April 7, 2026
Thank you to our customers and to HRM District 13 Councillor Nancy Hartling for sharing some time with us at the recent community reliability meeting at the St. Margaret Sailing Club on April 7, 2026. We appreciated the conversation and thoughtful questions about power service in your area. Common themes included tree trimming, working with landowners, and the order of restoration during power outages. We also heard feedback on the importance of coordinating with Emergency Management and regional offices to identify when comfort centres should be set up during large storms. The meeting also provided an opportunity for our reliability team to share updates on work to improve power service and gather feedback for future planning.
Completed Work
Over the last five years we have invested $1.62 million in work to improve reliability for customers in the Peggy’s Cove area. The majority of this work has been targeted at vegetation management; clearing trees and branches from both the transmission and distribution power lines. This is a long, rural power line that is exposed to rough conditions given its proximity to the Atlantic Coast.
Over the next two years, an additional $6.1 million will be invested to support population growth in the area. This includes installing a new circuit (double circuit power lines) at the Upper Tantallon end of the Peggy’s Cove Road to help serve increasing demand from Tantallon to East Dover, as well as replacing the substation transformer this year at Tidewater, the station at the head of St. Margaret’s Bay. These upgrades will improve reliability of service for all customers we serve in this area.
We are in the second year of our reliability plan, which will see us invest $1.3 billion to continue to strengthen the electricity grid. This includes investing an average of $250 million in projects across Nova Scotia each year, installing protective devices, upgrading lines, replacing poles and transformers, and clearing more trees and branches from power lines to reduce outages. We have nearly doubled our tree trimming investment over the last three years, from $25 million to $45 million each year.
We value these community conversations and hope you find them just as beneficial. We want you to feel informed about the work happening in your area and we are committed to making sure you have service you can count on. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your Reliability Advisor, Andrea McQuillin, if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Keith O'Callaghan | Reliability Work Execution, Nova Scotia Power
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