The tool is an online map called MyHEAT Solar, which allows Londoners to identify benefits and costs associated with solar panel installation, with data specific to their home.
Premier Tim Houston issued a statement early Wednesday, saying his government's move is aimed at protecting the province's solar industry and the small businesses and homeowners who use solar energy or plan to invest in it.
The Nova Scotia government has scuttled a bid by the province s private electric utility to charge fees to customers who sell renewable power back to the electricity grid.