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· Application · 10/22/2025
Six intervenor groups filed 288 information requests to Nova Scotia Power in the M12451 2026-2027 General Rate Application, covering capital structure, operating costs, cost of service methodology, fuel and purchased power, and rate design.
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- Board Staff (NSEB) filed the largest single set of IRs (152 questions, Doc. 324689), spanning reliability indices, load forecasting, climate adaptation, executive compensation, depreciation methodology, securitization of ~$700M in deferred decarbonization assets (DDA), AMI opt-out fees, and the Storm Cost Recovery Rider pilot extension.
- Morrison Park Advisors (Board Counsel Consultant) filed 9 IRs (Doc. 325262) focused exclusively on Capital Expenditures and Return On Equity, including requests for alternate financial scenarios assuming securitization of DDA assets does not proceed, commercial paper market access risks, and the basis for the claimed $90M ratepayer savings from securitization.
- Doane Grant Thornton filed 93 IRs probing the granular operating expense forecasts in Appendix 7C across every departmental cost centre—including IT cybersecurity consulting, labour complement changes, storm normalization calculations, pension expense, and tax treatment—as well as rate base continuity schedules and regulatory amortization calculations.
- Synapse Energy Economics (Board Counsel Consultant, Doc. 325271) filed 11 IRs challenging the cost of service study (COSS) methodology, specifically the System Load Factor (SLF) approach to generation and transmission classification, the minimum system methodology for distribution, and requests for live unlocked Excel alternates of the COSS under different classification assumptions.
- The Consumer Advocate (3 IRs, Doc. 325262 redacted) and Port Hawkesbury Paper LP (3 IRs) each raised targeted questions about the PHP above-the-line (ATL) interruptible credit calculation and DSM rider allocation; the Board approved a filing extension to October 27, 2025 for Renewall Energy Inc. with NS Power responses due November 10, 2025.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 99741 MPA (NSPI) IR 1 to 9
- 99742 Doane Grant Thornton (NSPI) IR 1 to 93
- 99743 CA (NSPI) IR 1 to 3 - Redacted
- 99744 CA (NSPI) IR 1 to 3 - Confidential
- 99745 Synapse (NSPI) IR 1 to 11
- 99746 IG (NSPI) IR 1
- 99747 PHP (NSPI) IR 1 to 3
- 99748 NSEB (NSPI) IR 1 to 152
- 99749 Bates White (NSPI) IR 1 to 20 - Redacted
- 99750 Bates White (NSPI) IR 1 to 20 - Confidential
- 99757 Email NSEB re: IRs from Renewall to NSPI extension approved