Nova Scotia gas prices jump by 7 cents after interrupter clause invoked – Halifax | 24CA News
Gas costs in Nova Scotia went up by 7.3 cents early Tuesday morning after the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board triggered the interrupter clause, which permits it to make worth changes outdoors of the standard Friday worth change.
“This change is necessary due to significant shifts in the market price of gasoline,” the NSUARB mentioned in a news launch.
As of midnight, folks within the Halifax space are actually paying a minimal of 161.7 cents per litre for normal, unleaded self-serve gasoline.
The final time costs within the Halifax space broke $1.60 per litre was in November 2022. Prices rose to a excessive of $1.80 per litre early in that month, earlier than dropping all the way down to $1.60 per litre by the top of the month.
In the japanese Annapolis Valley and in Kings and Lunenburg Counties, the brand new worth is 162.3 cents per litre.
People within the Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens and western Annapolis Valley areas are paying 162.7 cents per litre.
The value is 162.9 cents a litre for the Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough areas.
And folks in Cape Breton proceed to pay the best worth for fuel, at 154.9 cents per litre.
The worth of diesel was not affected by the interrupter clause.
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