Nova Scotia Introduces Measure to Allow Hydropower to Qualify as Renewable Energy

OTTAWA—The Nova Scotia government has introduced legislation (Bill 15) that would permit the use of hydropower to meet the province’s 2020 goal to have 40 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources, Energy Minister Charlie Parker said April 8.

The proposed amendments to the Electricity Act would confirm that hydropower electricity imported from Newfoundland and Labrador’s proposed Lower Churchill project would qualify as a renewable source, clearing the way for regulations to make the 40 percent renewable electricity goal a firm legal requirement, Parker said in a news statement.

When the Lower Churchill project starts distributing electricity, ...