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· Application · 09/25/2025
EfficiencyOne filed Reply Submissions defending the scope and targets of its 2026 DSM Extension Application in Matter M12249
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- EfficiencyOne filed Reply Submissions on September 25, 2025 responding to intervenor submissions from the Small Business Advocate, Consumer Advocate, and Industrial Group regarding its 2026 DSM Extension Application, which seeks approval of a one-year extension to the existing Demand Side Management plan mandated by a March 26, 2025 legislative amendment to the Public Utilities Act with a prescribed investment of $63,750,000.
- E1 agreed with the Small Business Advocate that demand response cost-effectiveness concerns and savings verification methodology issues should be deferred to the forthcoming 2027-2031 DSM Plan process, and committed to consulting the Consumer Advocate and other rate class representatives on design objectives for that plan (Exhibit E-17, p. 13).
- E1 disputed the Industrial Group's assertion that the extension application requires the same depth of review as a new multi-year DSM plan, arguing that s. 79J(3) of the Public Utilities Act narrowly directs submission of 2026 targets only, and that broader issues — including demand response program design, overlap with NS Power's Critical Peak Pricing program, and the Standardized Filing Framework — belong in the 2027-2031 process.
- On Program Evaluation, E1 supported the Industrial Group's position that savings from the Residential Behaviour, Residential Demand Response, BNI Demand Response, and BNI Custom Incentive (compressed air) programs should not be removed from 2024 evaluated results, adopting Econoler's rebuttal to Savings Verification Reviewer Gil Peach's recommendation SVR24-G-1 (Exhibit E-2, pp. 16-17).
- E1 stated it does not anticipate material 2026 program changes from the NS Power cybersecurity breach affecting the Residential Behaviour program, and committed to providing updates through quarterly and annual Performance Monitoring reporting to the Board and stakeholders.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 99475 Reply Submissions - E1
- 99476 Letter E1 re: Reply Submissions