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BLACK RIVER HYDRO LIMITED

Neal Livingston has a 30-year career as a renewable energy developer and policy advocate for Small Hydro, and domestic sized hydro, solar, and wind power.

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Neal founded Black River Hydro Ltd. in 1984, to establish a 220 kilowatt hydro-electric plant. This was Nova Scotia's first private company selling electricity to the grid. Black River Hydro has a long term contract to sell its power to Nova Scotia Power.

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This work also involved years of public advocacy policy work to have fair rates and conditions for small private producers.

Livingston has one of the first modern micro-hydro units at his home since 1980, stand-alone off-grid, and then in 1993 was the first to net meter with NS Power.

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