Business Rates

Availability

For customers that elect to take service under the Small General tariff, where the General tariff is otherwise applicable, the following conditions apply:

• Customers must make a written request to take service under the Small General tariff.
• Customers can switch rate classes twice in a 24-month period.
• After switching, customers shall take service under this tariff for a minimum of six months subject to meeting the load threshold criteria.

Base Charge

$21.280 per month

Energy Charge

18.872¢ per kilowatt hour for the first 200 kilowatt hours per month
17.146¢ per kilowatt hour for all additional kilowatt hours

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM) 

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

Minimum Monthly Charge

The minimum monthly charge shall be $21.280.

Sample Small General Bill

Seasonal Electric Service (Regulation 3.3)

The contract period for all seasonal accounts is from May 1 to October 31, in any calendar year. Electric service to seasonal customers will remain connected during the winter period from November 1, to the following April 30 and the base charge will not be billed during these winter months, nor will bills be rendered. Energy used beyond October 31 will be billed on the first regular billing after May 1, or the final bill, whichever comes first. A disconnection charge, as set fort in the Schedule of Charges, will be applied when the seasonal electric service is physically disconnected at the request of the customer. The standard connection charge will apply if electric service is subsequently reconnected.

Seasonal commercial electric service will apply to self-contained seasonal commercial businesses (i.e. campgrounds, ice cream barns, tourist bureaus, fixed and mobile canteens, kiosks, and federal/provincial park entrance booths). Seasonal commercial service is only available to customers taking service under the Small General Rate and NS Power is satisfied that the electric service is being used on a seasonal basis, not year round. 

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

This tariff is applicable to electric power and energy where the annual consumption is 32,000 kWh or greater and for which no other rates are applicable.

For General tariff customers eligible for the Small General tariff the following conditions apply:

• Customers must make a written request to take service under the Small General tariff.
• Customers can switch rate classes twice in a 24-month period.
• After switching, customers shall take service under this tariff for a minimum of six months subject to meeting the load threshold criteria.

Demand Charge

$10.554 per month per kilowatt of maximum demand

Energy Charge

15.532 ¢ per kilowatt hour for the first 200 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of maximum demand
12.235 ¢ per kilowatt hour for all additional kilowatt hours

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM)

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

Maximum per kW.h Charge / Minimum Bill

The maximum charge per kW.h will be that for a billing load factor of 10% except that the minimum monthly bill shall not be less than $21.28.

Sample General Unit Cost

The average unit cost to the customer varies according to the billing demand and energy relationship measured by “ Load ”. Average unit costs (¢/kW.h) are shown for a range of load factors. Monthly customer cost = ¢/kW.h x consumption (kW.h).

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

This tariff is applicable to three phase electric power and energy supplied at the low voltage side of the bulk power transformer to any industrial customer having a regular billing demand of 2,000 kV.A or 1,800 kW, and over.

Demand Charge

$13.845 per month per kilovolt ampere of maximum demand of the current month or the maximum actual demand of the previous December, January or February occurring in the previous eleven (11) months.

Energy Charge

12.256¢ per kilowatt hour.

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM)

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

Minimum Monthly Charge

The minimum monthly charge shall be the greater of $21.280.

Sample Large General Unit Cost

The average unit cost to the customer varies according to the billing demand and energy relationship measured by “ Load Factor ”. Average unit costs (¢/kW.h) are shown for a range of load factors. Monthly customer cost = ¢/kW.h x consumption (kW.h).

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

This tariff is applicable to electric power and energy supplied to any customer, for industrial use, including farming and processing, where the regular billing demand is less than 250 kV.A or 225 kW.

Demand Charge

$8.332 per month per kilovolt ampere of maximum demand

Energy Charge

14.528¢ per kilowatt hour for the first 200 kilowatt hours per month per kilovolt ampere of maximum demand
11.954¢ per kilowatt hour for all additional kilowatt hours

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

Maximum per kW.h Charge / Minimum Bill

The maximum charge per kW.h will be that for a billing load factor of 10% except that the minimum monthly bill shall not be less than $21.280.

Sample Small Industrial Unit Cost

The average unit cost to the customer varies according to the billing demand and energy relationship measured by “ Load Factor ”. Average unit costs (¢/kW.h) are shown for a range of load factors. Monthly customer cost = ¢/kW.h x consumption (kW.h).

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Real Time Pricing tariffs are electricity prices that vary hourly according to Nova Scotia Power's varying cost of generation. This provides customers an opportunity to reduce electricity costs by managing their consumption to take advantage of lower priced electricity during off-peak periods (overnight, weekends and holidays).

Availability

Real Time Pricing Tariffs are available to customers who have loads of 2,000 KVA or 1,800 KW and over. 

Demand Charge

NIL 

Energy Charge

Based on the company's actual hourly marginal energy costs, plus the following fixed cost adders for on-peak and off-peak usage: 

Extra High Voltage

Available to customers served at transmission voltage of 138 kV or higher.
    On-peak (7:00am - 11:00pm, non-holiday weekdays) - 5.071 ¢ kWh
    Off-peak (11:00pm - 7:00am, non-holiday weekdays) - 0.475 ¢ kWh 

High Voltage

Available to customers served at transmission voltage of 69 kV.
    On-peak (7:00am - 11:00pm, non-holiday weekdays) - 6.813 ¢ kWh
    Off-peak (11:00pm - 7:00am, non-holiday weekdays) - 0.828 ¢ kWh 

Distribution Voltage

Available to customers served at distribution voltage less than 69 kV.
    On-peak (7:00am - 11:00pm, non-holiday weekdays) - 8.991 ¢ kWh
    Off-peak (11:00pm - 7:00am, non-holiday weekdays) - 2.582 ¢ kWh

Weekend and holiday fixed cost adders are set at the off-peak price during all hours of the day.

These adders shall be developed annually based on budgeted costs and submitted to the Nova Scotia Energy Board for approval. 

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

Available to customers with three phase electric power and energy supplied at the low voltage side of the bulk power transformer to any industrial customer having a regular billing demand of 2,000 kV.A or 1,800 kW, and over.

Demand Charge

$12.601 per month per kilovolt ampere of maximum demand of the current month or the maximum actual demand of the previous December, January or February occurring in the previous eleven (11) months. 

Distribution Cost Adder

$1.632 per month per kilovolt ampere of maximum demand of the current month or the maximum actual demand of the previous December, January or February occurring in the previous eleven (11) months. For customers connected at distribution level. 

Energy Charge

11.227¢ per kilowatt hour for firm sales
11.204¢ per kilowatt hour for interruptible sales

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

This rider will be available to a minimum regular billing demand of 2 000 kV.A at 90% Power Factor, under the following terms and conditions:

1. The customer has provided written notice of his desire to take service under this option, identifying that portion of the load that is to be firm and that portion that is to be interruptible (minimum 2,000 kV.A).
2. The customers will reduce their available interruptible system load by the amount requested by NSP within ten (10) minutes of such request by the Company.
3. Following interruption, service may only be restored by the customer with approval of the Company.
4. Failure to comply in whole or in part with a request to interrupt load will result in penalty charges. The penalty charge shall be twice the cost of the appropriate firm billing effective at that time for the consumption used in that billing period.
5. Should any customer under this rider desire to be served under any appropriate firm service rate, a five (5) year advance written notice must be given to the Company so as to ensure adequate capacity availability. Requests for conversion to firm service will be treated in the same manner as all other requests for firm service received by the Company. The Company may, however, permit an earlier conversion. In the event that the Customer desires to return to interruptible service in the future, the Customer may convert to interruptible service following two (2) years of service under the firm tariff. The Company may permit an earlier conversion from firm to interruptible service.
6. Interruption is limited to 16 hours per day and 5 days per week to a maximum of 30% of the hours per month and 15% of the hours in a year.

Demand Discount

Customers who qualify for interruptible service will receive a $7.486 per month per kilovolt ampere reduction in demand charge for billed interruptible demand. The billed interruptible demand is defined as the difference between any contracted firm demand requirements and the total billing demand. Where the billing demand is less than the contracted firm demand, no interruptible credit shall apply. The billed interruptible demand will be the maximum interruptible demand of the current month or the maximum actual interruptible demand of the previous December, January or February occurring in the previous eleven (11) months. 

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Availability

The following rates are applicable to senior citizen's clubs, service clubs, volunteer fire departments, Royal Canadian Legions, community halls, recreational facilities owned by a community and used for general community purposes or religious institutions  and a non-profit farmers’ market with a valid public market who qualify as a Charitable Organization under Subsection 3 of Section 73 of the Public Utilities Act, R.S.N.S. 1987, C380, as amended.

Customer Charge

$19.17 per month

Energy Charge

18.187¢ per kilowatt hour.

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

Energy Charge

18.799¢ per kilowatt hour for all metered kilowatt hours per month. 

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM)

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM)

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

Low Pressure Sodium

High Pressure Sodium  

Metallic Additive

Light Emitting Diode (LED) - Operating Only 

Light Emitting Diode (LED) less than 30 watts for Traffic Control Signals only

Light Emitting Diode (LED) - Operating and Capital Only (Municipal Customers)

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules. 

Demand Charge

$12.314 per month per kilowatt of connected load.

Energy Charge

16.735¢ per kilowatt hour for the first 200 kilowatt hours per month per kilowatt of connected load.

12.003¢ per kilowatt hour for all additional kilowatt hours.

Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM)

The FAM Actual Adjustment (AA) and Balance Adjustment (BA) charges or credits (in cents per kilowatt-hour) applicable to the Tariff for the current rate year, shown in the FAM Tariff, shall apply. These charges are accounted for within the energy charge on your bill. To view the cents per kilowatt-hour charge, click here.

The Demand Side Management Cost Recovery Rider (DCRR) 

Maximum Per kW.h Charge / Minimum Bill

The maximum charge per kW.h will be that for a billing load factor of 10% except that the minimum monthly bill for the electric power and energy portion of the Miscellaneous Lighting and Small Loads tariff shall be $21.280 per month if such unmetered service is billed separately from any metered account.

Disclaimer

Tariffs, rates and descriptors shown are for information purposes only. Official tariffs as per Nova Scotia Energy Board approved Rates and Regulations schedules.

The Fuel Adjustment Mechanism is a program regulated by the Nova Scotia Energy Board. It ensures your bill accurately reflects the true costs of producing electricity. Every year, NS Power forecasts the fuel costs of producing electricity. It’s an estimate and like any estimate, it may turn out to be too high or too low. When we tally up the actual fuel costs of producing power for the year, we use these numbers to calculate a new energy rate. Your rate may go down or it may go up.