Pictou County Gas Plants Will Not Get Full Federal Impact Assessments, Agency Decides

Pictou County gas plants will not get full federal impact assessments, agency decides

The federal agency in charge of regulating complex industrial projects will not do a full assessment of two proposed natural gas power plants in Pictou County, N.S.

Federal Agency Rules Two Proposed Fast-Acting Electricity Generation Projects in Pictou County Do Not Require Additional Federal Assessment

Two proposed fast-acting electricity generation projects in Pictou County have received decisions from the federal government.   I-E-S-O Nova Scotia, the not-for-profit entity created by the province to assume electricity system planning and real-time grid operations says it has been informed by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada that the two plants do not require additional federal assessment.  The two 300 megawatt facilities would be locat…

IESO N.S. receives federal decisions on needed fast-acting electricity generation projects

HALIFAX: IESO Nova Scotia has received decisions from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada May 15 that determined that the two 300 megawatt fast-acting generation facilities proposed for Marshdale and Salt Springs do not require additional federal assessment. With these decisions, the Impact Assessment Agency indicates that it finds existing federal and provincial legislative and […]

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada says no to a federal assessment of the two fossil gas plants proposed for Pictou County

The IAAC didn’t use the full 180 days it has to decide whether or not it would undertake a federal impact assessment.