{"id":63337,"date":"2026-03-26T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=63337"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:30:00","slug":"pcs-vote-down-liberal-bill-to-limit-n-s-powers-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=63337","title":{"rendered":"PC&#8217;s vote down Liberal bill to limit N.S. Power&#8217;s profits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A release from the N.S. Liberals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> On Wednesday, N.S. Liberals forced a recorded vote on Opposition Bill 211, legislation aimed at limiting Nova Scotia Power\u2019s return on equity to curb the utility\u2019s profits and make electricity rates more<br>affordable for families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Houston government used its supermajority to vote the bill down \u2013 on the very same day the Energy Board approved another rate hike for Nova Scotians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its own submission to the Energy Board, the government argued that the utility\u2019s return on equity<br>should be capped at 7.6 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet when given the opportunity to enshrine that limit in law and deliver real relief, government MLAs voted against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNova Scotians are being asked to pay more, while the government refuses to act on the very solution it says it supports,\u201d said Interim Liberal Leader Iain Rankin. \u201cIf the government truly believes Nova Scotia Power needs to be reined in, today was their chance to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, the Premier issued a statement expressing disappointment with the Energy Board\u2019s<br>decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, instead of being in the Legislature to vote on measures that could help lower costs, he is in Texas attending a conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to send out a statement after the fact,\u201d said House Leader Derek Mombourquette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the Premier is disappointed, he should be here taking responsibility and supporting solutions \u2013<br>not missing the vote when Nova Scotians needed leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A release from the N.S. Liberals HALIFAX: On Wednesday, N.S. Liberals forced a recorded vote on Opposition Bill 211, legislation aimed at limiting Nova Scotia Power\u2019s return on equity to curb the utility\u2019s profits and make electricity rates moreaffordable for families. The Houston government used its supermajority to vote the bill down \u2013 on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2007,1866,1867,260,1077,2517],"class_list":["post-63337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-derek-mombourquette","tag-iain-rankin","tag-n-s-liberals","tag-n-s-power","tag-nova-scotia","tag-premier-tim-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}