{"id":17894,"date":"2025-02-22T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/nova-scotia-power-customers-question-power-bills-that-have-doubled-tripled-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:16:14","slug":"nova-scotia-power-customers-question-power-bills-that-have-doubled-tripled-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/nova-scotia-power-customers-question-power-bills-that-have-doubled-tripled-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia Power customers question power bills that have doubled, tripled &#8211; Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Higher power bills in the winter aren\u2019t uncommon, but some <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/nova-scotia-power\">Nova Scotia Power<\/a> customers opened their bills this month to find a shocking increase.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Shayne Worsdale, who lives in Upper Vaughan, N.S., says his $500 bill is more than double what he normally pays this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a shock, I have to say,\u201d he said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had any bills that have been even close to this last winter when we were using it with the same amount (of electricity). So I don\u2019t quite understand why there\u2019s been a surge, so to speak, in usage or recorded usage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worsdale is one of dozens of customers with complaints Global News spoke with or was contacted by.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Patrick Abbott of Hammonds Plains, N.S. saw a $700 increase in his bill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just want them to charge me what I owe. And I truly do not believe I owe $1,350 for two months of power when I\u2019ve done nothing differently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after speaking with Global News, Abbott says the utility company called him to say they will test his meter for faults, but confirmed he\u2019s still on the hook for the bill currently.<\/p>\n<p>In Truro, N.S., Alexandria Whyte says she\u2019s been fighting with Nova Scotia Power over her $1,000 bills for her 800-square-foot home.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s tried lowering her family\u2019s power usage, but it hasn\u2019t made a difference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEven when I wasn\u2019t home for three months, my bill still increased by 137 per cent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029665\/alberta-separatist-usa-billboard\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Still-2025-02-21-13h50m07s409.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Alberta separatist behind divisive \u2018Let\u2019s join the USA!\u2019 billboard\" data-title=\"\">Alberta separatist behind divisive \u2018Let\u2019s join the USA!\u2019 billboard<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028746\/chantal-kreviazuk-4-nations-final-anthem-lyric\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-nations-canada-usa.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Chantal Kreviazuk changes Canadian anthem lyric to protest Trump remarks\" data-title=\"\">Chantal Kreviazuk changes Canadian anthem lyric to protest Trump remarks<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cSo, I don\u2019t understand how, if I\u2019m not home using any form of electricity except for heating my home, how is my bill increasing\u00a0 that much and so fast?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation got to the point where she tried lowering her heat so low, her pipes froze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that I\u2019m overusing the heating, because when I try to decrease it to the point that I have a manageable bill, I end up with frozen pipes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nova Scotia Power couldn\u2019t speak specifically about individual cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a statement, their director of customer care, Chris Lanteigne, encouraged people with concerns to reach out to the utility company.<\/p>\n<p>Lanteigne says in part, \u201cEvery customer\u2019s situation is unique and we have a compassionate team of Nova Scotians who are dedicated to providing advice, options, resources and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029617\/nova-scotia-power-customers-power-bills-doubled-tripled\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higher power bills in the winter aren\u2019t uncommon, but some Nova Scotia Power customers opened their bills this month to find a shocking increase. Shayne Worsdale, who lives in Upper Vaughan, N.S., says his $500 bill is more than double what he normally pays this time of the year. \u201cThis was a shock, I have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nova Scotia Power customers question power bills that have doubled, tripled - Halifax - Toronto Tribune<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/nova-scotia-power-customers-question-power-bills-that-have-doubled-tripled-halifax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nova Scotia Power customers question power bills that have doubled, tripled - Halifax - Toronto Tribune\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Higher power bills in the winter aren\u2019t uncommon, but some Nova Scotia Power customers opened their bills this month to find a shocking increase. 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