NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Power your balcony, not your bill

Photo: Shhewitt / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Canadians have taken action

Goal: 500 by September 1

The Public Utilities Board, with cabinet direction, can carve out a simplified pathway for certified plug-in systems. Newfoundland is the only province where private generation requires an exemption, the exemption mechanism already exists. Every signature is delivered with the email it generated.

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The Balcony Solar Saver

When Newfoundland and Labrador unlocks this, here's what it pays back.

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

$49
Saved per year
10 yr 7 mo
Pays back in
675 kWh
Generated per year

What's blocking it

What's blocking it in Newfoundland and Labrador

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 Newfoundland and Labrador

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

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Pathways available
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Need legislation
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With precedent

What's next

Help build the Newfoundland and Labrador campaign

No campaign coalition yet in Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 Newfoundland and Labrador

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