Nova Scotia Power Responding to Tropical Storm Lee

Tropical storm Lee continues to batter Nova Scotia creating dangerous conditions across the province. The tropical storm force winds have brought down trees and knocked out power to over 100,000 customers as of 8:30am, many in the western part of the province (South Shore, Tri-County and Annapolis Valley) and the metro area. Winds have reached over 100km/hour in parts of the west and over 90 km/hour in downtown Halifax.

Preparing for Hurricane Lee: NS Power to Activate Emergency Operations Centre

Nova Scotia Power will be activating its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Friday at 12pm, (September 15) ahead of the first significant storm expected to impact Nova Scotia this hurricane season.

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Nova Scotia Power Opens Emergency Operations Centre

Nova Scotia Power opened its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) as of 5am Saturday morning in response to severe thunderstorms impacting parts of the province causing outages.

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Nova Scotia Power awards scholarships and bursaries for 2023

NS Power is pleased to announce the recipients selected for its 2023 Scholarship and Bursary Program.

NS Power working with partners to support customers in safely returning home

Our team at NS Power continues to coordinate its response with the Department of Natural Resources & Renewables (DNRR) and Fire Command Centres to assess damage to electrical equipment from the wildfires in Tantallon and Shelburne County.