BEC Rates

March 2024:
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has approved the Berwick Electric Commission's flow-through rate application. 

The Schedule of Rates for Electric Supply and Services for 2024, Schedule “A”, is approved for service rendered on and after March 15, 2024.




January 2024:
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has approved new rates for the Berwick Electric Commission, which will be applied to the customer’s next bill. Domestic customers will see a 3.44 cent per kWh increase. All other rate classes can be viewed through the full board order.

The full board order can be found here FULL BOARD ORDER

Rates charged by the Berwick Electric Commission, have remained comparably low for many years through a combination of tight management of operating costs, and the development of wind resources in collaboration with the Towns of Antigonish, and Mahone Bay. The Ellershouse Wind Farm, Factorydale Hydro Dam, and new Community Solar Garden supply 68% of the community’s energy. The remaining 32% of power is imported and impacted by serious escalations in fuel prices in the world markets.

Our collective work through AREA (Alternative Resource Energy Authority), owned by the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick and Mahone Bay, to secure and build renewable energy resources will help protect Berwick Electrical Commission customers from market rate increases in the future.

The Berwick Electric Commission cannot maintain its financial health and provide reliable service without adjusting rates to reflect the new reality of high market energy costs and future capital replacements. Local utility customers receive superior service through excellent response times and quicker turnarounds on electrical inspection requests.

The transition away from fossil fuels for heating and transportation, combined with our increasingly renewable energy supply, provides a pathway for stable customer rates and increased financial health for the Utility. The future is bright, but these next several years will be difficult as we remain exposed to volatile market prices.