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Nova Scotia Power filed a confidentiality matrix for its 2026 GRA compliance filing, seeking protection for commercial and financial information across nine attachments.

M12451 · Nova Scotia Power Inc. - 2026 General Rate Application (GRA)
AI summary
  • 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 other_documents