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· Application · 04/07/2026
Nova Scotia Power filed a confidentiality matrix for its 2026 GRA compliance filing, seeking protection for commercial and financial information across nine attachments.
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- NS Power identifies one category of confidential information — commercial information — applicable to the 2026 M12451 GRA compliance filing, covering fuel procurement, plant characteristics, customer-specific data, and internal budget details.
- Nine attachments across three sections (Studies and Reports, Financial Outlook, and Operating Expenses) are designated as fully or partially confidential, all under the same commercial sensitivity rationale (Reason 1).
- The utility argues that disclosure of supplier pricing, procurement terms, and budget details could enable vendors to extract higher prices or reduce competition, ultimately harming ratepayers on a cost-based rate structure.
- NS Power also contends that internal financial details could allow sophisticated investors or competitors to speculate on company activities and financial results, justifying non-public treatment of Operating Expenses attachments OE-01A and OE-01C.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 101494 Compliance Filing Confidentiality Matrix