We live in Nova Scotia and wanted to change to solar. Our monthly cost for electricity is around 170 dollars on average. The estimate to change to solar was 35,000 minus the 3,000 provincial rebate. With the 10 year interest free loan, our monthly bill would be around 300 dollars. This estimate was from the solar company. There were some additional costs that pushed the monthly bill to 300. Also, we need to upgrade our electrical service to 200 amp service. Now, if I estimate that the cost of electricity will go up by 5 percent per year over the next 10 years, it will take us around 16 years to break even if there are no issues with the system that are not covered under warranty or with the inverter that only has a 10 year warranty. This cost of going green is still too high.

NS resident here. There are a lot of houses and to keep costs manageable they don't always check the meters, and may just bill you for estimated usage based on your last bills. That is likely what happened to the house that burned down. There is a way to contact customer service and force them to send someone out to check the meter to ensure an accurate bill. They are now also putting in smart meters which will eliminate the need for someone to actually come to your house to check it, therefore giving a more accurate bill.

I moved here 3 years ago. My monthly utilities went down about $100. I don't pay for water now that I'm on a well. I was paying $90/month for municipal water. Nat gas is gone but offset by electricity. My electricity was $100/month and now $200 or so depending on season. In NS, we pay 2nd highest electricity price in the country. Quebec is the cheapest. NSPower is MANDATED to have a 8% profit, so we pay more when they have a bad year. Every $100 we pay, $8 goes to shareholders. We the customers pay for the lean years while shareholders reap 8% .

We live in Ontario. Looking at Nova Scotia too. I'm jealous.

There is a water bill which comes every 3 month if you are hooked to municipal waters. I live in halifax our water bill is avg $250 every 3 months. Property tax is higher too in HRM.

Nova Scotia power has so many disgruntled employees their business is being sabotaged every minute of the day!!! I love it but I do feel sorry for the customers.

I have been using a Nova Scotia power cellular telephone for three years for free🎉🎉🎉

Solar is way to go and gen

Why was it so high for the first 7 days though?

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did you enroll in the daylight saving time. It doesn't come stock lol

Well all you people that move to the Atlantic provinces...if you don't like it here we'd all be glad if you move back from where u came from