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We tracked N.S. power outages in 2024. There were unplanned outages nearly every day (www.cbc.ca)
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An analysis of power outage data shows that there was at least one unplanned outage in Nova Scotia nearly every day in 2024.

Over the year, there were more than 4,700 outages, recording just a single day without an unplanned outage.

The typical reliability standard is fewer than two outages per person per year, said University of Calgary energy economics professor Lucija Muehlenbachs.

"So I'd say it sounds like a tremendous number of outages in terms of frequency."

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Emera.

[–] vastard 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ever-increasing fines for poor performance might finally be showing an effect. I’m not a Houston super fan but I do approve of his rhetoric of holding Emera responsible for its poor planning and lack of preventative maintenance.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

4700 unplanned outages doesn't seem like progress.

[–] vastard 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From a customer’s perspective it’s been frustrating and atrocious. But before the new fine structure was introduced they were allowed to do whatever the UARB would rubber stamp. Now at least there’s a penalty to sucking.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It really doesn't seem like they are improving.

[–] vastard 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. If the fine for not meeting the standard continues to increase every year eventually it will be too big to write off as a cost of doing business.

I hate that I have a for-profit corporation for a utility.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

We have the same utility provider and I think it should be renationalized