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March 07, 2014

COMMUNITY FEED-IN-TARIFF PROGRAM RESULTS AVAILABLE

March 07, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: N.S Dept of Energy

Government is adjusting the Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) program after releasing a review on March 6. Energy Minister Andrew Younger said that the department has received a lot of feedback on the program and are making changes as a result. As of January, 89 COMFIT projects had been approved, with a total capacity of 200 megawatts. When launched in 2011, the program's target was 100 megawatts. It is not expected that all approved projects will go into production. (read more)