How well-managed electrification can help electricity rates
Timing new electricity use to lower-cost hours can help recover grid costs while managing peak-demand impacts.
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Atlantic Canada’s Energy Transition
News, analysis and perspectives on the projects, technologies and policies shaping our region.
Coverage of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador by David Brushett, P.Eng. Explore solar, battery storage, electrification, district energy and energy management. Archive articles retain their original publication dates.
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Nova Scotia’s roadmap for distributed energy resources
A roadmap sets out a path for customer-sited resources to provide more value to customers and the electricity system.
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Electrification and the 2035 ambition
An Atlantic Canadian energy-use comparison puts a broader electrification ambition in regional context.
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The regulatory barrier holding back strategic electrification
What a cost-effectiveness test counts as valuable helps determine which energy solutions receive support.
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New Brunswick net metering: a conversation with CBC
Reflections on proposed net-metering changes in New Brunswick, lessons from Nova Scotia and the value of regional energy collaboration.
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The Maritimes’ energy management advantage
The people working inside businesses and institutions are a regional strength worth building on.
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What Ontario’s battery procurement means for electricity planning
Ontario’s latest capacity procurement offers a Canadian market benchmark for storage, with an important distinction between capacity payments and equipment costs.
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How a warming climate changes electricity planning
Heating and cooling degree-day trends show how a changing climate is entering utility load forecasts.
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Nova Scotia’s right to self-generate
A reflection on the provincial framework supporting customers who generate their own renewable electricity.
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Customer-sited backup generators: an existing capacity resource
How suitably equipped standby generators could provide limited peak support while preserving emergency readiness.
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Batteries versus gas: lessons from PEI’s capacity review
An independent review makes the case for comparing proposed gas capacity directly with a battery alternative.
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Atlantic Canada’s electrification progress
What the 2012–2023 sector comparison shows about the shift from fuels to electricity.
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Falling battery costs change the planning picture
Lower storage cost assumptions and higher gas costs are reshaping the relative economics of Nova Scotia’s resource options.
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