Nova Scotia Power and a wind developer in Amherst must split the $4.35-million bill to connect a proposed wind project to the power grid, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board ruled Friday.
The utility must hand over $2.18 million and Spanish conglomerate Acciona Energy will pay $2.35 million towards the connection costs of the 30-megawatt wind park in Cumberland County.
The board said this was a "reasonable approach" to resolve the dispute between NSP and Acciona’s representative Amherst Wind Power LP.
Acciona signed a power purchase agreement with the power company in May 2008. The wind project was supposed to be operating by Nov. 30, 2009, but it not in operation and its future is uncertain.
Acciona, which has headquarters in Chicago, did not return phone calls Friday.
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UARB decision can be found at: http://www.nsuarb.ca/images/stories/pdf/Decisions/10Jan/168931%20nspi%20and%20amherst%20wind%20power%20lp.pdf
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