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· Application · 06/04/2025
Four parties intervene in EfficiencyOne's DSM Benefit-Cost Analysis Test proceeding, including Mi'kmaw governance bodies and an environmental law organization
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- The Small Business Advocate (Exhibit 97910) filed a Notice of Intervention representing three classes of small business customers (Rate Classes 10, 11, and 21), with legal counsel from Blackburn Law Inc. and technical consultant Daymark Energy Advisors.
- Eastward Energy Incorporated (Exhibit 97912), a Nova Scotia natural gas distribution company, intervened with representation from McInnes Cooper and the Posterity Group, signalling interest in how the new Cost Effectiveness test may affect fuel-switching and cross-fuel Demand Side Management program evaluation.
- East Coast Environmental Law Association (Exhibit 97925) intervened as a public-interest not-for-profit, focusing specifically on whether the new Cost Effectiveness test will support the Board's legislated mandate regarding sustainable development and sustainable prosperity.
- Kwilmukw Maw Klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO) and the Assembly Of Nova Scotia Mikmaw Chiefs (ANSMC) jointly intervened (Exhibit 97928), asserting Mi'kmaw Aboriginal and Treaty rights and title over Nova Scotia lands and resources, and raising the duty to consult with respect to decision-making factors in the new Demand Side Management benefit-cost framework.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 97910 Notice of Intervention - SBA
- 97912 Notice of Intervention - EE
- 97925 Notice of Intervention - East Coast Environmental Law
- 97928 Notice of Intervention - KMKNO & ANSMC
- 97929 Notice of intervention - NSPI