Still more power rate increases likely
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NDP leader Claudia Chender told reporters the decision by the UARB shows Houston was “speaking out of both sides of his mouth” when it came to his handling of the power rate issue.
“The premier came out and he said, ‘We have saved Nova Scotians from this rate increase, rates will not go up more than 1.8%.’ That wasn’t true at the time,” said Chender. “We now understand that that wasn’t true. And we always knew that that wasn’t true. Bill 212 didn’t deal with fuel. This agreement is all about fuel. And so it was a good sound bite at the time, but it wasn’t true. And so Nova Scotians are still faced with incredibly unaffordable power.”
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