Multiple contractors that have done recent jobs for Nova Scotia Power haven’t been paid in months — some with outstanding bills in the hundreds of thousands, CBC has learned.

“We're being told it was the data breach,” said Tim Houtsma, CEO of Marid Industries.

Marid is owed in the range of $60,000 to $70,000.

"If we had a big piece of work with them, this would be a different conversation," said Houtsma. "But we just happened to not have done much for them lately.

“It's important that they're held accountable and that they pay their contractors on time because we all pay our power bills on time."

Other contractors who did not want to speak publicly told CBC they haven’t been paid by Nova Scotia Power since the spring. Some disclosed they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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