NOVA SCOTIA POWER
NOVA SCOTIA POWER IS MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSFORMATION WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE . OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY LEADER MIKE GREENE AND SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR ROB MACNEIL EXPLAIN HOW THE LEADING UTILITY EMBRACES CHANGE
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N ova Scotia Power ( NSP ) is a fully-integrated power utility proudly serving 500,000 residential , commercial and industrial customers across the province as its primary electricity provider since the early 1900s . A 1,700 strong team help manage $ 4.1bn worth of generation , transmission and distribution assets producing more than 10,000 gigawatt hours of electricity each year .
To keep up with an ever-evolving industry which is increasingly focused on sustainability , the power giant is embracing radical change with a move away from coal and oil-based generation . The shift to renewables prompts the need for significant transformation across the business to meet its 40 % renewables target by 2020 . Utilising a fuel mix of hydro , tidal , wind , coal , oil , biomass and natural gas to generate electricity , its facilities can produce as much as 2,453 megawatts of electricity delivered across 32,000 km of transmission and distribution lines throughout Nova Scotia .
SEPTEMBER 2019