Nova Scotians relying on diesel are getting a bit of a break at the pumps, starting Thursday.
The provincial regulator invoked the interrupter clause at midnight to bring the price of diesel down by 10.8 cents to 212.3 cents per litre.
There was no change to the price of gasoline however.
The Nova Scotia Energy Board says the change is necessary due to a significant shift in the market price.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard for oil prices, added 0.1 per cent to settle at US$94.93 Wednesday, which is still well above its roughly US$70 price from before the war. However, it is also down from its US$119 peak when worries about the fighting in the Iran war were at their height.
The change in diesel prices also comes just days after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the federal excise tax on gas and diesel would be temporarily dropped, starting April 20.
