Lunenburg residents could be looking at a power rate increase next year. Mayor Laurence Mawhinney says the Electric Utility may have to increase rates because they've been falling behind NSPI cost increases and running close to a deficit. Mawhinney says a meeting is planned to discuss options for the six municipal owned electrical utilities in the province. He says Nova Scotia Power has the capacity to do more to assist the small utilities with helping their citizens learn how to conserve energy, and what measures should be adapted in homes and businesses to do that. Lunenburg, Riverport and Mahone Bay along with Antigonish, Berwick, and Canso make up Nova Scotia's first ever inter-municipal electrical co-operative.
