Put in the kilowatt-hours from your Town of Mahone Bay power bill and see what it should come to at 2026 rates — and what the same use cost before the 2023 and 2024 increases.
Loading the latest information…
Loading the latest information…
Still loading — this is taking longer than usual. There’s no need to reload.
This still hasn’t loaded. It looks stuck rather than slow, so reloading is worth a try now.
Town Tools builds free, public tools for Mahone Bay and towns around the world. AI researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.
From Town Tools. For the current version, visit https://www.towntools.org/mahone-bay-nova-scotia-ca/electricity-bill
kilowatt-hours (kWh), the usage figure on your power bill
Your bill shows the kilowatt-hours used since the last meter reading.
The rates on a two-month bill
How much
Price
up to 400 kWh
$0.2115
everything above 400 kWh
$0.1832
Your estimated two-month bill
At 2026 rates
$278.31
every two months
Electricity
$271.65
Rate-increase rider (2026–2027)
$6.66
Total
$278.31
Electricity includes the service charge for two months, your metered use, any per-unit charges listed and tax.
The Nova Scotia Energy Board approved this rider in January 2026 to recover the part of the 2023 rate increase that was held back when that increase was capped at 20%. It is 0.5289¢ on every kWh from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027, and then it ends.
The same use on earlier rates
Year
Estimated bill
2016
$197.90
2019–2022
$203.76
2023 (from 28 April)
$243.96
2024–2025
$271.66
2026 (now)
$278.31
Earlier rates are the residential rates the Town of Mahone Bay lists on its electric utility page, which rounds them to the hundredth of a cent; the rider did not exist before 2026. Every row uses today's tax (5% GST), so the difference is the rates alone.
Mahone Bay is one of the few towns in Nova Scotia that runs its own power utility, so the rates on your bill are the Town's, approved by the Nova Scotia Energy Board — not Nova Scotia Power's.
An estimate, not your bill
This is a guide, not your actual bill. Real bills depend on your meter size, your exact metered use, and any adjustments or programs you qualify for. Check your bill, or ask whoever bills you, for the exact figures.
Why the bills keep rising
Why the rates went up
About 60% of the Town's power is bought from NB Power and about 40% comes from the Ellershouse wind farm it owns with Antigonish and Berwick. In 2022 the utility applied for an increase because the cost of the power it buys had jumped. The Board approved it in April 2023 but capped it at 20%, and the part held back is what the 2026–2027 rider now collects.
The Town's rate is set per month: the first 200 kWh a month at 21.1548¢, the rest at 18.3169¢, and a $13.78 service charge. Bills come every two months, so this page doubles the block and the charge — the first 400 kWh on the bill, and $27.56, which is how the Town states the service charge on its own page. A bill covering a few more or fewer days will differ a little.
The tax on this bill
Electricity in Nova Scotia carries 14% HST, but the provincial part, 9%, is rebated on home electricity, so a home pays the 5% federal part. The figures here include that 5%. The rebate is normally taken off the bill itself; if it is missing from yours, the Province takes applications for it.
There is also an optional time-of-day rate, only for homes with electric thermal storage or in-floor radiant heating approved by the utility: a $30.91 monthly service charge, cheaper power at night and at weekends, and dearer weekday daytime and evening power in December, January and February. This page prices the ordinary home rate; call Town Hall at 902-624-8327 if you are on the other one.