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· Application · 03/31/2026
NSP Maritime Link Inc. filed its audited financial statements and 2025 Cost Containment Report, reporting $198.4M in consolidated revenues and $844,000 in O&M savings against a backdrop of rising interest costs and a $500M federal loan guarantee refinancing.
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- NSP Maritime Link reported 2025 consolidated regulated electric revenues of $198.4M (vs. $161.6M in 2024), with net income of $41.1M (vs. $44.7M), as higher depreciation ($76.5M vs. $57.9M) and net interest expense ($61.2M vs. $38.8M) offset revenue growth; the regulated ROE came in at 8.71% (rate-base adjusted: 9.11%), just below the approved 9.0% midpoint target within the 8.75%–9.25% range (N-2, Regulated ROE table).
- The $500M Ns Nb Reliability Intertie Project-related Federal Loan Guarantee amendment (FLG2), approved by the Nova Scotia Energy Board on November 29, 2024, generated a $481.4M unamortized regulatory asset on NSPML's balance sheet as at December 31, 2025, representing a refund of prior-year assessments to Nova Scotia Power for replacement energy costs caused by delayed Muskrat Falls delivery; $18.6M was amortized in 2025 over a 28-year recovery period (N-1, Note 7).
- A cybersecurity incident disclosed on April 25, 2025 affected Emera and NSPI's Canadian IT networks; NSPML reported no disruption to physical operations, with systematic IT restoration continuing through year-end (N-1, Note 1).
- The 2025 Cost Containment Report identifies $844,000 in O&M savings: $800,000 from deferring transmission line drone inspections (a full inspection was completed in 2024) and $44,000 from negotiated consultant rate discounts; NSPML proposes folding future cost containment reporting into Assessment applications rather than maintaining a separate annual report (N-4, Sections 1.0 and 5.3).
- On December 23, 2025, NSPML received an interim NSEB order to collect up to $199M from NSPI for 2026 costs, and on February 4, 2026, NSPML filed an application to terminate the holdback mechanism, with a decision expected in Q3 2026 (N-1, Note 7).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-1 2025 Financial Statement
- N-2 2025 Regulated Financial Statements
- N-3 2025 Regulated Capitalization
- N-4 2025 Cost Containment Report