Plug in. Point up. Power on.

Nova Scotians are good at making the most of whatever the coast hands them, the wind, the tides, a decent break in the fog. Power is one of those bills that just keeps inching up, the way most things do. A couple of panels on the balcony won't fix the cost of living, but it's a nice little way to chip at one corner of it.

It's pretty much what it sounds like. Small solar panels you plug into a regular wall outlet, like an appliance. You hang them on a balcony, a wall, or a railing, plug them in, and that's about it. Usually no electrician, no roof work, no permits. They quietly make power and send it straight into your home. Germany has more than a million of them. It's safe, it's proven, and it works everywhere it's allowed.

Here's the part Nova Scotia already gets right. Back in 2022, when the utility tried to put a new charge on solar, the province stepped in and stopped it, and even wrote your right to make your own power into law. The trouble is that right still pictures a rooftop and a contractor. If you rent, or you're up in a condo, just plugging a panel in still isn't allowed. We think the province should finish what it started. And these panels work fine on a grey day too, for the record.

So we're asking the province to widen the right it already granted, so a certified plug-in panel is simply allowed, including for the renters and condo folks it leaves out today. Add your name and we'll carry it to the people who can do it.