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· Application · 12/11/2025
Nova Scotia Power requests Board confirmation that expert witnesses may provide oral responses to Board Counsel consultant evidence at the 2026-2027 GRA hearing
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- Nova Scotia Power wrote to the Nova Scotia Energy Board Clerk on December 11, 2025, requesting confirmation of a modified evidentiary approach for the upcoming Hearing Procedures GRA hearing scheduled to commence January 7, 2026.
- NS Power proposes that experts on each of its four witness panels be permitted to orally respond to evidence filed by Board Counsel's consultants — including areas of agreement, disagreement, or modification — as part of their direct testimony, rather than through written information requests or formal rebuttal evidence.
- The company acknowledges the proposal departs from typical Board process but argues it is consistent with the Amended Hearing Order of October 20, 2025, which was designed to meet the January 7 hearing date while reflecting a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Settlement Agreement with customer representatives.
- NS Power cites precedent from the 2023-2024 GRA hearing, where witness William Marshall filed out-of-process written rebuttal in his opening statement and NS Power witnesses responded in oral direct evidence.
- The company asserts no participant will be prejudiced given that the proposed testimony is limited solely to Board Counsel's consultant evidence and the Settlement Agreement is already in place.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 100283 Letter NSPI re: Hearing Logistics