchill Falls Contract and Why Can't Newfoundlanders Get Over It Policy Options, September 2010
• Churchill Falls paper published in national public policy magazine
• The infamous Churchill Falls hydro agreement Montreal Gazette 20 Dec 2005
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Quebec's shameless exploitation of Newfoundland gets worse National Post 23 Nov 2010
• Churchill Falls Wikipedia
• Churchill River Wikipedia
Muskrat Falls Videos
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October 13th 1974, Labrador – work finishes on the
Churchill Falls hydroelectric power station, begun
in 1967 after years of complicated negotiations,
including the federal government having to mediate
a land dispute between the Quebec and Newfoundland
governments over ownership of the facility's territory.
While Daniel Johnson was in power, Hydro-Quebec finally
agreed to underwrite the venture, and in exchange for
doing so received and receives energy from the station
at a privileged rate for 40 years until 2016.
Location: 53°14'46"N 60°46'39"W
In 1917, electric power service in the town of Wolfville, supplied by the Acadia Electric Light Company in Wolfville was far from satisfactory. The Wolfville Board of Trade (whose secretary, incidentally, was George C. Nowlan, a federal cabinet minister forty years later) decided somebody had to do something about the electricity supply in Wolfville. It asked two of the sharpest young businessmen around town to investigate the Gaspereau River as a power source.
They were Charles H. Wright, a capable and popular building contractor, and Roy A. Jodrey, farmer, apple speculator, and fair-haired boy of the W.H. Chase organization. L.E. Shaw, a brick manufacturer who was also president of the Wolfville Board of Trade, wrote many years later that Jodrey and Wright "never came back to report. They found more than we had anticipated."
Wright and Jodrey found a waterfall, formed a company (Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company), built a dam (at Stivers Falls), installed a powerhouse, and built electric transmission lines out across the Annapolis Valley...
No one is precisely sure about the construction schedule of
the dam, powerhouse, and pulpworks that Wright and Jodrey built at
Stivers Falls, White Rock, Kings County, but two facts are known:
• Wright and Jodrey got provincial
approval for the dam on June 15, 1917. Charlie Wright had his
plans ready, and, that day, work began on construction of the dam.
• The hydroelectric generating plant
began to operate on February 25, 1920. By May 1920, it was
producing electric power for Wolfville, Greenwich, and Port Williams...
Source: Excerpted from pages 114, 118 and 119, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
In 1926, the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
Today, in 2010, Charlie Wright's dam at Stivers Falls still stands as solid as ever, and still produces daily revenue for the current owner, Nova Scotia Power Inc. It was built originally in 1917-19 to impound water to form the head pond* for the Stivers Falls generating plant. The Stivers Falls plant was demolished in the late 1940s, and was replaced by the modern White Rock generating plant, completed in 1950. The head pond for the modern White Rock generating plant is the same body of water that originally was the Stivers Falls head pond. Charlie Wright's dam today impounds the water that flows from the dam site along the White Rock canal to supply water to drive the turbine in the White Rock generating plant.
*NOTE: A "head pond" is the body of water located behind a hydroelectric dam, which is used for the generation of electricity. All hydroelectric generating plants require two separate bodies of water that exist at different elevations. Each hydroelectric generating plant is driven by the power of falling water – the water falling from the elevation of the head pond to the lower elevation of the "tail pond" or "tailrace". Water from the head pond enters a large pipe, often called a "penstock," that carries it downward to the turbine. As the water confined in the penstock falls under the influence of gravity, its pressure within the pipe increases substantially — at the rate of about one additional pound per square inch for each 2.3 feet [9.80kPa per metre] of vertical distance measured downward from the surface of the head pond. It is the pressure of this water that drives the turbine that drives the electric generator. After the water passes through the turbine it is released into the tail race. The power that can be generated by any hydroelectric plant is determined by just two facts: the available "head" (the vertical distance between the head pond surface and the tailrace surface) multiplied by the quantity of water available (measured in gallons per second, or litres per second, or cubic feet per second, or cubic metres per second, or a similar measure of flow rate).
On July 29, 1920, the Gaspereaux Valley EL Company applied to the Public Utilities Board for authority to issue 800 shares valued at ten dollars each, to get $8,000 to build six miles ten km of power line between the Stivers Falls powerhouse at White Rock and the village of Gaspereau.
Source: Excerpted from page 120, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
In 1931, the Gaspereaux Valley EL Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1905 chapter 136 — Act to incorporate the Gold River Mines & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1906 chapter 168 — Amendment
The Gold River Mines & Power Co. was incorporated under 5 Edw. VII c. 136, passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature on 7 April 1905.
The Habitant Electric Light Company Limited was incorporated in 1921.
The Habitant EL Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of Habitant Electric Light Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $800.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1913 chapter 141 — Act to authorize the Halifax Development Co. Ltd. to erect poles and wires
NSL 1913 chapter 142 —
NSL 1881 chapter 58 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 107 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Electric Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1896 chapter 87 — Amendment
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation of Halifax Gas light Co. with People's Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1902 chapter 180 — Act to amend chapter 107 of 1895
NSL 1906 chapter 66 — Act respecting taxation by City of Halifax
NSL 1911 chapter 11 — Of Street Railway Companies
NSL 1912 chapter 209 —
NSL 1912 chapter 78 —
NSL 1913 chapter 194 —
"The first trolley car started out on February 13, 1896," according to a technical paper Halifax Electric Tramway Plant and Steam Engineering read on May 7, 1907, by Philip A. Freeman, Chief Engineer of the Halifax Electric Tram Company, before the Nova Scotia Society of Engineers. It is unclear whether this was a test run or the beginning of regular service, but it is certain that the electric street railway was able to operate at least one car on the track on this day, meaning that the electric generating plant was operational, and the track and overhead trolley wire were in place and able to perform their intended functions.
There are very few soft coal regions where so little use has been made of coal gas and coke as is the case in Nova Scotia, notwithstanding that Nova Scotian coals are particularly suitable for gas manufacture, and are "fat" coals, yielding a larger percentage of by-products than any Canadian coals. The gas works of the Halifax Electric Tramway Company in Halifax, and the Yarmouth Fuel Gas Company, are the only gas works in the Province of Nova Scotia.
Source:—
page 37 The Coal-Fields and Coal Industry of Eastern Canada, A General Survey and Description
by Francis W. Gray, Canada Department of Mines, 1917
NSL 1872 chapter 94 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Consumers' Co.
NSL 1840 chapter 16 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Co.
NSL 1844 chapter 72 — Change name to Halifax Gas Light Co.
NSL 1857 chapter 71 —
NSL 1863 chapter 70 —
NSL 1864 chapter 64 —
NSL 1867 chapter 78 —
NSL 1874 chapter 85 —
NSL 1881 chapter 60 —
NSL 1887 chapter 123 —
NSL 1888 chapter 118 —
NSL 1889 chapter 122 —
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation with the Peoples' Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1840 chapter 16 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Co.
NSL 1841 chapter 19 — Amendment
NSL 1844 chapter 72 — Change name to Halifax Gas Light Co.
NSL 1911 chapter 113 — Act to incorporate Canadian Tungsten Mines Ltd.
NSL 1912 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 188 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 173 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1914 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1915 chapter 94 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 88 — Act to authorize the City of Halifax
to hold shares in the Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and to lend money thereto
NSL 1919 chapter 83 — Act to authorize and confirm agreement between City of Halifax and the Halifax Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1919 chapter 84 — Amendment
In 1911 a company was incorporated under the name of The Canadian Tungsten Mines Limited, which name was afterwards changed more than once, and in 1913 it was called The Halifax Power Company Limited. The company proposed to develop a water power site at St. Margaret's Bay, by damming the waters of North East River and diverting them into the bed of Indian River, the latter being dammed at various places.
Source: Excerpted from the decision of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court dated 18 September 1913, on the appeal of Miller versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and Thomson versus Halifax Power Co. Ltd., as reported on pages 394-408 of the Eastern Law Reporter, volume XIII number 5, 24 December 1913, published by the Carswell Company, Toronto.
A project called the St. Margaret's Bay hydroelectric system, using the waters of these rivers, was built by the Nova Scotia Power Commission, an agency of the Nova Scotia Government. This project, which began regular operation in the autumn of 1922, consists of three hydroelectric plants, Mill Lake and Sandy Lake (these two generating plants are in the same building but utilize water from two separate rivers, the Mill Lake plant working under a head of 162 feet 49.4 m and the Sandy Lake plant working under a head of 125 feet 38.1 m), and Tidewater (taking the combined flow from both rivers and working under a head of 91 feet 27.7 m). The total installed capacity of these plants is 15,700 horsepower 11,700 kW. In 2008 it is owned and operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc., a subsidiary of Emera Inc.
In 1933, the PUB officially declared that the Halifax Power & Pulp Company "is a public utility within the scope of the Public Utilities Act".
About 1915-1918, the steam-powered electric generating plant of the Hantsport Fruit Basket Company sold about $2,500 worth of electricity a year, to the town of Hantsport (probably mostly, perhaps all, for street lighting). The company burned slack coal and wood waste from its wood-working mill.
Source: Excerpted from page 114, The Story of R.A. Jodrey, Entrepreneur (book), by Harry Bruce, McClelland and Stewart, 1979
The Hillaton EL&P Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of Hillaton Electric Light & Power Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $350. At the time of the sale, the Hillaton EL Company served 31 customers.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1902 chapter 145 — Act to incorporate the Inverness Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. Ltd.
In November of 1897 the Joggins Coal and Railway Company which was operating a small electric generating plant at their mine offered to provide electricity to light the streets of Joggins. The only requirement was that the citizens provide the necessary poles, wire and lanterns (electric light fixtures). This was quite an achievement for a small town at this date as only the major centres had electricity. The citizens of Joggins were excited about this latest development in their fair town as travel out and about on the wooden sidewalks after dark would now be considerably safer.
Source:
History of Joggins by Dara Legere
http://www.geocities.com/dblegere/home.html
NSL 1891 chapter 149 — Act to incorporate the Kentville Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 175 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 187 — To amend chapter 149 of 1891
NSL 1850 chapter 25 — Act to incorporate the Kerosene Gas Light Co.
NSL 1851 chapter 8 — Amendment
On 27 September 1922, the Kingsport EL Co. received
approval to issue 30 shares of common stock of par value $100.00 each,
to raise $3000 for capital expenditures — the cost of construction of a
power line from Habitant to Kingsport and a distribution system in
Kingsport.
The Kingsport EL Company never generated electric power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Habitant Electric Light Company.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the Kingsport Electric Light Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $2,600.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
(Note: Louisburg is the correct spelling for this company name, not Louisbourg.)
Cape Breton CountyNSL 1900 chapter 132 — Act to incorporate the Louisburg Electric, Water & Power Co. Ltd.
In 1931, the Lower Horton Electric Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1889 chapter 133 — Act to incorporate the Lunenburg Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1897 chapter 124 — Amendment
NSL 1898 chapter 160 — Amendment
In spite of its name the Lunenburg Gas Company Limited sold electric power, not gas, at least in its later years.
NSL 1888 chapter 117 — Act to incorporate the Lunenburg Water, & Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 179 — Amendment
NSL 1892 chapter 187 — Amendment
NSL 1894 chapter 104 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 130 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 134 — Act to incorporate the Maritime Fuel & Heating Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 196 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 102 — An Act to incorporate the New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 129 — Amendment, as to construction of Street Railways
NSL 1890 chapter 163 — Amendment, as to Powers of Directors
NSL 1891 chapter 178 — Amendment, as to borrowing money
NSL 1892 chapter 180 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1893 chapter 182 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1894 chapter 95 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1895 chapter 145 — Enacting several amendments
NSL 1895 chapter 146 — Amendment, powers of Directors to borrow money
NSL 1896 chapter 110 — Amendment, limiting time for construction
NSL 1898 chapter 172 — Amendment, time for construction and completion
NSL 1909 chapter 142 — Act to confirm contract between New Glasgow Electric Co. Ltd. and Egerton Tramway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 143 — Amendment and name changed
NSL 1910 chapter 163 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 105 — Amendment
In 1925, the PUB wrote: Thomas G. Nichol of Mahone Bay ... owns and operates a hydroelectric development at Canada Hill (in Shelburne County). In April 1924 (there seems to be some confusion in these dates) this plant was sold to the Town of Lockeport.
NSL 1888 chapter 124 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Electric Light & Water Co. Ltd.
NSL 1882 chapter 80 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Gas & Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 149 — An Act to incorporate anew
NSL 1890 chapter 170 — An Act to incorporate the North Sydney Water & Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1873 chapter 24 — Act to authorize the construction of a Tramway from White Rock Mills, by S.P. Benjamin and others
NSL 1897 chapter 111 — Act to incorporate S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 165 — Amendment, limiting service area to Kings
and Annapolis Counties, and respecting sale by S.P. Benjamin Co. Ltd.
NSL 1901 chapter 174 — Amendment
NSL 1902 chapter 171 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 92 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Gas & Electric Light, Fuel & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 86 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia General Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1910 chapter 160 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Co. Ltd.
NSL 1911 chapter 146 — Amendment
Incorporated on 1 January 1914.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1001082.
NSL 1913 chapter 190 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Natural Gas Co. Ltd.
NSL 1916 chapter 117 — Amendment
NSL 1889 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Nova Scotia Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 193 — Amendment, authorize to purchase property of Halifax Street Railway Co.
NSL 1891 chapter 158 — Amendment
NSL 1892 chapter 184 — Amendment, as to claims upon the Halifax Street Railway Co.
“In 1992 the Province enacted the Nova Scotia Privatization Act, S.N.S., c. 8 pursuant to which Nova Scotia Power Incorporated purchased the assets and undertaking previously used by the Corporation in the production and distribution of electricity.”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP)
—Source: Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 1992 Aug 13
Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI),
a new privately-owned electric utility company, began operating on 13 August 1992, the day after it bought the the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (NSPC), which was wholly owned by the Government of Nova Scotia.
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP). As the Halifax Chronicle-Herald reported the next day, Chuck MacNeil, Nova Scotia's Minister of Finance, "tightly clutching a $192,000,000 cheque, joined Premier Don Cameron" and New NSP President Louis Comeau "to officially close the deal to privatize the power utility... The province's $192,000,000 cheque was the government's profit from the sale of $851,000,000 worth of new NSP shares. The utility received a cheque for $557,000,000... from RBC Dominion Securities, the lead underwriter" of the share sale (RBC is a short form of 'Royal Bank of Canada').
See:
An Act to Permit the Corporate Reorganization of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated December 1998
http://www.canlii.org/ns/laws/sta/1998c.19/20041004/whole.html
Nova Scotia Power IncorporatedFuel Sources for Electric Power Generation for the 12 Months of the Calendar Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 (MW·h) |
1993 (MW·h) |
1994 (MW·h) |
1995 (MW·h) |
1996 (MW·h) |
|
| Thermal, Coal Fired |
5,994,000 | 6,345,600 | 7,159,700 | 7,053,100 | 7,850,300 |
| Thermal, Oil Fired |
2,469,500 | 2,117,200 | 1,205,700 | 1,239,400 | 608,700 |
| Hydro | 875,000 | 877,600 | 1,012,000 | 883,200 | 1,111,600 |
| Purchased | 194,700 | 218,900 | 216,200 | 499,500 | 254,600 |
| Total Generated and Purchased |
9,533,200 | 9,559,300 | 9,593,600 | 9,675,200 | 9,825,200 |
| Less: Losses and Internal Use | 731,300 | 665,200 | 627,700 | 640,400 | 679,600 |
| Total Electrical Energy Sold | 8,801,900 | 8,894,100 | 8,965,900 | 9,034,800 | 9,145,600 |
|
Source: 1996 Annual Report, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated
[Note: The above figures, for 1 January 1992 to 12 August 1992, are those recorded by the Nova Scotia Power Corporation (NSPC), the former owner and operator of the electric power system which was sold to Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (NSPI) on 12 August 1992.] |
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| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 365,672 | 371,270 | 375,553 | 380,055 | 384,856 |
| Commercial | 32,143 | 32,289 | 32,342 | 32,383 | 32,329 |
| Industrial | 1,533 | 1,537 | 1,581 | 1,633 | 1,686 |
| Other | 5,518 | 5,596 | 5,731 | 5,892 | 5,908 |
| Total | 404,866 | 410,692 | 415,207 | 419,963 | 424,779 |
On 2 December 1998 shareholders approved a proposal to reorganize Nova Scotia Power Inc. to create a holding company structure. This reorganization allows the regulated utility business of Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) to be held in a corporation separate from other business activities. On 9 December 1998 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ratified the new holding company structure. On1 January 1999 all NSPI common shareholders exchanged their shares for NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares on a one-for-one
basis.
Source: NS Power Holdings Inc. Annual Report 1998
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport98.pdf
NS Power Holdings Inc. common shares were approved for listing on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges and began trading on 6 January 1999. The company name was changed to Emera Inc. on 17 July 2000.
Source: Emera Inc. Annual Report 2000
http://www.emera.com/images/annreport00.pdf
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Net Peak Load
Wed. 27 Dec 2006 1810 MW
Thu. 28 Dec 2006 1895 MW
Fri. 29 Dec 2006 2016 MW
Sat. 30 Dec 2006 1881 MW
Sun. 31 Dec 2006 1846 MW
Sun. 14 Jan 2007 1840 MW
Mon. 15 Jan 2007 1979 MW
Tue. 16 Jan 2007 1968 MW
Wed. 17 Jan 2007 2144 MW
Thu. 18 Jan 2007 2086 MW
Sat. 15 Dec 2007 2115 MW
Sun. 16 Dec 2007 2020 MW
Mon. 17 Dec 2007 2046 MW
Tue. 18 Dec 2007 2021 MW
Wed. 19 Dec 2007 2111 MW
Thu. 20 Dec 2007 2115 MW
Fri. 21 Dec 2007 2021 MW
Sat. 22 Dec 2007 1902 MW
Sun. 23 Dec 2007 1747 MW
Mon. 24 Dec 2007 1583 MW
Tue. 25 Dec 2007 1530 MW
Wed. 26 Dec 2007 1600 MW
"Net load" is the total of "net generated power" for
all generating plants within the system.
"Net generated power," for an individual generator or power plant,
is the gross generated power less "station service."
"Gross generated power" is the measured power output at the
terminals of the generator, either for an individual generator
or for several generators within one plant.
"Station service" is the electric power consumed by equipment
within the generating plant itself. For hydro plants,
station service is minimal: a few kilowatts to run the pump
to provide pressurized oil for the governor, a small air
compressor, and the plant lights. For coal-fired steam power
plants, station service consumes as much as eight percent of
the generated power, for power to drive conveyor belts, to
pulverize the coal, to pump large quantities of cooling water,
to drive the forced draft and induced draft fans, lighting,
and all the other equipment needed to operate the plant.
Note: The load on an electric power system is controlled by the
customers or consumers, not by the electric utility company.
HALIFAX, Aug. 12 – Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) has among the most reliable electrical generation units in Canada, according to an independent industry analysis.
Four generators at the Point Tupper, Lingan and Tufts Cove power plants were ranked among the tops in their class in an annual review by the Canadian
Electricity Association (CEA).
"We're very pleased with these results," said Rick Janega, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nova Scotia Power. "These results are a tribute to the talented men and women at our generating stations and their dedication to maintaining our systems to ensure reliable service to Nova Scotians."
The CEA ranked the No. 2 generator at the Point Tupper generating station near Port Hawkesbury as the most reliable fossil fuel unit in Canada. Point Tupper No. 2 took top place for having both the highest "operating factor" and the "incapability"
"Operating factor" measures the percentage of time an individual unit was running. For Point Tupper No. 2, that percentage was 98.9%. The "incapability factor" measures the percentage of time a unit was unable to operate, not counting occasions when the unit was available but didn't operate because it wasn't needed. Point Tupper's percentage in this category was 1.5%.
The No. 1 generator at the Lingan generating station, near New Waterford, placed sixth for incapability factor (4.5%) and ninth for operating factor (95.5%).
Among combustion turbine generators, the No. 4 and 5 units at Tufts Cove in Dartmouth placed first and second for lowest incapability factor (1.2% and 1.3%). In the operating factor category, Tufts Cove No. 5 was second and No. 4 was third (34.8% and 31.5%). Combustion turbines are generally only run during times of peak demand.
Point Tupper No. 2 is a 150 megawatt unit commissioned in 1973. It originally burned oil, but was converted to coal in 1987. Lingan No. 1 is a 150 megawatt coal unit that began service in 1979. The combustion turbines at Tufts Cove are both 50 megawatt units added in 2003 and 2004. They are fueled by natural gas.
The CEA report analyzed data from 2007, and included results for 80 fossil fuel units and 29 combustion units.
— Source: NSP Media release, 12 August 2009
Nova Scotia Power: A Tidal Pioneer
The Annapolis Tidal Power Plant, diagrams and description
NSL 1902 chapter 178 — Act relating to Electric Light by the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co. Ltd.
From 1919 to 1924, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. was under the management of Stone & Webster Inc., Boston.
In 1924, Isaac Walton Killam, through the Royal Securities Corporation, bought control of Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co.
In 1928, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Company Limited changed its name to Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited.
Incorporated as 3021211 Nova Scotia Limited on 23 July 1998.
Name changed to NS Power Holdings Incorporated on 11 September 1998.
Name changed to Emera Incorporated on 10 July 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3021211.
NS Power Holdings Incorporated (NSH), a holding company, was incorporated on 23 July 1998. (A holding company owns shares of other companies. That's all it does. A holding company does not own any physical assets and does not operate any business. NSH owns no generating plants, no transmission lines, and produces no electricity. NSH owns NSPI, and NSPI owns the generating plants and transmission lines, and produces the electricity.)
Effective 1 January 1999, the common shareholders of Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) exchanged all of their common shares for common shares of NS Power Holdings Inc. on a one-for-one basis.
Nova Scotia Power Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera Inc., is the dominant electricity supplier in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Power has 440,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers, and assets totaling $2,800,000,000. NSP's operations are regulated by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, and include approximately 97% of the generation, 99%of the transmission and 95%of the distribution of electric power throughout Nova Scotia.
The wholly-owned subsidiaries of NS Power Holdings, in January 2000, were:
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Enercom Inc.
NSP Pipeline Inc.
NSP U.S. Holdings Inc.
Strait Energy Inc.
NS Power Services Inc., and
Stellarton Basin Coal Gas Inc. (SBCGI).
NSP Pipeline Inc. and NSP U.S. Holdings Inc. own a 12.5% equity
investment in Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, which is regulated by
the National Energy Board (NEB) in Canada and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the U.S. Enercom Inc. is an unregulated
subsidiary which has expanded NSH's energy product line to include
distribution of a full range of fuel oil products.
Sources:
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 18 and 23 February 2000
and SEDAR http://www.sedar.com/
NS Power Holdings Incorporated [RJSC ID#3021211] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of
17 February 2000, were:
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and CEO
• Derek Oland, New River Beach, New Brunswick
• George A. Caines, Q.C., Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Purdy Crawford, Q.C., Toronto, Ontario
• R. Irene d'Entremont, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• James K. Gray, Calgary, Alberta
• Thomas R. Hall, Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
• M. Edward MacNeil, Sydney River, Nova Scotia
• Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Kenneth C. Rowe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Rosemary Scanlon, London, England
• Paul D. Sobey, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary & General Counsel
Nova Scotia Power Incorporated [RJSC ID#1567820] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of
17 February 2000, were:
• Paul D. Sobey, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
• Thomas R. Hall, Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
• M. Edward MacNeil, Sydney River, Nova Scotia
• Derek Oland, New River Beach, New Brunswick
• Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Kenneth C. Rowe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Rosemary Scanlon, London, England
• George A. Caines, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• R. Irene d'Entremont, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• Purdy Crawford, Toronto, Ontario
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and CEO
• James K. Gray, Calgary, Alberta
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary & General Counsel
Enercom Communications Incorporated [RJSC ID#3028342]
(formerly Scotiacom Telecommunications) has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of 17 February 2000,
were:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Chairman and CEO
• Jay Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Vice President
• Wayne J. Crawley, Nova Scotia; Vice President
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary
Quality Connections Communications Incorporated
[RJSC ID#2267629] has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The company's directors, as of 17 February 2000,
were:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• David McD. Mann, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Jay Forbes, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Wayne J. Crawley, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith, Secretary
Enercom Mobile Communications [RJSC ID#3039357] has its
registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. As of 17 February 2000,
the RJSC lists no directors.
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith
Enovacom [RJSC ID#3039355] has its registered office at
1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower, Scotia Square, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. As of 17 February 2000, the RJSC lists no
directors.
The recognized agent of this Partnership/Business is:
Richard J. Smith
Stellarton Basin Coal Gas Incorporated [RJSC ID#2230823] has
its registered office at 1894 Barrington Street, Barrington Tower,
Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company's sole director, as of
17 February 2000, was:
• Richard J. Smith, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President and Secretary
The company's recognized agent is:
Richard J. Smith
Nova Scotia Light and Power Company Limited [RJSC ID#1001082]
(previous name Nova Scotia Tramways and Power Company Limited) has its
registered office at 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The
company's directors, as of 17 February 2000, were:
• A.G. Manuel, Halifax, Nova Scotia; President
• C.H. Loveless, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Vice President Finance
• H.W.V. Matthews, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Treasurer
• James G. Spurr, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Secretary
• George Perrin, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• A.L. Bruce, Truro, Nova Scotia
• J.G. MacDonald, Sydney, Nova Scotia
• G.J. McCulloch, Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia
• Barbara Walker, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The company's recognized agent is:
James G. Spurr
Sources:
Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/rjsc/
and SEDAR http://www.sedar.com/
NSL 1898 chapter 149 — Act to incorporate the C. O'Dell Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1898 chapter 170 — Amendment
NSL 1896 chapter 97 — Act to incorporate the Oxford Water & Power Supply Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 92 — Act to authorize the Village of Oxford to
purchase the Water Works of the Oxford Water & Power Supply Co.
Ltd.
In a report dated 12 October 1934, the PUB wrote: Cyril L. Parks, "is the owner of a shingle mill at Noel, and in response to the requests of the people of the Village of Noel, he has entered upon the business of supplying electric energy to the public, and therefore has become a public utility..."
The Paradise Electric Co. was incorporated on 22 May 1920.
On 10 November 1922, the Paradise West EL Co. received approval to issue 45 shares of common stock of par value $100.00 each, to raise $4500 to pay the cost of construction of a transmission line and electrical distribution system.
NSL 1893 chapter 157 — Act to incorporate the Peoples' Heat & Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 137 —
NSL 1896 chapter 102 —
NSL 1897 chapter 90 —
NSL 1897 chapter 91 —
NSL 1897 chapter 92 — Act respecting amalgamation of Halifax Gas Light Co. with the Peoples' Heat & Light Co.
NSL 1898 chapter 159 —
NSL 1899 chapter 162 —
NSL 1900 chapter 164 —
The Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company was incorporated in 1934. On 19 November 1934, the Pereaux EL&P Co. was authorized to issue 30 common shares at a par value of $100.00 each, to raise $3,000 to pay for construction of a transmission line and electrical distribution system.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1934
As of 28 March 1935, the total capital expenditure was $4,181.62, "and it appears that this is a reasonable expenditure considering the amount of work done." On this date, the Pereaux EL&P Co. had fifteen customers connected and taking electric power, 13 domestic (residential) and two commercial customers; fourteen of these customers were shareholders in the company. The largest commercial customer was the British Canadian Fruit Association.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1935, pages 46 and 47
On 13 May 1935, the Pereaux EL&P Co. got official approval for its schedule of rates:
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Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company May 1935
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Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report 1935
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $3,250.
See note 3
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1941, pages 82-88
In May 2005, research in the PUB records in Halifax turned up this: Mr. Francis J. Hewett was President and Managing Director of the Pereaux EL&P Co. in 1934 and 1935 (beyond 1935 is unknown).
NSL 1846 chapter 41 — Act to incorporate the Pictou Gas Light Co.
NSL 1851 chapter 10 — Amendment
NSL 1885 chapter 110 — Act to incorporate the Pictou Gaslight Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 162 — Act to incorporate the Port Hawkesbury Electric Co. Ltd.
Act to Incorporate PEL passed in 1924
NSL 1914 chapter 187 — Act conferring certain powers on the Sackville River Electric Co. Ltd.
On 25 February 1935, official approval was given by the PUB for the Sackville River Electric Co. to sell its entire property, assets and undertaking to the Nova Scotia Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1897 chapter 96 — Act to incorporate the St. Croix Paper Co. Ltd.
NSL 1899 chapter 169 — Amendment
NSL 1910 chapter 169 — Amendment
On 7 November 1922, the Sheffield Mills L&P Co. received approval from the PUB to issue 120 shares of common stock of par value $50.00 each, to raise $6000 for construction of a power distribution line. In 1931, the Sheffield Mills L&P Co. was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
NSL 1903 chapter 185 — Act to incorporate the Shelburne Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1900 chapter 151 — Act to incorporate the Shelburne Power Co. Ltd.
Approval issued by the PUB on 16 April 1934 to "Leonard Rodenizer doing business as the Sherbrooke Electric Company", engaged in the business of generating and distributing electric power to the public in the Village of Sherbrooke; Streetlighting Rate, operating from Twilight to Midnight, 60 watt lamps installed, maintained, and renewed by Sherbrooke Electric Co., $12.00 per lamp per year.
PUB reported that, as of 20 December 1909 the Standard Engineering Co. of Maccan in Cumberland County, supplied electricity to a "few houses" in Chignecto, Maccan, River Hebert, and Joggins.
Stone & Webster Management Association 1907
Stone & Webster Management Division 1917
Stone & Webster Incorporated 1929
Stone & Webster Service Corporation 1929
Stone & Webster Management Consultants Inc. 1968
Stone & Webster Wikipedia
Stone & Webster Robert Monks
Stone & Webster Time, July 1929
Stone & Webster The Boston Globe, March 2006
No adequate history of the electric power industry in Nova Scotia can be written without prominent mention of Stone & Webster. In the 1920s and 1930s, Stone & Webster had important financial and management associations with several Nova Scotia electric utility companies. For most of its existence the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Company was a direct subsidiary of the Stone & Webster electric utilities and railways empire.
From 1919 to 1924, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. was under the management of Stone & Webster. (In 1928, Nova Scotia Tramways & Power Co. changed its name to Nova Scotia Light & Power Co.)
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In 1887, Frank J. Sprague demonstrated the first electric streetcar in Richmond, Virginia. His invention, known as electric traction, offered a new, much cleaner — compared to the horse-drawn streetcar services widely used until Sprague's new technology offered a reliable alternative — and more efficient way to move people which, combined with the safety elevator, would permit much denser urban development. It also created one of the first commercially profitable uses for electric power, becoming commercially feasible before such later developments as electric lighting, industrial machinery, and domestic appliances.
Urban and interurban electric railways played a major part in defining early twentieth century transportation routes and growth patterns throughout North America, at a time when highways were primitive. Two interurban electric railways were built in Nova Scotia in the early 1900s — the Egerton Tramway Company, incorporated 27 March 1902, built an electric streetcar line in Pictou County, Trenton - New Glasgow - Stellarton - Westville; and the Cape Breton Electric Tramway & Power Company, incorporated 30 March 1900, built a high-speed electric interurban line between Sydney and Glace Bay. (There were serious plans made to build other electric railways in Nova Scotia, including a line between Halifax and Bedford along the west side of Bedford Basin, a line between Halifax and Lunenburg, and a three-mile line between Canso and Hazel Hill in Guysboro County. The Blomidon Railway Company Limited planned a line from Wolfville through Canning to Scots Bay, but financing problems caused delays which ultimately defeated these proposals.) Stone & WebsterAt this time, streetcar services and most other utilities were privately financed and owned, although their performance was subject to charters or franchises granted by cities and other local governments. The rapid multiplication of uncoordinated streetcar and interurban lines in the 1880s and 1890s begged for consolidation. This was initially achieved by the giant Stone & Webster Management Company, founded in Boston by engineer-entrepreneurs Edward Sibley Webster and Charles Augustus Stone, the central figures in the prestigious Boston engineering firm of Stone & Webster, the most famous enterprise of its kind in North America. They attracted large amounts of capital for acquisition and/or development of urban utilities and transportation systems across the United States and Canada.Stone & Webster and its backers wielded control through an array of interlocking holding and operating companies. By 1910, the company was widely known as "The Electric Octopus". In the United States, federal anti-trust regulators pulled the plug on Stone & Webster's giant utility cartel in 1934. Charles Augustus Stone (1867-1941) met his lifelong friend and partner, Edwin Sibley Webster (1867-1950), while they were studying electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, they followed the advice of a professor and each took a year to gain experience by working for existing firms – Stone worked for welding and manufacturing companies while Webster took up with Kidder, Peabody, & Company, a financial services organization. Their parents provided seed money in 1889, and they formed a consulting firm, the Massachusetts Electrical Engineering Company, whose first client was a paper mill in Maine in need of a hydroelectric plant for its power. Stone & Webster got into utility operating (as distinct from plant construction) indirectly through the panic of 1893. During this panic there was a general collapse in the stocks of public utility companies. Holders of utility stocks were approached by astute J.P. Morgan, who bought the apparently sinking ships for about one-third of their original values. Then he hired Stone & Webster to look over the properties acquired and report on their position and prospects. When Stone & Webster had completed their survey, Mr. Morgan offered them the Cumberland Light & Power Co. for the bargain price of $60,000. Borrowing the money, the partners bought the company, sold it some years later for $500,000. It was the profit on this operation that established Stone & Webster as a company of national scope...Public utilities seemed a logical niche for the firm, and they began managing them in 1895, financing them in 1902 through an in-house securities department, and constructing them throughout the firm's history. By 1912 the firm had 600 consultants housed in an 8-story building, yet Stone and Webster retained adjoining desks and jointly signed their letters. What we know today (1999) as Stone & Webster Consultants came into being on 30 September 1907 as Stone & Webster Management Association. In 1917 Consultants became the Management Division, and in mid-1929 changed names again to become Stone & Webster Service Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary but a separate entity from Stone & Webster. Its primary responsibility remained management services for utility companies, but it expanded in areas of general advisory services for the operation and development of transportation, natural gas transmission, and manufacturing. It remained that way through October 1, 1968, when, to better reflect its evolving services to client companies, it became the Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc. (also called Stone & Webster Consultants). New York, May 9, 2000 — The New York Stock Exchange announced today that trading in the common stock of Stone & Webster Incorporated will be suspended immediately. Following suspension, application will be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the issue. The Exchange's action is being taken in view of the fact that the Company announced on Monday, May 8, 2000 that it signed a letter of intent to sell substantially all of its assets and that it intends to file a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in connection with such sale... See: New York Times, 10 May 2000 Sources: http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/history/main.html http://www.historylink.org/output.CFM?file_ID=2667 http://www.blancmange.net/tmh/articles/hogisle.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0772572.html http://www.iwon.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,84,00.html http://www.eci-online.org/visitors/memdir/mem-ston.html http://www.nyse.com/press/NT0005E73A.html References: Stone & Webster websites http://www.swec.com/engineering/index.htm http://www.swec.com/engineering/power/index.htm http://www.stoneweb.com/whatsnew/index.htm http://www.stoneweb.com/management/index.htm http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/index.html http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/services/technology/regulate.html http://www.stoneandwebster.com/stoneweb/services/energy/des.html |
NSL 1901 chapter 137 — Act to incorporate the Suburban Development Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 211 — Act to incorporate the Suburban Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1903 chapter 239 —
NSL 1872 chapter 95 — Act to incorporate the Sydney Gas Co.
NSL 1882 chapter 84 — Act to incorporate the Sydney Gas & Electric Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1888 chapter 125 — Act to incorporate anew
Effective 26 March 1910: For electric power supplied by Sydney and Glace Bay Railway Co. to Gazette Publishing Company Limited, a "special power rate granted by reason of the fact that the Town of Glace Bay's municipal electric plant provides no day service, 12¢ per kilowatt hour".
(This power likely was 600 volts DC, taken directly from the overhead trolley wire. Direct current was ideal for running a printing press.)
Incorporated on 26 January 1911.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000776.
Name changed 9 June 1931 to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd.
The Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. reported that, during the year 1912, its operating revenue was $12,165 and operating expenses were $9,087, and it paid $300 in taxes.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1912-13
By Order In Council dated 9 June 1931, the name of the Sydney Mines Electric Co. Ltd. was changed to Eastern Light & Power Co. Ltd., with head office in Sydney.
NSL 1919 chapter 90 — Act to authorize the Town of Antigonish to guarantee to James W. Taylor, owner of Electric Plant, a credit to assist him, etc.
NSL 1887 chapter 108 — Act to incorporate the Truro Electric Co.
NSL 1889 chapter 130 — Act relating to the purchase of the Truro
Electric Co. by the Chambers Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1894 chapter 101 —
NSL 1875 chapter 108 — Act to incorporate the Truro Gas Light Co.
Incorporated on 20 May 1913.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1000914.
Name changed 24 November 1921 to Dominion Utilities Co. Ltd.
NSL 1922 chapter 135 — Act to incorporate the Waterville & Cambridge Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 131 — Act to incorporate the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1892 chapter 183 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 135 — Amendment
NSL 1923 chapter 144 — Act to incorporate the Westport Electric Light, Heating & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 127 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1890 chapter 182 — Amendment
NSL 1895 chapter 132 — Amendment
In 1925, the PUB reported, in connection with the Gaspereaux River LH&P Co., that "early records of the Windsor company were destroyed in the Windsor fire of 1897".
NSL 1874 chapter 84 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Gas Light Co.
Historical NotesNSL 1852 chapter 44 — Act to incorporate the Windsor Kerosene Gas Light Co.
NSL 1920 chapter 150 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Woodside to supply themselves with a system of Street Lighting
The Woodside EL Company never generated electric
power, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Canning Water
Commission's electric system.
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official
approval for the sale of Woodside Electric Light Company to the Avon
River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova
Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price
was $800.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
See note 3
NSL 1914 chapter 190 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Fuel & Gas Co.
NSL 1916 chapter 121 — Amendment
NSL 1882 chapter 89 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Gas Light Co.
Historical Notes
NSL 1888 chapter 127 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Gas Light Co. Ltd.
NSL 1895 chapter 134 — Amendment
NSL 1903 chapter 177 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 162 — Act respecting the Yarmouth Light & Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1921 chapter 199 — Amendment
NSL 1887 chapter 93 — Act to incorporate the Yarmouth Street Railway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1889 chapter 124 — Amend, limiting time for commencement of construction
NSL 1890 chapter 191 — Amend, extending time
NSL 1892 chapter 176 — Amend, as to quality of rails
NSL 1892 chapter 182 — Amend, further extending time
NSL 1893 chapter 186 — Amendments
NSL 1904 chapter 145 — Act to consolidate Acts relating to the Yarmouth Street Railway Co. Ltd.
NSL 1908 chapter 139 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 243 — Amendment
YARMOUTH, N.S.— Notice is given of the application to the Dominion Government for charters to confer power for building and operating electric railways between Yarmouth and New Brunswick. E. Franklin Clements, the applicant, says the idea is to follow the main line of travel from Yarmouth, skirting the shore to Weymouth, thence to Truro, Amherst, and into St. John, New Brunswick. Water power, and in many instances – by means of patented appliances – the tidal waters are to be utilized. The cost of travel, it is claimed, will be fifty per cent less than on any existing railroads.
— The Electrical World, New York, v24 n20 17 November 1894
In November 1944, the Zwicker EP Co. sold its electric power system to the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
NSL 1902 chapter 61 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money to extend Electric Light System
NSL 1903 chapter 118 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money for Electric Light System
NSL 1922 chapter 63 — Act authorizing the Town of Annapolis Royal to borrow money for Electric Light System, etc.
NSL 1919 chapter 129 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Aylesford to supply themselves with Electric Light and Power for public and domestic (residential) use
NSL 1918 chapter 73 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Barrington to supply themselves with Electric Light
Also see: Barrington Electric Co. Ltd.
NSL 1909 chapter 64 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bear River to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1910 chapter 63 — Amendment
NSL 1911 chapter 14 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 156 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 130 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bedford to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1913 chapter 131 — Act respecting Electric Lighting, etc.
NSL 1914 chapter 89 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 145 — Amendment
NSL 1918 chapter 74 — Amendment
NSL 1920 chapter 147 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 125 — Amendment
NSL 1922 chapter 108 — Amendment
NSL 1923 chapter 114 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 131 — Act respecting Electric Lighting, etc. in the Town of Berwick
Also see: Town of BerwickThe Berwick L&W Commission was incorporated by chapter 131 of the Acts of 1913, and operated an electric utility system in and near Berwick 1913 - 1924.
The Berwick Electric Commission, owned by the Town of Berwick, serves the residents of Berwick and the surrounding areas of Hall Road, Lawrence Road, Rainforth Road, Taylor Road, and Windermere Road...
NSL 1919 chapter 131 — Act authorizing the inhabitants of Bible Hill to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1893 chapter 68 — Act to authorize the inhabitants to supply themselves with Street Lighting
NSL 1896 chapter 40 — Act to legalize the Assessment Rolls of the Electric Light District
NSL 1898 chapter 75 —
The ratepayers of Bridgetown, at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting upon the purchase of the electric light system of
that town on Tuesday evening [25 May, 1909 ?], decided by a
vote of 17 for and 4 against, the sum of $25,000. A vote of $20,000 was
passed, and Mr. Beckwith, representing the electric light company, has
declined to accept. The town is without lights, except lamps and
candles.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 4 June 1909, (reprinted from the Yarmouth Herald) [This item is not altogether clear about the amount of money, but the above is the complete text as printed in The Digby Weekly Courier.]
The street lighting question, which has been
perturbing the citizens of Bridgetown for so many weeks, is at last
settled and the town will install its own lighting system.
Source: The Digby Weekly Courier, 18 June 1909
NSL 1900 chapter 93 — Act to provide for Electric Light and Water supply for the Town of Bridgewater
NSL 1904 chapter 108 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money for Electric Light and Water
NSL 1907 chapter 125 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money to improve the Electric Light system
NSL 1909 chapter 65 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 89 — Act to authorize the Town of Bridgewater to borrow money for Electric Power system
Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
Electric rates, September 1968
“Two cents per kilowatt hour”
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NSL 1941 chapter 62 —
NSL 1941 chapter 68 —
NSL 1951 chapter 119 —
NSL 1894 chapter 59 —
NSL 1919 chapter 132 —
NSL 1921 chapter 126 —
NSL 1922 chapter 109 —
NSL 1923 chapter 115 —
The Canning Water Commission never generated electric power. Until 1926, it bought its electricity wholesale from the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company. After the Gaspereaux River LH&P Company was sold to the Avon River Power Company in 1926, the Avon River Power Co. became the supplier of electricity to the Canning Water Commission (but the hardware – generating plant and transmission line – remained the same).
On 28 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of the electric power system operated by the Canning Water Commission to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The sale price was $11,000.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941
See note 3
NSL 1914 chapter 96 — Act to authorize the Town of Canso to borrow money for Electric Lighting
NSL 1917 chapter 97 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 92 — Amendment
NSL 1919 chapter 93 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 176 — Act to authorize the Village of Chester supply Electric Light, etc.
NSL 1913 chapter 135 — Amendment
NSL 1921 chapter 92 — Act to authorize the Town of Clark's Harbour to borrow money to install an Electric Light Plant
NSL 1899 chapter 71 — Act to authorize the Town of Dartmouth to operate the Electric Light Plant
NSL 1876 chapter 56 — Act to provide for Lighting the streets of the Town of Digby
NSL 1912 chapter 105 — Act to authorize the Town of Digby to acquire Electric Light Plant, etc.
NSL 1922 chapter 66 — Amendment
On 14 June 1922, the Digby Electric Light Co. Ltd. received official approval from the PUB to sell the whole of its undertaking to the Town of Digby.
Source: PUB Annual Report 1922
NSL 1980 chapter 4 — Act Relating to Digby County Power Board and Electric Utilities of Municipality of the District of Digby, Municipality of the District of Clare, Town of Digby, and the Village of Weymouth
March 10, 1977: Digby town council endorsed a request by the Digby County Power Board that it be allowed to borrow an additional $150,000, but the Board also required approval from the three other municipal units, Weymouth, Clare and the Municipality of Digby. Councillor Eileen Chipman didn't object to the motion but suggested a recent study on the Power Board should be considered first. A consultant's report on operations of the Power Board noted that power line losses were contributing to the high cost of electrical energy in the county. The losses were blamed on underrated insulators, undersized transmission lines and a variety of other causes, and that losses in the whole system ran almost 17 per cent. By comparison, Nova Scotia Power line loss was in the order of nine per cent. The consultants estimated a capital requirement of $2.58 million to bring losses down to an average of ten per cent.
— Source: “35 Years Ago” Digby Courier, 8 March 2012 page 6
The Digby County Power Board is a body corporate, incorporated on March 19, 1926, by Chapter 113 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia 1926 and is a public utility within the meaning of the Public Utilites Act as the owner and operator of transmission and other facitilies for the distribution and sale of electrical energy to wholesale and retail customers within the County of Digby, Nova Scotia. Customers being served under the Board's Alternating Current Power – Wholesale Rate are the Municipality of the District of Digby, the Municipality of the District of Clare, the Town of Digby and the Village of Weymouth, and all of these wholesale customers distribute electrical energy to retail customers within their respective territories. A small amount of energy is furnished by the Board to six Alternating Current Power – Retail customers...
Actual revenue from the Digby County Power Board's wholesale customers in 1972 was $705,415 and this revenue is estimated to increase to $782,000 in 1973 at existing wholesale rates to produce a 1973 operating loss of $22,300; and if the now-proposed increase of .06 cent per kilowatt-hour was approved and was in effect for the full year 1973 the total revenue from wholesale customers would be $815,000 to produce an operating profit of $10,700...
It is recognized that the Digby County Power Board is owned by the Municipal units it serves and that its position is somewhat unusual in that its policy is not directed toward a realization of maximum earnings. It is also known by the Public Utilities Board that the Municipality of the District of Digby and the Town of Digby are indebted to the Digby County Power Board for substantial sums of money that have been spent by the Board for capital additions to and replacements of plants owned by these two Municipal units...
The Public Utilities Board has carefully examined the evidence adduced and the exhibits filed herein and concludes that the proposed rate incease is entitled to approval... The Public Utilities Board will approve the increase in the Digby County Power Board's Alternating Current Power – Wholesale Rate energy charge from the existing 1.10 cents to 1.16 cents per kilowatt-hour for all consumption, the same to be effective on bills rendered on and after June 1, 1973.
Dated at Halifax, Nova Scotia, this 22nd day of May, 1973.
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1973, pages 144-147
NSL 1909 chapter 77 — Act to authorize the Town of Dominion to borrow for Light and Water purposes
NSL 1909 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to supply Electricity to the Town of Dominion
NSL 1913 chapter 136 — Act respecting Street Lighting in Eureka
NSL 1921 chapter 134 — Act to authorize Cape Breton Municipality to levy a special tax for Electric Light on the Village of Florence
NSL 1901 chapter 88 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Glace Bay with Electric Light
NSL 1902 chapter 79 — Amendment
NSL 1904 chapter 69 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light, etc.
NSL 1905 chapter 65 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light
NSL 1905 chapter 66 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 81 — Amendment
NSL 1906 chapter 83 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light
NSL 1908 chapter 92 — Amendment
NSL 1909 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to supply Electricity to the Town of Dominion
NSL 1910 chapter 69 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 106 — Amendment
NSL 1917 chapter 100 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money to buy Electric Meters
NSL 1920 chapter 108 — Act relating to Lighting System
NSL 1920 chapter 113 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Meters
NSL 1923 chapter 76 — Act to authorize the Town of Glace Bay to borrow money for Electric Light and other purposes
NSL 1920 chapter 148 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Granville Ferry to levy a special tax for electric light
NSL 1845 chapter 30 — Act to provide for Lighting the City with Gas
NSL 1864 chapter 64 — Act relating to the Inspection of Gas
NSL 1917 chapter 88 — Act to authorize the City of Halifax to hold
shares in the Halifax Power Co. Ltd. and to lend money thereto
NSL 1919 chapter 83 — Act to authorize and confirm agreement between City of Halifax and the Halifax Power Co. Ltd.
NSL 1919 chapter 84 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 142 — Act to ratify resolution passed by Municipal Council respecting erection of poles on public highways
NSL 1914 chapter 99 — Act to authorize the town of Hantsport to borrow money for electric lighting purposes
NSL 1923 chapter 78 — Act to authorize the town of Hantsport to borrow money for electric plant, power and lighting purposes
NSL 1917 chapter 161 — Act to authorize Hebron to levy tax for electric light
NSL 1918 chapter 113 — Act to authorize Hebron to levy tax for electric light
NSL 1907 chapter 121 — Act to authorize the town of Kentville to acquire, etc., electric light etc., system
NSL 1918 chapter 109 — Act to authorize the town of Kentville to borrow money for electric light purposes
NSL 1919 chapter 98 — Act to constitute the Kentville Electric Light and Power Commission
NSL 1919 chapter 98 — Act to constitute the Kentville Electric Light and Power Commission
NSL 1998 chapter 20 — Town of Kentville and Kentville Electric Commission Sale of Assets Act
The Kentville Electric Commission was incorporated under chapter 98 of the Acts of 1919, to distribute and sell electric energy within the Town of Kentville. In October 1998, the Kentville Electric Commission was sold to Nova Scotia Power Inc.
In 1931, the Kingston Electric Light Commission's electric power system was sold to the Avon River Power Company.
The Lawrencetown Electric Light Commissioners operated a small hydroelectric generating plant on the Annapolis River, within the town limits; this plant was reported to have been in operation during 1927, and probably before and after that year.
NSL 1917 chapter 133 — Act to authorize Cape Breton Municipality to levy a special poll tax on Little Bras d'Or for Electric Lighting purposes
NSL 1899 chapter 117 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Liverpool with Electric Light
NSL 1895 chapter 100 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Lockeport with Electric Light
(It was officially spelled "burg" at the time when
the Town operated its own municipal electric utility,
but now the "bourg" spelling is officially used.
Town of Lunenburg Electricity Rates (approved in 1993)
Domestic service
Base Charge: $6.31 per month where service is through a
two wire service. $6.87 per month where service is through a three
wire service.
Energy Charge: 7.8 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 200 kilowatt hours per month. 6.98 cents per kilowatt
hour for all additional consumption but in no case shall the average
price per kilowatt hour on the whole bill, including the base charge,
be less than 7.54 cents in any billing period.
Minimum Net Bill: $6.87 per month where service is through a two or three wire service.
General service light, heat, and power up to 3 kilowatts
Base Charge: $4.60 per month per kilowatt of connected load.
Energy Charge: 8.74 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of connected load.
5.79 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $8.59 per month or the Base Charge, whichever is the greater.
Light, heat and power over 3 kilowatts
Base Charge: $5.15 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Energy Charge: 8.74 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
5.79 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $15.15 per month or the Base Charge, whichever is the greater.
Installation of 250 kilowatts or over
Base Charge: $6.10 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Energy Charge: 7.41 cents per kilowatt hour for the
first 100 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
5.25 cents per kilowatt hour for all additional consumption.
Minimum Net Bill: $6.10 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand.
Industrial – (4,000 KVA and over) off the 69 kilovolt line
Demand Charge: $7.05 per month per kilovolt ampere of
maximum demand of the current month or the maximum actual demand of the
previous November, December, January or February occurring in the
previous eleven months. 30 cents per kilowatt (sic) ampere
reduction in demand charge where substation is owned by the customer.
Energy Charge: 4.33 cents per kilowatt hour.
Minimum Monthly Charge: The minimum monthly charge shall be the maximum demand charge.
NSL 1919 chapter 122 — Act to authorize Cape Breton
Municipality to levy a special tax on a portion of Morien No. 12
District for providing Electric Light
NSL 1922 chapter 97 — Amendment
Incorporated on 14 October 1997.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3012874.
In November 1944, the NSPC bought the electric power system operated by the Zwicker Electric Power Company in New Germany.
In 1965, the Nova Scotia Power Commission bought the electric utility system owned and operated by the Town of Pictou.
In 1967, the Nova Scotia Power Commission acquired the shares of Eastern Light & Power Company Limited.
In 1972, the Nova Scotia Power Commission acquired 99.65% of the common shares and approximately 98% of the preferred shares of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited. The balance of the shares was acquired a year or so later.
Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc., 2003 Federal Court of Appeal 33
Background information contained in the judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on 23 January 2003
http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/fca/2003/2003fca33.html
“In 1973, the Government of Nova Scotia enacted amendments to the Power Commission Act, continued the Commission as the Nova Scotia Power Corporation and enacted many other changes...” —Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc., 2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
Nova Scotia Power Corporation was a crown corporation, owned by the Province of Nova Scotia. NSPC owned and operated most of the electric utility system in the province.
“In 1973, the Government of Nova Scotia enacted amendments to the Power Commission Act, continued the Commission as the Nova Scotia Power Corporation and enacted many other changes...”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
“In 1992 the Province enacted the Nova Scotia Privatization Act, S.N.S., c. 8 pursuant to which Nova Scotia Power Incorporated purchased the assets and undertaking previously used by the Corporation in the production and distribution of electricity.”
—Source: Canada v. Nova Scotia Power Inc.
2003 Federal Court of Appeal, 33
On 12 August 1992, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (New NSP), a new privately-owned electric utility company, officially bought the assets of Nova Scotia Power Corporation (Old NSP)
—Source: Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 1992 Aug 13
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Nova Scotia Power Corporation Energy Sold to the Independent Electric Utilities 12 Months Ending 31 March 1990
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In the early 1920s, the Town of Pictou operated a steam generating plant. In later years, the Town purchased all of its electric power from the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
In 1925, the PUB reported that the Town of Pictou had a special electric rate for the Canadian National Railway, for charging storage batteries; "these batteries are used in the operation of an electric railway car as a new and experimental service" (a daily commuter service operated by CNR) "between Pictou and New Glasgow".
In 1965, the Town of Pictou electric utility system – then serving 1360 customers – was sold to the Nova Scotia Power Commission.
— Nova Scotia Power Commission Annual Report 1965, page 3
On 1 July 1965, the "electric utility assets and undertaking" owned and operated by the Town of Pictou was sold to the Nova Scotia Power Commission for $300,000. "The Town of Pictou agrees to sell and the Nova Scotia Power Commission agrees to purchase all the undertaking, property and assets of the Town's electric utility including all its assets and undertaking, distribution system, plant, stores, buildings, lands, supplies and all the utility property but not including cash, accounts receivable and investments... The Town will be responsible for all accounts payable to the date of transfer..."
— Source: PUB Annual Report 1965, pages 246-250
NSL 1909 chapter 105 — Act to authorize the Town of Shelburne to acquire an Electric Lighting system
NSL 1909 chapter 106 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 111 — Amendment
NSL 1913 chapter 126 — Act to authorize the inhabitants to provide themselves with street lighting
NSL 1919 chapter 112 — Act to authorize the Town of Sydney Mines to borrow money for generating Electric Current
NSL 1920 chapter 137 — Amendment
NSL 1912 chapter 136 — Act to authorize the Town of Trenton to install... Electric Light
NSL 1923 chapter 102 — Amendment
NSL 1916 chapter 75 — Act to authorize the Town of Truro to install an Electric Light, Heat and Power system
NSL 1917 chapter 128 — Act to constitute an Electric Light Commission
NSL 1917 chapter 129 —
NSL 1919 chapter 114 —
NSL 1920 chapter 142 — To authorize the Town of Truro to borrow money for Electric Light Extension
The electric plant originally owned and operated by Chambers Electric Light & Power Company, was acquired by the Town of Truro on 1 August 1916. The plant as operated by the Chambers Company "consisted of a number of small D.C. (direct-current) generators connected up with a five-wire distribution system". A new A.C. (alternating current) generator was installed at the town pumping station, and was put into service in May 1919. In 1920 an additional generating unit was installed, and in 1922 a boiler was added. This gave a total station capacity, in March 1923, of 675 kVA (about 600 kW), with two water-tube boilers of 400 horsepower each.
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The horsepower rating of steam boilers was/is an indirect matter — as
compared to the horsepower rating of a steam engine, which was/is a
simple matter of determining the torque available at the working speed,
then multiplying the torque (foot-pounds) by the speed (rpm) to obtain
the engine horsepower rating.
For a steam boiler, the concepts of torque and rotary speed do not apply. However, for the convenience of sellers and purchasers of steam machinery, in the mid-1800s the practice grew up of stating boiler capacity in horsepower, to make it easier to decide which boiler was needed to supply steam for a chosen engine. The idea was that if you wanted a boiler to produce enough steam for, say, a 200 horsepower engine, you could buy a 200 horsepower boiler (being sure to match the steam pressure of the boiler to that needed by the engine) and the boiler would be large enough to do the job. |
NSL 1922 chapter 104 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Upper Church Street to supply themselves with Electric Light
Photographed 16 July 2007
NSL 1913 chapter 117 — Act to authorize the Town of Westville to install an Electric Light Plant
NSL 1914 chapter 139 —
NSL 1915 chapter 73 —
NSL 1922 chapter 112 — Act to authorize the
inhabitants of the Village of Weymouth to supply themselves with a
Street Lighting system
NSL 1922 chapter 113 — Amendment
NSL 1907 chapter 122 — Act to authorize the Town of Wolfville to borrow money for an Electric Light and Power system
NSL 1920 chapter 145 — Act constituting the Wolfville Electric Commission
NSL 1920 chapter 146 — Amendment
NSL 1922 chapter 88 —
NSL 1920 chapter 145 — Act constituting the Wolfville Electric Commission
NSL 1922 chapter 88 —
The Wolfville Electric Commission was established on 27 April 1920.
NSL 1921 chapter 133 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Wood's Harbour to supply themselves with Electric Light and Power
NSL 1920 chapter 150 — Act to authorize the inhabitants of Woodside to supply themselves with a system of Street Lighting
See: Woodside Electric Light Company Limited
NSL 1877 chapter 65 — Act to provide for lighting the streets of the Town of Yarmouth
NSL 1888 chapter 74 — Act to provide for lighting the streets of the Town of Yarmouth
NSL 1902 chapter 126 — Act to provide for supplying the Town of Yarmouth with Light
NSL 1923 chapter 106 — Act to authorize the Town of Yarmouth to borrow money for Pumping and Lighting Plant
These companies are not electric utilities as defined by the Public Utilities Act, but recently – beginning in the mid-1980s with substantial activity since about 2000 – they have taken a place in the public consciousness as part of the overall system that supplies our electric power. There is no doubt that more companies like these will be formed in the future, and that renewable-energy companies will be increasingly important in years to come. Because they are not legally electric utilities, they are not required to report to the UARB in the way that is required of the traditional electric utilities, which means that reliable information about their ownership, management, financial circumstances and installed generating capacity is much more difficult to obtain than is the case for the traditional regulated electric utilities.
The traditional utility companies – those that do fit the legal definition of a "public utility" – are easy to identify. Every year since 1912 an official list has been published, initially by the PUB and since 1992 by the UARB, identifying all public utility companies in Nova Scotia. This annual list is the only reference one needs – if a company appears in this list it is legally a public utility, and if it doesn't then it isn't. But these renewable-energy companies do not appear on this official annual list, thus it is more difficult to determine whether a company belongs here. There are two main sources of information about these companies; the print media and Internet searches. The following list has been produced with care but it is unlikely that it is complete, and there may be a few companies shown here that do not belong. Such uncertainties are regrettable, but are unavoidable for electric power companies that are not legally classified as public utilities.
This list (below) of renewable-energy companies includes only one that was initiated before 1980, Minas Basin Pulp & Power Company. Other companies, active before 1980, that now would be classified as renewable-energy projects (for example, the Cape Split Development Company of 1916, or the Gaspereaux River Light, Heat & Power Company of 1920) are listed above.
Wind farms and related renewable sources are proven technologies. They can provide clean, sustainable electrical supplies for generations to come. They can also carry substantial costs and financial risks to developers. The renewable portfolio standard and the introduction of competition for wholesale electricity will help reduce these risks. They will help provide certainty that there will be defined markets for independent power producers who want to develop new, renewable generation projects...
Hon. Cecil Clarke,
Minister of Energy
speaking on the floor of the Legislature, 27 September 2004
Electricity Marketplace Governance Committee Report, Oct. 2003
Bill 87, An Act Respecting Electricity: Submission to the Law Amendments Committee by Larry Hughes, October 2004
Renewable Energy Promotion in Atlantic Canada May 2005
Bill #87: As Introduced September 2004
Bill #87: As Proclaimed February 2007
Incorporated and registered on 22 February 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3226185.
AWPC Nuttby Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Therefore
3226185 Nova Scotia Limited is a subsidiary of Nova Scotia Power Inc.
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09)
NSPI Responses to NSUARB Information Requests (Response IR-23) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSPI%20(NSUARB)%20IRs%201-43%20REDACTED.pdf
A Service Agreement between Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) and Atlantic Wind Power Corporation (2005) Ltd. (AWPC) was signed on 27 April 2009. This agreement with AWPC allows for the provision of services to NSPI related to assistance in construction, negotiation, equipment, material and services necessary to achieve completion of the Nuttby Mountain Wind Project...
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSPI%20(NSUARB)%20IRs%201-43%20REDACTED.pdf
Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm: Project Fact Sheet NS Power (no date)
The Nuttby Mountain project received Environmental Assessment Approval by the provincial government in April of 2009. It will have 22 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 45 megawatts.
(1) Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm NS Power 4 Oct 2010
With five turbines energized, Nova Scotia Power's Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm is now providing power to homes and businesses in the province.
(2) Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm NS Power 4 Oct 2010
With five turbines energized, Nova Scotia Power's Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm is now providing power to homes and businesses in the province.
3G Energy Corporation Home page
Wall to wall windmills planned for Cumberland County Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
Proposed Higgins Mountain 100MW Wind Farm Expansion
Findlay confident about turbine bid Amherst Daily News, 3 August 2007
Higgins Mountain off wind farm list Amherst Daily News, 4 February 2008
When Nova Scotia Power announces the successful tenders to become part of its initial phase of wind farm electricity producers Higgins Mountain will not be on the list, says Graham Findlay, general manager for 3G Energy. After a year of working on its proposal the energy producers did not make the cut. That's not to say, however, the energy company hasn't cut new ground in the wind farm technology sector. "Nova Scotia Power is playing very tough with our industry," Findlay said addressing the Springhill Chamber of Commerce last week. "They have penalties for not delivering on schedule..."
Wind report has pros and cons; Concerns remain over setbacks and property value impacts Amherst Daily News, 11 February 2008
Proponents and opponents of wind farms in Cumberland County agree that a study on the industry is a good thing, but both feel it has more than a few drawbacks...
Incorporated on 25 August 2005. Revoked 1 October 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3104632.
Registered in Nova Scotia on 28 August 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3221927.
Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. is owned 100% by Acciona S.A., which is a group based in Spain dedicated to infrastructures and services aimed at sustainable development. Acciona Energy is a leader in the development, construction, operation and ownership of renewable energy projects. The company has installed 4,554 megawatts in renewables (as of January 2007) of which 3,228 MW belong to the group. In the field of wind energy, it has built 166 wind farms in twelve countries, either for its own or for other companies (almost all of them managed and operated by the company), representing total installed wind capacity of 4,410 MW. Through its subsidiary Acciona Windpower, it manufactures 1,500 kW wind turbines using in-house technology. It has 19 small hydro power plants, three biomass plants (one of them a 25 MW facility based on straw combustion, 29 MW in photovoltaic power installed and the equivalent to 25 MW of solar thermal capacity). It has also a biodiesel plant that uses first-use vegetable oils...
Amherst wind farm scheduled for 2008 start
A multi-million-dollar wind farm project put on hold just over a year ago is back on track. Acciona Energy and Wind Dynamics are proposing to construct and operate a 30-megawatt wind power facility on the marsh near Amherst, Nova Scotia, just west of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Nova Scotia Business Journal 31 October 2007
2008 May 1
Nova Scotia Power has selected Acciona Energy, a world leader in wind development, to build a 30 megawatt wind energy project at Amherst, in Cumberland County. Acciona will construct, own, and operate the Amherst Wind Energy Project. Nova Scotia Power and Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc. have reached a 25-year power purchase agreement for up to 30 MW of wind power from the site. The Amherst wind park will have twenty 1500 kW ACCIONA wind power turbines. They will be in service by the end of 2009... The Amherst Wind Energy project is the result of a Request for Proposals from Nova Scotia Power for more energy from renewable sources. So far, the company has announced new power purchase agreements for 214 megawatts of wind generation. In all, Nova Scotia Power will sign contracts for at least 240 megawatts of new, renewable energy...
Amherst Wind Energy Project Nova Scotia Power Co. media release
Amherst Wind Energy Project N.S. Environment Department report
On 1 May 2008, Amherst Wind Power LP registered a wind energy project for environmental assessment, in accordance with Part IV of the Nova Scotia Environment Act. The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to construct and operate a 30 MW wind energy facility near the town of Amherst, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The scope of the proposed Project will involve twenty 1.5 MW wind turbine generators...
Amherst Wind Energy Project, Environment Assessment Approval 26 May 2008
Registered on 27 March 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3226982.
Acciona a Spanish company created by merger in 1997
Incorporated on 4 April 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3120588.
Registered on 11 April 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3227520.
Registered on 5 July 1996.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2502286.
2004 July
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. installed first 50kW net metered wind turbine in Nova Scotia
On 1 July 2004, the first 50 kW wind turbine installed in Nova Scotia was up and running for the Eskasoni First Nations community in Cape Breton. Perched atop a hill, the 50 kW turbine is powering the band office. Power from the wind turbine will be metered using Nova Scotia Power's new policy of 'net metering'. This means that their electricity meter will run 'both ways' measuring both power drawn from the grid and power generated by the wind turbine. In doing so, Eskasoni's wind power will be valued at full retail rates. "Net metering makes a big difference to the economics of such projects and allows a wind turbine to pay for itself in a shorter period of time" says David Lombardi, President of Atlantic Orient Canada Inc...
2005 April
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. wind turbine to power new Police Detachment at Amherst
Atlantic Orient Canada Inc. in partnership with Black and McDonald is installing an AOC 15/50 wind turbine at a new RCMP detachment in Amherst, Nova Scotia. With above average wind speeds at the site, the new wind turbine is expected to provide more than half of the buildings electrical requirements. A new monopole tower will replace the standard lattice type structure and the turbine will be equipped with a web-enabled remote status and monitoring system. A kiosk will be installed at the nearby Nova Scotia Tourist Information center which will allow visitors to access the operating history and current operating parameters of the wind turbine...
Wind turbine will remain inactive Amherst Daily News, 11 August 2008
The wind turbine at the Cumberland RCMP detachment (in Amherst, Nova Scotia) likely won't be spinning anytime soon. Detachment head Staff Sgt. Frank Kingston said Thursday he is awaiting word from the company on what caused a fire in an electrical panel before he allows the turbine to be reactivated. "We had a fire in one of our panels and subsequently it has been shut down," Kingston said. "I'm waiting for a report from the company as to the cause of the fire. Until I get the engineer's report, I don't want it operating." The multi-million-dollar turbine installed as part of construction of the new detachment in 2005 went offline earlier this summer. It's the second time the 50-kilowatt, 24-metre tall turbine has gone on the fritz. Last summer, the turbine's electrical components were damaged by what was believed to be a lightning strike during a fierce thunderstorm. When it was repaired last fall, improvements were also made to the turbine's braking system. Kingston is unsure when the engineering report will be received. "I'm a police officer, not an engineer, but I want to make sure it's working properly before we turn it back on," Kingston said. The turbine, developed by Atlantic Orient in conjunction with Black and MacDonald, is expected to save the RCMP approximately $13,000 annually in energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 150 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
Incorporated and registered on 2 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3058821.
Atlantic Wind Power Corporation website
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093398.
A Service Agreement between Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) and Atlantic Wind Power Corporation (2005) Ltd. (AWPC) was signed on 27 April 2009. This agreement with AWPC allows for the provision of services to NSPI related to assistance in construction, negotiation, equipment, material and services necessary to achieve completion of the Nuttby Mountain Wind Project...
Source: Application for Approval of Nuttby Mountain Wind Project (NSUARB P-128.09) 23 Oct 2009
http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSPI%20(NSUARB)%20IRs%201-43%20REDACTED.pdf
Incorporated on 3 October 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3082197.
Barrington Wind Energy Limited, founded in 2003, is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based developer of primarily wind-based electricity generating stations employing third-generation wind turbine converters. The first project is with the Town of Canso, and plans are being developed for seven more sites in Nova Scotia...
References:
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. 1801 Hollis Street, Halifax
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. Management
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. Corporate profile
Canso Wind Farm
In November 2003, Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. and the Town of Canso signed an agreement to initiate the wind power project. A 50m wind test tower was erected and equipped with multiple sensors and an electronic data logger with remote access capabilities to study the wind regime at Canso. In June 2004, the environmental field survey program was initiated. The field surveys were necessary to gather the information required to prepare the Environmental Impact Statement for the combined federal and provincial environmental assessment... There will be eight turbines with a capacity of 1.5 or 1.8 MW each, and a total capacity between 12.0 and 14.4 MW.
Canso Wind Farm
Canso Wind Farm
2006 April 25 Four Nova Scotia Towns Choose Wind Energy
Barrington Wind Energy Limited (BWEL) is pleased to announce that it has signed wind power agreements with four Nova Scotia towns. BWEL will generate power, under Financial Bilateral Contracts, for the towns of Antigonish, Berwick, Canso, and Mahone Bay, from their wind farm project in Canso, anticipated to be a minimum of 12 MW installed capacity. This is enough power to supply electricity to approximately 3,300 homes in an average year. The Canso wind farm has been in the planning stage for over two years. It will be built in and around the Town of Canso, on both public and privately-owned lands. The wind turbine generators will be state-of-the-art towers. BWEL anticipates that the project will be in service in 2008...
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Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. press release 25 April 2006
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ICS comment:—
Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. has entrusted the writing of its media releases to someone who obviously has no understanding of electric power. "This is enough power to supply electricity to approximately 3,300 homes in an average year." "in an average year"? That could not have been written by anyone who understands what a megawatt is. By the way, Barrington Wind Energy's press releases repeatedly misspell the name of that important power unit. |
Halifax Enters Into Long-Term Wind Energy Contracts 11 January 2007
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, has agreed to enter into long-term agreements with two wind-generation power companies to purchase between 22 GWh and 25 GWh annually for the next 20 years. HRM staff forecasts that these agreements will result in a saving of $8.3 million to $28 million in electricity costs through the life of the contracts with Nova Scotia-headquartered Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. and Ontario-based Ventus Energy Inc. "The contracts, when finalized, will probably allow HRM to meet its goal – of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent – earlier than originally targeted," says Councillor Linda Mosher, co-chair of HRM's energy and underground services committee. "We are definitely one of the first municipalities in the country to be going wind power in a substantial way." These two contracts are a result of HRM's request for proposals that was issued last summer to companies interested in providing wind-generated electricity to the municipality. The two successful companies scored 90% on three deciding factors: experience, timeliness and financial/contract terms. HRM adds that final approval of the contracts is contingent on necessary amendments to the provincial Energy Act, as well as required Nova Scotia Utility and review board hearings and approvals.
— North American Windpower, Zackin Publications Inc., 11 January 2007
Canso Wind Farm: Environmental Impact Statement Barrington Wind Energy Limited, April 2006
Incorporated on 12 January 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3052435.
More about The Bay Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 27 September 1983.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1537416.
In 1984, Black River Hydro Limited built a 230 kW hydro-electric generating plant in Melford, Guysborough County. The plant went into operation (first sale of electricity through the meter to Nova Scotia Power Inc.) on 4 July 1984. Since that time it has operated the generating station, and sold electricity to Nova Scotia Power Inc., on a contract term that now (2006) entends to 2023. Black River Hydro Ltd. was the first small-scale privately-owned company in Nova Scotia to successfully negotiate a contract to sell hydroelectric power to the provincial utility. The company is a leader in proving that small companies can own and operate small electrical generating facilities and sell power to the local electric utility company.
Black River Hydro Ltd. is a one-man company. According to the official records of the Joint Stock Registry (August 2006), Neal Livingston is the sole director, president, secretary, and treasurer of the company.
Reference: Profile
Incorporated on 1 April 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3099657.
On 17 October 2005, Black River Wind Ltd. registered the Wind Energy Project, Creignish Rear Site for environmental assessment, in accordance with Part IV of the Environment Act. The purpose of the proposed undertaking is to erect six 1.2 MW wind turbines at Creignish Rear, Inverness County, Nova Scotia. Three turbines will be installed beginning in spring 2006 and three will be installed in a later project phase.
Reference:
Wind Energy Project, Creignish Rear Site
Hansard, 28 October 2005:
Hon. Angus MacIsaac: Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:
Whereas the province recognizes the economic and environmental benefits of wind energy to generate electricity; and
Whereas the Department of Natural Resources, together with the Department of Energy, developed a policy in order that Crown land might be made available for wind energy generation in accordance with certain policies and procedures; and
Whereas the department's first lease agreement for wind energy generation on Crown land was signed with Black River Wind Limited of Inverness County on May 19, 2005;
Therefore be it resolved that all members of this House congratulate Black River Wind Limited for obtaining the first lease for wind energy generation on Crown land at Cape Mabou Highlands, Inverness County and recognize the importance of the wind energy industry in the future production and use of energy in the province...
Source:
Nova Scotia Legislature, Resolution No. 4954
Incorporated on 04 February 1994. Struck off 07 February 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2291457.
Registered on 17 November 1993. Inactivated 01 September 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2305412.
In business since 11 March 1994. Revoked 02 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2375135.
Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership was registered as a Nova Scotia Limited
Partnership on 17 November 1993 with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. Its registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Brooklyn Energy Centre was registered as a Business Name on 10 June 1994 with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies. Its registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
On 11 March 1994, Energy Initiatives Inc. (EI) entered into an agreement with Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Inc. to invest up to US$9,700,000 of equity in Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership.
The equity was to be used toward the construction and operation of a 24 MW wood and oil-fired cogeneration facility, which was/is located in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. Commercial operation of the facility was scheduled to commence in 1996. EI Services Canada Limited was formed to provide operations and maintenance services to EWGs in Canada.
General Public Utilities Corporation (GPU) holds
100% of the equity in EI Services Canada Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Canada Holding Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Brooklyn Investment Ltd.;
100% of the equity in EI Brooklyn Power Ltd.; and
75% of the equity in Brooklyn Energy LP.
EI Services Canada Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EI Canada Holding Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Initiatives Inc. The remaining 75% of the equity in Brooklyn Energy LP is held by Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Incorporated and Brooklyn Cogen Limited, which are incorporated in Canada.
On 11 March 1994, a letter of credit in the face amount of US$9,700,000 was issued by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in favor of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada to support EI's equity commitment to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership. The letter of credit carried a fee equal to 0.625 of 1 percent per annum of the face amount, and expired on 11 December 1996. GPU entered into the related reimbursement agreement.
On 11 December 1996, a letter of credit in the face amount of $9,700,000 issued on 11 March 1994 and scheduled to expire on 11 December 1996, was extended to 11 June 1997. The letter of credit was issued by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in favor of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada to support GPU International's equity commitment to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership. The letter of credit carried a fee equal to 0.625 of 1 percent per annum of the face amount. GPU entered into the related reimbursement agreement.
Date: 4 April 1997 — GPU International has agreed to contribute C$12,944,000, or approximately US$9,700,000, in equity and an additional C$1,000,000, or approximately US$700,000, in subordinated debt to Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership, which owns a 24 MW wood and oil-fired cogeneration facility located in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. Commercial operation of the facility commenced in April 1996.
Sources: Official reports dated 27 Jan 1994,
30 Aug 1995, 16 Nov 1995, 1 Apr 1996,
8 May 1996, 31 May 1996, 30 Aug 1996,
27 Feb 1997, 4 Apr 1997, 2 Jun 1997,
9 Aug 1997, 21 Aug 1997, 3 Dec 1997, and
4 May 1998,
by General Public Utilities Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey
to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
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EI Brooklyn Power Limited [RJSC ID#2322117] was incorporated
on 23 December 1993. Its registered office was at
791 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
As of 5 January 2001, the company's sole director was
• Bruce L. Levy, Pomona, New York; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
EI Brooklyn Investments Limited [RJSC ID#2285241] was incorporated on 3 March 1994. Its registered office was at 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
EI Services Canada is closing its operation of the
Brooklyn Energy Centre and is looking to its investors to pick up the
pieces. Due to continuing financial losses, the wood-fired electric power generating station will no longer be run by the company as of the end of February. Company spokesperson Pat Doll says contracts to supply electric power and steam to its customers are not enough to keep the operation afloat. He noted that start-up problems have been a thorn in the company's side since the plant began operation in 1996. The plant has a 20-year contract to supply steam to Bowater Mersey, and a 33-year contract to supply 22 megawatts of electric power to Nova Scotia Power Inc. Bowater relies on the plant for about 75% of the steam it needs for its pulp and newsprint manufacturing operations.
"EI Services Canada has announced it will cease providing
operating and maintenance services to the Brooklyn Energy Centre on or
before 1 March 1998. This decision has resulted from the inability of the owner, Brooklyn Energy Partnership, to pay certain amounts which are due to EI Services Canada," said a release sent out by fax on 7 January 1998.
Although EI Services, a subsidiary of Polsky Energy
Corporation of Illinois, will no longer operate the plant, the door is
open for the investors to restructure the plant's operations, Doll
said. "The lending institutions will now decide its future," he said. "Our hope is that they would continue its operation under new management. It is a very good plant." 28 people work at the plant, which has a payroll of around $1,000,000 annually. Layoff notices were issued on Monday, 29 December 1997, and are effective in eight weeks.
The plant is located in Brooklyn, Queens County, across
Highway 3 from the Bowater Mersey paper mill. It burns wood products
such as bark and other wood scraps from Bowater Mersey and other
producers of wood waste, and supplies steam to Bowater for use in the
mill's operation. The plant's electrical output is purchased by Nova
Scotia Power Inc., and is fed into the provincial electrical grid. A
group of companies invested close to $80,000,000 to build the Brooklyn
generating station. Federal, provincial, and municipal governments
invested more than $12,000,000 in the project.
Excerpted from the Liverpool Advance, 7 January 1998, and
the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 8 January 1998
Incorporated on 21 May 1998.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3023263.
The Brooklyn Power Corporation was incorporated on 21 May 1998. As of 2 December 2001, its registered office was at 67 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and the company's directors were:
• William Sutherland, Waterloo, Ontario; President
• Jerry Domanus, Montreal, Quebec
• Luc Fournier, Levis, Quebec
• Kelly Kwan, Toronto, Ontario; Secretary
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
The final sale of the Brooklyn Energy Centre is complete. The plant has been sold to the original lenders of the project, a group of large insurance companies. The plant will continue to be operated by South Shore Power Service.
[Bridgewater Bulletin, 24 February 1999]
The McCarthy Tetrault law firm acted on behalf of a syndicate of life insurance companies in connection with the acquisition and financing of the Brooklyn Energy Center.
The Brooklyn Energy Centre is a $75,000,000 waste wood co-generation facility supplying electrical energy to Nova Scotia Power Inc. and steam energy to Bowater Mersey Paper Company. The plant's electrical capacity is 28 MW gross (electrical output of the turbine generator) or 22 MW net (after deducting the plant's internal use of power for electric motors for pumping boiler feedwater, driving conveyor belts, processing fuel, rotating field excitation, lighting, etc.)
http://access.nscc.ns.ca/Industry/students.htm
November 2001 — Brooklyn Power Corporation, which supplies steam to the Bowater Mersey paper mill, is suing Bowater for six million dollars. In papers filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Brooklyn Power claims Bowater owes it $6,100,000 in payments dating to May 2000. That's when the province forced the steam plant to use a higher grade of fuel to fire its boilers to supply Bowater.
The steam plant, located across Highway 1 from the Bowater mill at Brooklyn in Queens County, has been supplying Bowater with steam since 1993, first under the ownership of Brooklyn Energy and recently under the ownership of Brooklyn Power. Brooklyn Power's fuel is mainly wood waste — tree bark and wood scraps — it gets from Bowater. Bowater agreed to pay Brooklyn Power "at a price determined in part by the actual average weighted cost of fuel oil Brooklyn Power uses," the power company's statement of claim says.
The Environment Department originally allowed Brooklyn Power to burn number 6 fuel oil, commonly called Bunker C. In 2000 the department amended its permit forcing Brooklyn Power to use higher grade number 2 oil, which costs more than bunker C.
Since the revised permit went into effect, Brooklyn Power has sent Bowater monthly invoices with the recalculated amount, but "Bowater has refused to pay the extra costs associated with the required change in fuel oil," Brooklyn Power said in its statement of claim. Bowater has until early December to file a defence.
In 1998, Brooklyn Energy Limited Partnership, which designed and built the steam plant and operated it for the first few years, went bankrupt. A year later, a group of insurance companies that had been among its secured creditors, bought it.
Last month, Finance Minister Neil LeBlanc wrote off $911,527 the defunct partnership owed the province.
[Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 21 November 2001]
Incorporated on 19 December 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3224792.
Incorporated on 10 November 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3095413.
30 May 2006:— Barrington Wind Energy Limited (BWEL) affiliate Canso Windfield One Inc. has signed an agreement with Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. to provide wind power from BWEL's proposed Canso facility. BWEL will generate power from its Canso-based wind farm project under a financial bilateral contract with Michelin. Michelin will not receive direct delivery of energy produced by the Canso wind farm project. The Canso wind farm project would sell energy to a transmission company. This contract is for 12 MW of installed capacity. Michelin and BWEL have been in discussions for more than a year to enable this project in the Town of Canso, the companies say...
Source:— Canso Wind Farm Project
Incorporated on 1 March 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3087092.
Cape Breton Explorations Limited proposes to develop a hybrid wind/hydro pump storage power generating facility on the hills above Lake Uist. The reservoir, the penstock, the hydro turbines and most of the wind resource are located in Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM); however, two or three turbines may be located in the Municipality of the County of Richmond...
References:
Official Public Notice of Proposed Pump Storage Facility 3 Dec 2007
Official Public Notice: NS Royal Gazette Part I, v216 n50 12 Dec 2007
Draft Terms of Reference, Environmental Assessment 8 Dec 2007
Final Terms of Reference, Environmental Assessment 28 Feb 2008
Deputy warden questions C.B. wind farm proposal Halifax Chronicle Herald, 13 February 2008
The deputy warden for Richmond County says he's concerned that a proposed green energy project might do more harm than good. Clair Rankin said Tuesday he's skeptical about a wind farm that Cape Breton Explorations hopes to build around Bras d'Or Lake...
Cape Breton Explorations Limited has proposed a 200-megawatt hybrid wind hydro-power development at Lake Uist. The project would feed wind-generated power from 44 wind turbines directly into the electrical power grid during the day when demand is high. At night, during off hours, the wind turbines would supply power to pump water from Lake Uist through a buried penstock to a reservoir three kilometres away and more than 100 metres higher. Pumped water would later flow back down the penstock to drive turbines to generate electricity before dispersing into the lower lake where it originated.
Source: Cape Breton Post, 22 June 2008
This is an example of a "pumped storage" system, a method of storing energy at a time when lower-cost electrical power is available (usually at night) and making it available during the day when electric power demand is high. Pumped storage has been known for more than fifty years as as a feasible and practical technology for effectively storing large quantities of energy. It is needed because energy in electrical form can be stored only in very tiny quantities. There is no technology available now or in the foreseeable future that could store energy in electrical form in the quantities that pumped storage facilities routinely handle. This Lake Uist system will use wind to generate electrical energy at night when it is not needed on the grid, and store it as elevated water for recovery to meet heavy demand the following day.
Incorporated on 12 June 2007
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3218364.
Incorporated on 29 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3089142.
Cape Breton Power Ltd. now (July 2008) has 17.4 MW of wind energy in production.
Cape Breton Power Limited Website home page
On 21 October 2005, Cape Breton Power Ltd. registered the 4 MW Lingan Wind Power Project for environmental assessment. The plan is to erect two 2 MW wind turbines on the coastal barrens northwest of the Lingan power station in Cape Breton Municipality. Cape Breton Power Ltd. plans to begin construction in the fall of 2005 and operation to begin in early 2007.
Cape Breton couple says wind turbines behind home making life miserable Canadian Press, 7 October 2010
The Lingan wind farm's seven turbines have lined the shore facing the North Atlantic since 2006, producing 16 megawatts with a yearly output of about 55,000 megawatt hours... The turbines were part of the Glace Bay-Lingan wind farm that had been operated by Cape Breton Power Ltd., before being sold to Confederation Power a couple of years ago...
Confederation Power Inc. Glace Bay projects
Incorporated on 4 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062147.
Incorporated on 4 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062148.
More about The Chebucto Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 6 October 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3107115.
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093515.
Incorporated on 8 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3088533.
Incorporated on 23 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093888.
More about The Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Inc.
Wind farms construction guidelines get positive reaction Truro Daily News, 1 February 2008
Nova Scotia municipalities now have some model guidelines to follow when dealing with proposals to construct wind farms in their communities. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities released the model wind bylaws Friday to help municipalities establish rules around where wind turbines can be erected. And that's good news for such elected representatives as Colchester County Councillor Doug Cooke who believes the municipality should begin drafting its own bylaws as soon as possible, in light of the growing number of wind farm projects being proposed. ...
Up to municipalities to set turbine rules, report says Halifax Chronicle Herald, 2 February 2008
A new report prepared for the group representing Nova Scotia municipalities concludes there are no internationally accepted standards for dealing with the controversial issues around wind energy. The 117-page study by environmental consultant Jacques Whitford outlines a broad range of possibilities available to host municipalities but says it will be up to elected officials to decide how restrictive they want to be in their approach to regulation and the specifics of their bylaws. Setting rules governing the location of wind turbines is up to the municipality...
No single answer for wind farm rules: report CBC News, 6 February 2008
Nova Scotia municipalities grappling with questions about wind turbines near homes will not find a templated solution in a new report prepared for the group representing them. A consultants' report suggests the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities choose land-use bylaws or development agreements to make rules dealing with noise from wind turbines and the distance they should be from homes...
Incorporated 21 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3097629.
On 23 October 2006, the Nova Scotia Environment Minister formally approved the 3.5 MW Higgins Mountain Road wind power project initiated by Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Limited.
Ref:
Environmental Assessment with Conditions: 3.5MW Wind Power Project, Higgins Mountain Road
Ref:
Official Approval: 3.5MW Wind Power Project, Higgins Mountain Road
In November 2006, this company (under its former name Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Limited) installed three 1200 kW wind turbines, for a total installed capacity of 3.6 MW, at Higgins Mountain Road, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. These turbines were put into operation in December 2006, with the generated energy being bought by Nova Scotia Power.
GPS location: 45°34'18"N 63°37'04"W
Google map: Higgins Mountain Wind Turbine Site
Company wants more wind power Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
An Ontario company is planning to invest $200 million in the expansion of two separate wind farm projects in Cumberland County. Springhill Riverhurst Wind Power Ltd., represented by 3G Energy Corp., is holding a pair of public meetings in Rodney and Westchester next week to discuss the addition of 72 turbines between the two locations before 2010...
Confederation Power Inc. core projects
• 24 MW of operating wind capacity in Nova Scotia. All power is sold to Nova Scotia Power Inc. under long-term power purchase agreements;
• 18 hydroelectric sites in development located in British Columbia representing over 150 MW of capacity;
• Expansion potential of over 250 MW at the Nova Scotia wind farms; and
• Two wind power development sites in Saskatchewan representing 40 MW of capacity.
Confederation Power Inc. Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
Confederation Power Inc. Springhill projects
Confederation Power Inc. Glace Bay projects
Cumberland County welcomes more wind power: Higgins Mountain 21 Nov 2006
Wall to wall windmills planned for Cumberland County Amherst Daily News, 27 July 2007
Shadow Flicker Report, proposed expansion of Higgins Mountain Wind Farm
Higgins Mountain Off Wind Farm List Amherst Daily News, 4 Feb 2008
Incorporated 13 October 1999.
Registered in Nova Scotia 19 December 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3062668.
Registered in Nova Scotia 16 December 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3084624.
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Commences Strategic Review and Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results and Restates Previous Quarters Creststreet press release 8 November 2007
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") reported electrical based revenue of $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2007 compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 2006 due to improved operating performance despite a 20-day curtailment to 25 MW by Hydro Quebec. Revenue for the nine month period ended 30 September 2007 increased to $12.5 million from $10.8 million in 2006 as both wind energy projects had improved turbine availability for the nine month period. For the three and nine month periods ended 30 September 2007 the Partnership's production was approximately 17% and 6%, (2006: 17% and 17%) respectively below the independent engineer's long-term projection. The third quarter is traditionally the lowest season for wind speeds for the wind farms... Pubnico Point and Mount Copper delivered an aggregate 50.0 gigawatt hours of electricity during the third quarter of 2007 to Hydro-Quebec and Nova Scotia Power pursuant to their long-term power purchase agreements compared to 48.7 gigawatt hours in 2006. For the nine months ended 30 September 2007 the Partnership delivered an aggregate of 192.6 gigawatt hours compared to 168.4 gigawatt hours in 2006... For the nine months period ended 30 September 2007, Pubnico Point's production was 8% below the independent engineers projection compared to 7% below in 2006. During the third quarter of 2007, Pubnico Point's production was approximately 27% below the independent engineer's long-term projection compared to approximately 17% below in the prior year. This deviation was principally a result of lower wind speeds in the quarter. Turbine availability was in line with the Manager's expectations for the three and nine months period ended 30 September 2007...
Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project Halifax Chronicle Herald, 7 February 2008
Atlantic Canada's largest wind farm is up for sale. Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the $50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government's decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2007 Financial Results Creststreet press release 27 March 2008
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") today reported its fourth quarter and 2007 annual financial results. Electrical based revenue for the year ending 31 December 2007 was $17.6 million, an increase from $15.3 million for 2006 due to improved operating performance. The increase of $2.3 million over 2006 revenue was primarily due to higher wind speeds in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006 and improved turbine availability. The Partnership's production was approximately 6% (2006: 17%) below management's long-term projection. The wind energy projects delivered an aggregate 271 gigawatt hours compared to 238 gigawatt hours in 2006 of electricity to Hydro-Quebec and Nova Scotia Power in 2007 pursuant to their long term power purchase agreements... For the year ended 31 December 2007, Pubnico Point's production was 5% below management's long term projection compared to 6% below in 2006. The majority of the deviation in energy production was the result of wind speeds that were below the projected long-term average. The improvement from the prior year related to improved turbine availability. Pubnico's turbine availability for the year at 97.5% exceeded Management's expectations and warranted levels...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Announces Completion of Sale of its Windpower Subsidiaries Creststreet press release 27 June 2008
CALGARY — Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") announced that it has completed the sale to an affiliate of FPL Energy LLC of the shares of the Partnership's two operating subsidiaries: Mount Copper Wind Power Energy Inc. (54MW) and Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (30.6MW), for $121.6 million...
Incorporated on 23 September 2004.
Name changed 24 August 2006 to The Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Inc.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093888.
Incorporated on 1 January 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3228505.
Incorporated on 14 May 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3217284.
On 17 June 2008, 3217284 Nova Scotia Limited (a subsidiary of EarthFirst Canada Inc.), registered a wind energy project for environmental assessment. The proposal is to construct and operate a wind energy facility on Nuttby Mountain, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, involving 18 wind turbine generators for a combined capacity of 45 megawatts.
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Public Notice
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Environmental Assessment
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Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Appendix A with Map
Nuttby wind farm project approved
Premier Rodney MacDonald is coming to Truro today (18 March 2008) to announce approval of a 45 megawatt wind farm on Nuttby Mountain. The project will see approximately twenty 120-metre-tall windmills constructed near the top of the highest point on mainland Nova Scotia. While officials were keeping mum about precise details surrounding the announcement, the Truro Daily News has learned the premier will confirm approval of a proposal put forth last fall by Cobequid Area Wind Farms Inc. Nova Scotia Power has called for proposals for alternative energy sources to meet a provincial objective to have nearly 20 per cent of the province's electricity come from green sources such as wind by 2013...
— Truro Daily News 18 March 2008
EarthFirst buys out Nuttby wind farm
EarthFirst Canada Inc., a newly created wind company, announced it has bought the proposed 45-megawatt Nuttby Mountain wind energy project in Colchester County from Atlantic Wind Power Corp. and its partner, Cobequid Area Windfarms. EarthFirst paid $75,000 cash, along with $374,400 in shares (based on 192,000 EarthFirst shares at $1.95 each) and a small share of gross revenue over the life of the project, Derren Newell, vice-president finance, said in a telephone interview from Calgary. Nova Scotia Power will purchase the wind-generated power but details of that agreement, including the price paid per kilowatt-hour, were not disclosed. The wind farm, with up to 22 turbines, will cost $90 million to $100 million and will be located about four kilometres north of the village of Nuttby and six kilometres east of Earltown...
— Halifax Chronicle-Herald 19 March 2008
Windmill won't be constructed at top of Nuttby Mountain
Fears that a scenic lookout point on the top of Nuttby Mountain would be ruined by the installation of a huge wind turbine have been laid to rest. Clair Peers, president of Cobequid Wind Power, a development partner in the Nuttby Mountain project, confirmed Thursday afternoon (15 May 2008) that a turbine would not be constructed on the mountain's highest point. "The thing is with this particular high spot is it's just not a stable enough location," said Peers. He did say, however, there would most likely be a windmill constructed near the peak, but was unsure exactly how close it would be...
— Truro Daily News 16 May 2008
Incorporated on 1 February 2001. Revoked 3 April 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3053098.
Incorporated on 28 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222750.
Registered on 2 August 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3221133.
Incorporated 25 June 1998.
Registered in Nova Scotia 26 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222632.
(Name changed to NextEra Energy Power Marketing LLC on 12 March 2009)
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FPL Energy Inc acquires Mount Copper Wind Power Energy from Creststreet Power & Inc Fund Thomson Financial Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, 27 June 2008
On this day FPL Energy Inc., a unit of FPL Group Inc., acquired all of the outstanding stock of Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (an electric power company operating 17 wind turbines located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada) from Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (based in Calgary, Alberta). FPL Energy is the power generation arm of FPL Group, a publicly traded energy company with US$16 billion in assets. It has 55 wind farms in 16 states and is the largest generator of wind power in North America and the second largest in the world, behind Acciona Energy of Spain.
Incorporated on 19 December 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3224812.
Registered on 9 March 1993.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2245098.
Incorporated on 19 May 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3149371.
Incorporated on 10 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3096309.
4MW Lingan Wind Power Project N.S. Environment Department report
Incorporated on 13 March 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3076593.
Incorporated on 6 September 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3104972.
More about The Glooscap Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093531.
More about The Gold Coast Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated on 23 November 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3095649.
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Incorporated 9 March 1927.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 1001762.
Location near Parrsboro in Bay of Fundy eyed for electricity project:
...Last year, the Nova Scotia government announced successful bidders who will put pilot demonstration turbines in the Bay of Fundy in the spring. Simon Melrose, an expert in ocean applied science with Oceans Limited, is carrying out oceanography for the tidal project for Minas Basin Pulp and Power. The Hantsport firm won the contract to build a tidal energy test facility, a large part of the project that includes designing and operating a structure to receive electricity from the turbines and process data. Scientists have been busy searching for a level spot for the turbines about 40 to 50 metres underwater, where the tide flows in a linear direction instead of swirling in numerous directions, Mr. Melrose told the Canadian Underwater Conference and Exhibition in Halifax on Tuesday... Scientists with the project have found the tidal currents are moving much faster in the Bay of Fundy than previously thought, which could mean more electricity if the energy can be harnessed...
— Source: "Tidal turbine spot found" Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 10 Sep 2008
In business since 5 May 1994.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2366771.
The Morgan Falls hydroelectric generating plant began regular operation in January 1996.
Government press release 17 October 1996
Amalgamated on 1 January 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3085119.
The Newpage paper mill (formerly Stora Enso) at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, is planning a 60 MW biomass project, expected to be in operation late in 2010.
2008 May
Newpage Corporation is the largest North American manufacturer of coated paper products, currently with a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.3 million short tons of coated paper, which represents approximately 32% of 2007 North American production capacity and net North American imports of coated paper, according to RISI Inc.
Source:— Newpage Corporation official prospectus dated 6 May 2008
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Incorporated 8 May 2006.
Registered in Nova Scotia 2 June 2009.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3237232.
(formerly FPL Group)
NextEra Energy Canada ULC is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., which itself is a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light Company. NextEra Energy Inc. is a leading clean energy company with 2009 revenues of more than $15 billion, nearly 43,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 28 states and Canada. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, NextEra Energy's principal subsidiaries are NextEra Energy Resources LLC, the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and Florida Power & Light Company, which serves approximately 4.5 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the country. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy collectively operates the third largest U.S. nuclear power generation fleet.
NextEra Energy Inc.
Incorporated 25 June 1998.
Registered in Nova Scotia 26 September 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222632.
Incorporated on 27 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093968.
More about The Northumberland Wind Field Inc.
Registered on 31 October 2002.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3071971.
The
Electricity Act, which opened the Nova Scotia electricity market to wholesale competition, went into effect on 1 February 2007.
Wholesale Electricity Market: Rules and Procedures
Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS)
Standards of Conduct...Wholesale Electric Transmission...
The Nova Scotia Power Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) came into effect on November 1st, 2005.
Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS)
Registration number 404462 (Ireland)
2008 February 20
Emera Inc. has invested €10.2 million (C$15 million) to acquire a 7.4% interest in OpenHydro Group Limited, an Irish renewable tidal energy company. OpenHydro designs and manufactures marine turbines for harnessing energy from tidal currents in the world's oceans. Nova Scotia Power, a subsidiary of Emera Inc., selected OpenHydro's Open-Centre Turbine technology in 2007 for deployment in a tidal energy demonstration project in the Bay of Fundy. The Province of Nova Scotia recently announced that the technology proposed by Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro is among those that will be tested in the Bay of Fundy starting in 2009. The Nova Scotia Power - OpenHydro demonstration project has been approved for funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada that provides funding to emerging clean technologies. Emera will hold one seat on OpenHydro's seven member Board of Directors.
The
Open-Centre Turbine is designed to be deployed directly on the seabed. Installations will be silent and invisible from the surface. They will be located at depth and present no navigational hazard.
Twice a day, in accordance with nature's clock, the Atlantic Ocean pours through the Bay of Fundy with a controlled fury that is unmatched anywhere in the world... Two weeks ago (in February 2007), Nova Scotia Power selected an Irish company called OpenHydro to be its partner in this endeavour over 20 other potential suppliers, including a couple of local consortiums. The plan is to have what would be one of the world's largest single underwater turbines in the six-kilometre-wide Minas passage by late 2009...
The Resurgence of Tidal Power CBC News, 26 Feb 2007
The Open-Centre Turbine, with just one moving part and no seals, consists of a rotor with a solid-state permanent magnet generator encapsulated within the outer rim, minimizing maintenance requirements.
OpenHydro was formed in 2005 following the acquisition of the technology rights to the Open-Centre Turbine. As of May 2008, the company, which has 26 employees, has raised over €50 million in funding since 2005 for the development of its turbines.
2007 March
OpenHydro Group Limited has been awarded a major contract with Alderney Renewable Energy for the development of tidal farms in the Channel Islands. The exact size of the investment in the deployment of the turbines has not been disclosed but it is exected to run to several million euros with the turbines expected to be deployed in 2008/2009. As part of the contract, OpenHydro will install an array of its Open-Centre Turbines mounted on the sea bed near Alderney, generating electricity.
2008 May
OpenHydro has become the first tidal energy company to complete the connection of a tidal turbine to the UK national grid and commence electricity generation. This is a first for both the UK and Ireland and in doing so OpenHydro has now become one of the first companies in the world to reach this stage of technical maturity. OpenHydro's 250kW Open-Centre Turbine, which is installed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off Orkney, Scotland, commenced generation onto the grid on 26 May 2008 and this was independently witnessed by representatives of EMEC. EMEC is the only independent and publicly financed facility in the world for testing tidal and wave technologies. The company has been testing the power generation of its Open-Centre Turbine over the past 18 months at EMEC. The most recent tests were performed with the turbine connected to the UK's electricity grid onto which power was generated for the first time.
Incorporated on 22 June 1992. Struck off 30 June 2008.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 2158296.
The Polsky Energy Corporation of Brooklyn Inc. was incorporated on 22 June 1992. Its
registered office was at 5151 George Street, Halifax , Nova Scotia, and the company's sole director was:
• Michael P. Polsky, Northbrook, Illinois; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
Incorporated and registered on 2 August 2001.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3058821.
Incorporated on 28 August 2003.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3082427.
References:
Pubnico Point Wind Farm registered for Environmental Assessment 19 Sep 2003
Pubnico Point Wind Farm: Project Approval 7 Nov 2003
Pubnico Point Wind Farm: Project Description (no date)
Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project Halifax Chronicle Herald, 7 February 2008
Atlantic Canada's largest wind farm is up for sale. Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the $50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government's decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts...
Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP Announces Completion of Sale of its Windpower Subsidiaries Creststreet press release 27 June 2008
CALGARY — Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (the "Partnership") announced that it has completed the sale to an affiliate of FPL Energy LLC of the shares of the Partnership's two operating subsidiaries: Mount Copper Wind Power Energy Inc. (54MW) and Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (30.6MW), for $121.6 million...
FPL Energy Inc acquires Mount Copper Wind Power Energy from Creststreet Power & Income Fund Thomson Financial Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, 27 June 2008
On this day FPL Energy Inc., a unit of FPL Group Inc., acquired all of the outstanding stock of Pubnico Point Wind Farm Inc. (an electric power company operating 17 wind turbines located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada) from Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP (based in Calgary, Alberta). FPL Energy is the power generation arm of FPL Group, a publicly traded energy company with US$16 billion in assets. It has 55 wind farms in 16 states and is the largest generator of wind power in North America and the second largest in the world, behind Acciona Energy of Spain.
Incorporated on 20 December 2000.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3051882.
Renewable Energy Services Limited Website home page
Renewable Energy Services Limited Completed installations
2006 July 31
Nova Scotia Power and Renewable Energy Services Limited announced today a further addition to wind power generation in Nova Scotia... Renewable Energy Services Ltd. now (July 2006) operates four wind turbines in Nova Scotia: at Goodwood and Brookfield in Halifax Regional Municipality, on Fitzpatrick Mountain in Pictou County, at Point Tupper near the Strait of Canso. Construction is underway at a site in Digby. Nova Scotia Power has agreed to buy power from an additional three turbines that RESL will install this fall... Renewable Energy Services Ltd., founded in 2000, is a vertically integrated renewable energy company.
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Goodwood Announcement N.S. Power media release, 31 July 2006
Listed in order, west to east:
GPS location: 44°38'58"N 65°47'59"W
Google map: Digby Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 44°36'28"N 63°40'42"W
Google map: Goodwood Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°16'02"N 63°15'07"W
Google map: Brookfield Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°45'28"N 63°06'08"W
Google map: River John Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°37'32"N 62°54'16"W
Google map: Fitzpatrick Mtn. No. 1 Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°38'14"N 62°53'11"W
Google map: Fitzpatrick Mtn. No. 2 Wind Turbine Site
GPS location: 45°34'32"N 61°20'13"W
Google map: Point Tupper Wind Turbine Site
Incorporated on 18 December 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3198354.
2008 March RMSenergy wind farms in Pictou and Antigonish Counties
Nova Scotia Power has signed a long-term agreement with RMSenergy for wind farms in Pictou and Antigonish counties. The wind farm in Pictou County will be located on Dalhousie Mountain. 25 kilometres west of New Glasgow. The project will consist of 34 turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 51 megawatts. The other project will be located near Maryvale, 15 kilometres north of Antigonish, with up to four turbines with a nameplate capacity of six megawatts.
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Nova Scotia Power press release 20 March 2008
Incorporated on 14 April 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3130721.
Schneider Power Inc. is an Ontario-based energy company that is interested in developing a wind power project on Goodwin's Island in Shelburne County. President Thomas Schneider says the firm currently has two projects in operation and eight others in development in Canada, the U.S. and Germany. Schneider Power Inc. is a private, Canadian owned and operated company with a focus on developing renewable energy electricity generation by investing directly in clean energy projects. Started in 1892 in Germany, by Schneider's great-great grandfather, the company has a long history of providing electrical power. Schneider wants to develop a small-scale – fewer-than-five-turbine – wind power project on Goodwin's Island. The company, which has owned the island since the 1990s wants to feed electricity from the turbines directly into the Nova Scotia Power grid. Goodwin's Island is located in the Municipality of Barrington, about a kilometre offshore from Lower Woods Harbour.
— Shelburne Coast Guard, 18 September 2007
Incorporated on 25 October 2002.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3071812.
More about Scotian WindFields Inc.
Incorporated on 21 March 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3222988.
Amalgamated on 9 June 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3161252.
Shear Wind Inc. website home page
Shear Wind Inc. Board of Directors
2008 April 2
Mike Magnus, President and CEO of Shear Wind Inc. is pleased to announce that Shear Wind has entered into a 60 megawatt Power Purchase Agreement with Nova Scotia Power in connection with a 20-year power supply commitment to Nova Scotians. The 60 MW of clean electricity will be produced at the Glen Dhu Wind Park in Pictou County, near Merigomish, Nova Scotia. Shear Wind is planning to erect thirty Enercon E-82, 2 MW turbines that will meet the energy demands of 17,500 homes per year. The Glen Dhu Wind Park represents a $150 million investment for Shear Wind in Nova Scotia...
Shear Wind Signs 60 MW Contract Shear Wind media release, 2 April 2008
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Shear Wind Inc. has entrusted the writing of its media releases to someone who obviously has no understanding of electric power. "Shear Wind is planning to erect thirty Enercon E-82, 2 MW turbines that will meet the energy demands of 17,500 homes per year." "per year"? That could not have been written by anyone who understands what a megawatt is. In fact, the original release even manages to misspell that unit (but this mistake has been corrected here). |
2007 October: Shear Wind Buys Merland Wind Project
Shear Wind, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-headquartered renewable energy developer, submitted a bid to Nova Scotia Power's Request For Proposals at the end of August 2007 for a 50 MW to 150 MW wind farm at the company's north central Nova Scotia project site, called Glen Dhu. The company has since purchased the Merland Wind Project from Barrington Wind Energy Ltd. The Merland, Nova Scotia-based project, which has 50 MW of generation potential, complements Shear Wind's Glen Dhu site and provides strategic options for future expansion of Glen Dhu or for developing a stand-alone project, according to Shear Wind's President and CEO Michael Magnus.
— Smart Dolphin GmbH
2007 September 17: Shear Wind Acquires Wind Project
Mike Magnus, President & CEO of Shear Wind Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of a wind project site in Nova Scotia. Shear Wind has been successful in purchasing the Merland Wind Project site previously owned by Barrington Wind Energy Limited. The project is wind tested and has the potential for developing 50 megawatts of electrical generation. The location of Merland, Nova Scotia is complimentary to Shear Wind's Glen Dhu site, and will provide Shear Wind with strategic options for future expansion of Glen Dhu or for developing a stand alone project. Mr. Magnus states, "Shear Wind has a mandate to increase its 'pipeline' of economically viable wind resource properties across Canada, and this acquisition represents a key strategic asset in our quest to provide a long term supply of renewable energy to the Province of Nova Scotia". Mr. Magnus also announces that Shear Wind has successfully submitted its proposal for the Glen Dhu, Nova Scotia project to Nova Scotia Power in response to their Request For Proposal (RFP) which solicited 130 MW of renewable energy that is required to be operational by the end of 2009.
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Shear Wind press release 17 Sep 2007
Another windfarm blowing into Pictou County
On a morning where wind gusts reached 34 km/h, Halifax-based company Shear Wind Inc. announced plans to build the largest Nova Scotia wind turbine park to date near Merigomish. Glen Dhu wind park will be located on 2,420 hectares of privately owned land on Browns Mountain, off Baileys Brook Road. The 30-turbine project will generate 60 megawatts of electricity. Construction is expected to begin in 2008, to be complete in 2009.
Plan to build 30-turbine park in Merigomish area
— New Glasgow Evening News, 2 April 2008
Shear Wind announces Alberta projext
Nova Scotia-based Shear Wind has secured a 100 MW build-out position on the existing Alberta electrical grid for the Glenridge Project located in southeastern Alberta. The Alberta Electric Supply Operator confirmed positive conclusions for interconnection to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. With the recently awarded 60 MW power purchase agreement for Shear Wind's Glen Dhu Project in Nova Scotia, the company now has two projects totaling 160 MW in build-out positions and equating to a capital investment of over $350 million upon completion.
— North American Windpower, Zackin Publications Inc., 6 June 2008
SkyPower is a leading developer of renewable energy projects. The company has interests in over 200 projects at various stages of development, representing over 11,000 MW of potential nameplate capacity. SkyPower is developing significant renewable energy projects in Canada, the United States, India and Panama...
Skypower Corporation 250 Yonge Street, Toronto
Skypower Corporation Board of Directors
Skypower Corporation Senior Management Team
Skypower Corporation Renewable Energy Projects
2007 June 4:— Skypower sells equity stake to Lehman Brothers
SkyPower Corporation, one of Canada's leading renewable energy companies with a substantial portfolio of wind and solar projects across Canada, has announced today that Lehman Brothers and its Private Equity business have acquired a significant equity stake in the company. The investment includes an up-front acquisition payment, commitments to future project financing as well as other investment opportunities in the renewable energy sector...
A portion of the up-front payment will be used by the Adler Renewable Energy Foundation (AREF) a foundation which is being formed to help provide select schools and needy communities in Canada the ability to benefit from clean renewable power by having solar or wind power to augment or replace where possible their current power needs. The current SkyPower management team, led by its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kerry Adler, will continue to be responsible for and oversee all ongoing day-to-day operations as well as the strategic direction of the company.
Kerry Adler, President and CEO of SkyPower commented: "This is an important milestone for SkyPower, our stakeholders and our partners. This transaction with Lehman Brothers provides us a unique solid platform whereby we can accelerate the growth of our business. We believe that we will be better positioned to capture increased opportunities as part of our mandate and commitment to help Canada become a global environmental leader by developing our vast natural renewable power resources and generating clean, green renewable power. Lehman Brothers has clearly demonstrated its leadership and environmental responsibility, and speaking on behalf of the entire SkyPower team we are proud to be affiliated with an organization that is as committed to addressing the issues of climate change."
"We are excited to partner with the SkyPower management team in embracing the dynamic growth opportunities available in wind and solar energy," said Michael Odrich, global head of Private Equity for Lehman Brothers. "This investment is consistent with our Private Equity strategy of backing premier management teams and underscores the Firm's commitment to renewable energy."
Stated Theodore Roosevelt IV, chairman of Lehman Brothers' Council on Climate Change, "Our investment in SkyPower demonstrates the necessary linkage between sound financial decisions and a better environment."
Since its inception in 2003, SkyPower has focused on developing wind and solar power projects and has focused on a community-based development strategy which aims to include the First Nations of Canada and local municipalities in their renewable energy efforts. The extensive background of the SkyPower team and advisors of over 40 strong and growing, is the cornerstone and most critical component of SkyPower's strategic plan...
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Scoop, New Zealand http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0706/S00027.htm
Lehman Brothers 745 Seventh Avenue, New York City
Lehman Brothers Board of Directors
Lehman Brothers Senior Management
Lehman Brothers History from 1850
2008 September 15:— Lehman Brothers Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
2008 May 15:—
Joint venture partners SkyPower Corp. and Scotian WindFields Inc. announced that they have been awarded a long term Power Purchase Agreement by Nova Scotia Power for power produced by a wind project located near Digby, Nova Scotia. Skypower and Scotian WindFields have been awarded a 20-year contract to develop a 30-megawatt wind park in the Municipality of Digby. The 2700-acre wind park is expected to become operational in 2009.
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Long-Term Power Purchase Agreement Awarded by Nova Scotia Power14 May 2008
Incorporated on 10 February 1998.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3016025.
South Shore Power Services Incorporated was incorporated on 10 February 1998. As of 2 December 2001, its registered office was at 1601 Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the company's directors were:
• A. Stephen Probyn, Toronto; Chairman
• Peter Keskinen, Willowdale, Ontario; President
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/business/rjsc/
Incorporated on 14 September 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3093529.
More about The Sou'wester Wind Field Inc.
Incorporated 21 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3097629.
Incorporated on 30 December 2004.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3122439.
Registered on 19 December 2005.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3122474.
Registered on 23 January 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3205232.
Amalgamated on 15 October 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3223056.
Registered on 11 April 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3219040.
Registered on 02 March 2007.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3213905.
Incorporated on 17 February 2006.
Nova Scotia Joint Stock Registry number 3137373.
Wind Prospect Inc.
Wind Prospect Inc. Canadian projects
Wind Prospect is an independent and privately owned wind energy specialist. Expertise offered includes operations, construction management, risk assessment and mitigation, wind resource and energy yield, engineering, contracts, health and safety, leases and rights-of-way, performance analysis and operations. Wind Prospect has played a leading role in the evolution of wind energy in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The company's civil, electrical and mechanical engineers have overseen the commissioning of over forty wind farms and have been involved in operating fifteen projects. Wind Prospect's core business areas are wind farm development, construction and operations – with interests in advisory services and marine renewables. Wind Prospect has formed financial and risk-sharing partnerships with other companies to make significant investments in development in Australia, the UK and China. The Wind Prospect Group has offices in China, Hong Kong, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. By capacity installed, Wind Prospect is the most successful developer in the southern hemisphere.
Wind Prospect Limited 7 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, England
Wind Prospect Inc. Wikipedia
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Wind Maps and Approval Guidelines The Nova Scotia Department of Energy (NSDOE), in conjunction with researchers from Universite de Moncton and the Applied Geomatics Research Group at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), has released maps illustrating provincial wind resources that, if developed for wind power generation, could help the province meet a 20% renewables mandate. As the province gears up for new generation development, the government is working quickly to provide the municipal entities in charge of approving new wind farm proposals with recommended siting and approvals best practices. The new wind resource maps, which are available online to the general public for download in portable document format (.pdf) at no charge, show wind speeds at three elevations, 30 metres above the ground surface, 50 m and 80 m and include data for up to ten kilometres offshore. The NSCC group soon will update the wind map website to include interactive geographic information system options. "The interactive portion of the website will allow users to gain access to the wind resource modeling that was done and view that information with a number of other layers, such as roads, lakes, rivers, transmission lines and provincial national parks," says David Colville, NSCC lead researcher on the project. "Users can browse any portion of the province to locate areas by way of the various features and get a sense of the wind potential with respect to other features that one needs to take into account when looking at developing a project." The wind maps will allow developers to identify potential project sites for development to help the province meet a target of obtaining 20% of Nova Scotia's electricity from renewable resources by 2013 that was set by the government in January 2007. To move the province closer to reaching that target, in March 2007 Halifax-based Nova Scotia Power issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 130 MW of renewable energy. The deadline for proposals to reach NS Power was August 31, and the utility plans to announce the winning bidders by the end of the year or as soon as power purchase agreements have been secured for the proposed projects, according to a spokesperson for NS Power. Projects under the RFP must be in service by November 2009 – a fast approaching deadline that is putting pressure on the municipal authorities charged with reviewing new generation development applications from the RFP's winning bidders. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM), in cooperation with the NSDOE and Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, released an RFP for consulting services to develop model wind turbine zoning by-laws and best practices for Nova Scotia's municipalities. According to the UNSM RFP document, the task of defining how new wind power projects will fit into Nova Scotia's communities falls to municipalities. The RFP document also notes that "very few municipalities in the province are prepared if wind turbine sites are identified for location in their areas." A draft model and guidelines are due under the RFP by 23 November 2007, with a final report due before the end of the year. There is "some urgency" to this initiative, says Peggy Crawford, municipal sustainability coordinator for UNSM. "We want to coordinate the guidelines for the municipalities to have as the NS Power proposals are being considered," she adds... — North American Windpower, Oct 2007, Zackin Publications Inc. — Smart Dolphin GmbH |
2007 September 18 Nova Scotia Wind Atlas Now Available
Nova Scotia's world-class wind resource now comes with its own map. "By 2013, nearly 20 per cent of all Nova Scotia's electricity will come from green sources like wind," said Energy Minister Bill Dooks to government, business and environmental representatives at the Power of Green conference in Halifax, today, Sept. 18th. "Our wind resource is a tremendous opportunity for clean power, and now we have a map to show us that opportunity in detail." Supported by a $78,000 grant from the province, researchers from Universite de Moncton and the Applied Geomatics Research Group at the Nova Scotia Community College have created a wind atlas that illustrates how much wind is available, and where to find it. The atlas will serve as a valuable tool for future wind policy and planning. It will also assist smaller-scale wind developers without resources for mapping to assess the viability of potential projects...
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Province Offers Wind Atlas, Encourages Local Growth Government press release 18 Sep 2007
For the tax year 2006-07, the wind turbine facility tax rate is $5,500.00 per megawatt. For subsequent years, the wind turbine facility tax rate is $5,500.00 per megawatt plus an inflation adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for Canada.
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Wind Turbine Facilities Municipal Taxation Act
Proclaimed: 12 January 2007 #160; #160; In force: 12 January 2007
Tax Legislation Will Promote Wind Energy press release 6 Nov. 2006
Energy Resources Conservation Act
2010 estimates:
— 311 megawatts of wind supply
— 550 kilotonnes annual emission reduction
2013 estimates:
— 22 per cent total electricity supply from renewables
— 581 megawatts of wind supply
— 1,300 kilotonnes annual emission reduction
Province Can Meet Wind Targets...Study Says press release 16 May 2008
Unless otherwise stated, "Act" means an Act of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Where it appears above, "NSL" refers to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
In the old days, Acts were often dated not by the calendar year but by the year of reign of the current sovreign. Example: The Act to incorporate the Kerosene Gas Light Company is often listed as "13 Vic. c. 25", meaning chapter (Act) number 25 passed in March 1850, the 13th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. The legislative references above have all been converted to the calendar year, but the reignal year may be needed if you want to look up the original Act. Example: to find the 1840 Act to incorporate the Halifax Gas Light & Water Company you will need to ask for 3 Vic. c. 16. The conversion between a reignal year and a calendar year is not just a simple addition or subtraction, because the beginning of a reign rarely coincides with the beginning of a calendar year.
"3 Wm. IV" means 26 June 1832 to 25 June 1833
"6 Wm. IV" means 26 June 1835 to 25 June 1836
"5 Vic." means 20 June 1841 to 19 June 1842
"10 Vic." means 20 June 1846 to 19 June 1847
"15 Vic." means 20 June 1851 to 19 June 1852
"20 Vic." means 20 June 1856 to 19 June 1857
"25 Vic." means 20 June 1861 to 19 June 1862
"30 Vic." means 20 June 1866 to 19 June 1867
"35 Vic." means 20 June 1871 to 19 June 1872
"40 Vic." means 20 June 1876 to 19 June 1877
"45 Vic." means 20 June 1881 to 19 June 1882
"50 Vic." means 20 June 1886 to 19 June 1887
"55 Vic." means 20 June 1891 to 19 June 1892
"60 Vic." means 20 June 1896 to 19 June 1897
"4 Edw. VII" means 22 Jan. 1904 to 21 Jan. 1905
"8 Edw. VII" means 22 Jan. 1908 to 21 Jan. 1909
"5 Geo. V" means 6 May 1914 to 5 May 1915
"10 Geo. V" means 6 May 1919 to 5 May 1920
NS wins right to manage
own greenhouse emissions
Halifax, 19 March 2012: The federal government will allow Nova Scotia to manage its own emission regulations for coal-fired power plants, with an exemption from federal rules that will serve as a precedent as Ottawa moves to impose new greenhouse gas targets on the energy sector.
Environment Minister Peter Kent was in Halifax on Monday (19 March 2012) to announce the two governments have agreed in principle on an “equivalency” arrangement in which a province can opt out of federal regulations so long as it has its own measures to achieve the same results.
Nova Scotia has pledged to reduce emissions in its electricity sector by 25 per cent by 2020, and under the federal deal will extend its target to 2030. Rather than regulate each coal-fired plant; it expects to meet its target through renewable energy and partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador's Nalcor Energy in developing the Lower Churchill project which will include an undersea direct current cable to Cape Breton.
Mr. Kent said he expects to publish final regulations by the end of June which would require all new coal-fired plants to meet emission levels generated by the most efficient gas-fired plants. Existing coal plants will have to be shut down at the end of their 40-year commercial lifespan unless refitted with carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS).
The equivalency agreement “allows the province of Nova Scotia to manage its own house” the minister said in an interview from Halifax. “It's not a complicated concept – it requires a partner province to recognize the national targets but fill in the details on its own”...
—Source: Report on Business, page B3, Globe and Mail, 20 March 2012
On 21 August 1941, the Public Utilities Board gave official approval for the sale of five small electric power companies in Kings County, to the Avon River Power Company of Windsor, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nova Scotia Light & Power Company of Halifax. The companies, and the sale price of each, were:
• Habitant Electric Light Company, $800 (incorporated 1921)
• Hillaton Electric Light & Power Company, $350 (31 customers)
• Kingsport Electric Light Company, $2,600
• Pereaux Electric Light & Power Company, $3,250 (incorporated 1934)
• Woodside Electric Light Company, $800
An individual ruling was given for each company; all five decisions are dated 21 August 1941. In each case, approval was given for the sale of "all of its property and assets of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate, including the whole of its undertaking". None of these companies generated electric power; all five bought their electricity wholesale from the electric utility system operated by the Canning Water Commissioners, which got it from the Avon River Power Company.
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1941, pages 82-88
1. G Town of Antigonish
2. G Town of Berwick
3. G Public Service Commission of Bridgewater
4. G Caledonia Power and Water Board, Glace Bay
5. P Canada Electric Company Limited
6. G Town of Canso
7. G Municipality of the District of Clare
8. G Digby County Power Board
9. G Town of Digby
10. G Town of Dominion
11. P Dominion Utilities Company Limited
12. P Eastern Light & Power Company Limited
13. P Edison Electric Light & Power Company Limited of Springhill
14. G Kentville Electric Commission
15. G Town of Liverpool
16. G Town of Lunenburg
17. G Town of Mahone Bay
18. P Milton Hydro Electric Company Limited
19. P Nova Scotia Light & Power Company Limited
20. G Nova Scotia Power Commission
21. G Pictou County Power Board
22. G Town of Pictou
23. G Riverport Electric Light Commission
24. P Seaboard Power Corporation Limited
25. G Town of Shelburne
26. G Truro Electric Commission
27. P Western Nova Scotia Electric Company Limited
28. G Commissioners for the Village of Weymouth
Source: Public Utilities Board Annual Report, 1958, pages 449-450
(The PUB list omits the Nova Scotia Power Commission, which was exempt from PUB supervision.)
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At the beginning of the twentieth century this rapidly growing area (Amherst, Nova Scotia) was in great need of electrical energy. Through the persistence of Hance Logan K.C. of Amherst, Mr. Edison was approached at his home in Orange, New Jersey for permission to test a theory in Nova Scotia regarding electrical output. Mr. Edison had suggested it would be cheaper to set up electrical generators at the source of fuel supply – rather than hauling coal to generating plants, wires would transport the power back to the factories. The Cumberland delegation was warmly received. Mr. Edison was enthusiastic about the matter, though unknown to the men, the key word was 'Nova Scotia' in their introduction. John Edison, Thomas Alva's great-grandfather, then living in New Jersey, barely escaped the hangman's noose at the time of the American Revolution (1776-1783). He had been imprisoned as a Tory sympathizer. By some unrecorded means his wife Sarah managed to rescue him. Ordered from the rebellious Thirteen Colonies, they fled to Digby, Nova Scotia. Their eldest son, Samuel, married in Nova Scotia; his sixth son Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. was born in August 1804. They emigrated to Ontario. Samuel Jr. grew up near Otter Lake, Ontario and took Nancy Elliot as his bride. To them was born a son which Samuel recorded in his family Bible: Thomas Alva Edison born Feb. 11, 1847. They had by now settled in Milan, Ohio. Grandfather Samuel is recorded as having told Thomas Alva of his Nova Scotia roots. The theory tested in Chignecto proved successful. Thomas Edison was invited to the grand opening event of the historical first electrical power plant at the source of fuel supply, a coal mine – the beginning of present day generating plants. This was in April 1907. The fact that Mr. Edison was vacationing in Florida was all that prevented him from arriving in this little mining community. When he arrived home the following telegram was sent: Permit me to congratulate your board of trade and Senator Mitchell on the inauguration of the first power plant on the American Continent for the generation of electricity at the mouth of a coal mine and the distribution of same to distant commercial centres. It is a bold attempt and I never thought it would be first accomplished in Nova Scotia where my father was born over one hundred years ago.
Thomas A. Edison
Source: Cumberland County Genealogical Society
http://www.ccgs.ednet.ns.ca/cumb/cumbco.htm
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