Residents of an affordable housing complex in Sydney, N.S., are getting their power bills cut by more than 50 per cent thanks to a field of solar panels.

New Dawn Enterprises CEO Erika Shea said the average power bill for housing units at its Pine Tree Park subdivision used to be about $368 a month.

She said they will now be about $200 a month lower when electricity starts flowing from the neighbourhood solar garden in the next few weeks.

"Those savings go right to the folks who are paying the ren…