It's been a stormy start to the new year with several blizzard and freezing rain storms. And the ongoing love-hate relationship continues with the province's power provider. People love to hate Nova Scotia Power, especially when the lights go out. The company has applied to increase its rates by ten percent over the next three years. And that has once again ignited the debate about how the utility is managed and regulated. Claudia Chender is the NDP House Leader and the Natural Resources and Renewables spokesperson for the party. Earlier this week, she released a statement calling on ratepayers to "tell the Utility and Review Board and Tim Houston’s government that Nova Scotia Power’s plan needs to be more about protecting people, not protecting corporate profits.”