NOVA SCOTIA

Power your balcony, not your bill

Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Canadians have taken action

Goal: 1,000 by September 1

The Minister of Natural Resources & Renewables and Nova Scotia Power can approve simplified interconnection for certified plug-in solar. Every signature is delivered with the email it generated.

0% of the way there

The Balcony Solar Saver

When Nova Scotia unlocks this, here's what it pays back.

An 800W south-facing balcony solar system in Halifax, against the local residential rate. Real numbers from the same model that powers our methodology.

$61
Saved per year
8 yr 4 mo
Pays back in
708 kWh
Generated per year

What's blocking it

What's blocking it in Nova Scotia

Here's the regulatory picture, what's settled, what's friction, what's actively blocking.

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Issues identified
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Actively blocking
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Add friction

How to fix it

How to unlock it in Nova Scotia

No new legislation is needed. The authority to make these changes already exists.

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Pathways available
Zero
Need legislation
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With precedent

What's next

Help build the Nova Scotia campaign

No campaign coalition yet in Nova Scotia, be the first to put your name to it.

Talk to your condo board

Most condo and rental bylaws were written before plug-in solar existed. Start the conversation with your board, even a single panel on a south-facing balcony is enough to put the question on the agenda.

Three ways to unlock Nova Scotia

Email your rep · read the regulations · learn the pathway.