Overview
- MacGillivray Law filed a proposed class action in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Friday, with the firm saying more than 1,000 people have expressed interest in joining.
- The claim cites the theft of personal and financial data for nearly 300,000 customers and alleges overbilling linked to months of estimated usage after remote meter communications failed.
- Representative plaintiff Danielle Fraser says she has documented hundreds of complaints, including compromised bank accounts and unexplained bill spikes.
- Earlier this week, Premier Tim Houston asked the Nova Scotia Energy Board to investigate billing since the breach, warning that knowingly overbilling could be regulatory fraud and misstating revenue could be securities fraud.
- Nova Scotia Power says it is complying with securities and regulatory laws, reports it has manually read roughly 75% of meters as systems are restored, and maintains meters recorded accurate usage while it works to correct bills.