generated: '2026-07-27'
method: searched
source: https://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/64th_1st/3rd_read/b145.htm
note: >-
  Nova Scotia Power publishes no API versioning policy, no deprecation policy, no
  SLA, no changelog, no roadmap and no API status page. The only lifecycle that
  genuinely exists here is a statutory one: a legislated implementation deadline
  that has passed with the API half of the obligation unmet. That is what this
  artifact records.
versioning:
  scheme: external-standard
  current: NAESB ESPI v3.3
  published_by_provider: false
  docs: null
  note: >-
    The version number comes from the Green Button Alliance's certification
    statement, not from Nova Scotia Power, which states no version anywhere.
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: unknown
  note: >-
    No deprecation or sunset policy is published, and there is no API surface to
    deprecate. No `Deprecation` pointer is emitted.
  observed_withdrawal:
  - url: https://www.nspower.ca/clean-energy/todays-energy-stats
    status: 404
    note: >-
      Cited by the electricitymaps-contrib DATA_SOURCES.md as the source for the
      CA-NS zone. The page no longer exists — the live generation-mix surface third
      parties were scraping was withdrawn with no notice, no sunset header and no
      replacement. This is the closest thing to a deprecation event on record.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  note: No SLA, availability commitment or support target is published for any data surface.
status_page: null
status_page_note: >-
  No API or platform status page exists. https://outagemap.nspower.ca/ is a
  KUBRA-hosted electricity outage map for customers — a consumer service-interruption
  widget operated by a vendor, not a Nova Scotia Power service-status surface and not
  a documented API. The prior round wired it as `StatusPage`; that pointer has been
  retyped to `OutageMap` so the profile does not claim an API status page that does
  not exist. https://outagereport.nspower.ca/ is the customer outage-reporting form,
  same category.
statutory_lifecycle:
  regime: Electricity Act (Nova Scotia) s. 4F, added by Bill 145 (SNS 2022, c. 12)
  source: https://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/64th_1st/3rd_read/b145.htm
  milestones:
  - date: '2022-04'
    event: >-
      Bill 145 receives Royal Assent, adding s. 4F to the Electricity Act and naming
      Nova Scotia Power Incorporated directly.
    status: met
  - date: '2022-09-01'
    event: >-
      s. 4F(2) — deadline to present the Board a compliance plan with "an
      implementation date that occurs no later than April 1, 2023".
    status: unverified
    note: No public record of the plan was found on Nova Scotia Power's or the regulator's site.
  - date: '2023-04-01'
    event: >-
      s. 4F(5) — statutory deadline for Green Button Alliance certification to BOTH
      "Connect My Data" and "Download My Data".
    status: partially met
  - date: '2023-05'
    event: >-
      Green Button Alliance records Nova Scotia Power as "Certified to ESPI v.3.3 for
      Download My Data (DMD) with CMD Certification planned".
    status: met (DMD leg only, one month after the deadline)
    source: https://www.greenbuttonalliance.org/canadian-initiatives
  - date: '2026-07-27'
    event: >-
      Re-verified. CMD certification still "planned". Nova Scotia Power's own page
      still states "Our Green Button Marketplace is currently closed", and the linked
      third-party registration form still returns HTTP 404.
    status: outstanding
    elapsed_past_deadline: 3 years 3 months
  extension_granted: unknown
  extension_note: >-
    s. 4F(5) allows the deadline to be extended by the Board. No published Board
    order granting an extension was found; recorded as unknown rather than as absent.
access_lifecycle:
  states:
  - id: closed
    description: >-
      The Green Button Marketplace is closed. There is no registration, no
      connectivity testing, no approval and no issued-credential state — the only
      published route for a third-party application provider is a registration form
      that 404s. A developer cannot enter the lifecycle at all.
  connectivity_test_window_days: null
  cure_period_days: null
change_communication:
  changelog: null
  changelog_note: >-
    No API changelog, release notes or developer bulletin is published. No
    changelog/ artifact is emitted.
  roadmap: null
  roadmap_note: >-
    No roadmap is published. The only forward-looking statement is the Green Button
    Alliance's "CMD Certification planned" and Nova Scotia Power's "please continue
    to check here for updates" — neither is a dated roadmap. No `Roadmap` pointer is
    emitted.
  news: https://www.nspower.ca/about-us/press-releases
  articles: https://www.nspower.ca/about-us/articles
  regulatory: https://www.nspower.ca/about-us/regulations/regulatory-initiatives
  contact: https://www.nspower.ca/customer-service
deprecated_operations: []
related:
- conformance/nova-scotia-power-conformance.yml
- conventions/nova-scotia-power-conventions.yml
- authentication/nova-scotia-power-authentication.yml