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· Application · 05/01/2026
NSEB Board Staff issued 19 information requests to NSP Maritime Link Inc. regarding its 2025 audited financial statements and Cost Containment Report, with responses due May 25, 2026.
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- Board Staff identified a material discrepancy in the 2024 regulated balance sheet (IR-1) and requested multiple reconciliations between NSPML's consolidated and regulated financial statements, including for operating revenues (IR-2), related-party balances (IR-3), interest expense (IR-4), and a $188.3 million deferred income tax regulatory asset (IR-5).
- Staff requested unconsolidated financial statements with a full chart of accounts mapped to income, retained earnings, and balance sheet statements in Excel format (IR-8), along with a Property, Plant and Equipment continuity schedule identifying major capital additions (IR-11) and a breakdown of $13.4 million in capital commitments (IR-13).
- Tax-related requests (IR-12) cover the most recent returns for all consolidated entities, CRA correspondence, denied interest and financing expenses from Note 13, the status of a 2019 amended return, and the Investment Tax Credit carryover balance and rationale for non-utilization.
- Cost Containment Report scrutiny (IR-14 through IR-19) focuses on 2025 procurement variances versus budget, RFP processes including bidder counts and lowest-bidder selection rationale, formal lessons-learned incorporation, and field-level cost savings from site representative oversight and work plan adjustments.
- Staff requested a detailed O&M breakdown table (IR-19) modelled on NSPML's 2022 Cost Containment Report format, with variance columns against Board-approved 2025 amounts, projected 2026 O&M costs, and actuals for each of the prior four fiscal years.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 101833 NSEB (NSPML) IR 1 to IR 19