Diesel prices jump again as interrupter clause triggered a day after weekly increase
Diesel prices in Nova Scotia are climbing again overnight, less than a day after the province’s regular weekly adjustment.
The Nova Scotia Energy Board says it is invoking its interrupter clause, allowing it to adjust prices outside the usual weekly schedule due to rapid changes in global fuel markets.
At midnight, diesel will increase by 10.5 cents per litre, bringing the price to 240.3 cents per litre.
That comes after Friday’s weekly adjustment, which had already raised diesel by 9.8 cents per litre to 229.8 cents.
Gas prices also went up in the weekly setting, rising 5.7 cents per litre, but are not impacted by the interrupter clause change.
The interrupter clause is used when fuel prices shift quickly, giving the regulator the ability to make additional adjustments between its regular weekly changes.
The Energy Board says the increases are tied in part to rising global oil prices, linked to ongoing conflict in Iran.
