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The Nova Scotia government has announced a community solar program. But how is it different from the solar panels you already see on homes?

Nova Scotia Power has pushed back by a year the start date of a proposed new charge for customers who generate electricity and sell it back to the grid, following days of concern from the solar industry and politicians worried that it will damage the sector.

Nova Scotia Power announced Tuesday the utility will delay the start date for its controversial proposal to charge fees to homeowners connected to the grid who use solar power.

The head of Nova Scotia's electrical utility is defending a proposal to charge fees to customers who sell renewable power back to the grid, a plan critics say will gut the province's burgeoning solar industry.

HALIFAX — The head of Nova Scotia's electrical utility is defending a proposal to charge fees to customers who sell renewable power back to the grid, a plan critics say will gut the province's burgeoning solar industry.