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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


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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

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.


 

 


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 = repealed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.