Diesel prices in Nova Scotia are set to rise again overnight, just a day after the province’s regular weekly fuel adjustment.
The Nova Scotia Energy Board says it is invoking its interrupter clause, which allows prices to be changed outside of the normal weekly schedule when there are significant shifts in global markets.
At midnight, the price of diesel will increase by 10.5 cents per litre, bringing the price to 240.3 cents per litre.
That follows Friday’s weekly adjustment, which had already pushed diesel up by 9.8 cents to 229.8 cents per litre.
Gas prices also rose in the weekly setting, climbing 5.7 cents to 174.4 cents per litre in the Halifax area, but are not affected by the interrupter clause change.
The interrupter clause is used by the Energy Board in situations where fuel markets are moving quickly, allowing the regulator to adjust prices more than once in a week.
The latest increases come as global oil prices continue to climb, with the board pointing to instability tied to the ongoing conflict in Iran.
