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Approvals of Natural Gas Transportation Contracts Regulations

made under

Section 118 of the

Public Utilities Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 380

O.I.C. 2019-165 (effective June 4, 2019), N.S. Reg. 80/2019

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Application for approval of contract

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Approvals of Natural Gas Transportation

Contracts Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“contract” means a proposed or existing contract, entered into either directly or by

a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSPI, for the transportation of natural gas that is

acquired for the benefit of NSPI’s customers;

“NSPI” means Nova Scotia Power Incorporated.

Application for approval of contract

(1) NSPI may apply to the Board for approval of a contract.

(2) The Board must approve a contract that

(

a) is for a term of longer than 2 years; and

(

b) is in the public interest, as determined by the Board.

(3) The Board’s approval under subsection (2) may be subject to any terms and

conditions it considers appropriate.

(4) NSPI may recover the costs it incurs under a contract approved under these

regulations in its rates in the manner determined by the Board.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Approvals

of Natural Gas Transportation Contracts Regulations

N.S.

Reg. 80/ 2019

Public Utilities Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form

part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of

Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Approvals of Natural Gas Transportation Contracts Regulations made

under the Public Utilities Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

80/2019

Jun 4, 2019

date specified

Jun 21, 2019

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included

in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.