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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

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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

3        (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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

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