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· Ir · 12/24/2010
Board Staff issued 14 Information Requests to Nova Scotia Power regarding a $1,093,699 unforeseen and unbudgeted work order for a replacement transformer at Kempt Road substation
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- Board Staff IR-1 challenges NSPI's decision to file the Kempt Road transformer as an Capital Expenditures unforeseen and unbudgeted (U&U) work order rather than through the 2011 ACE Plan, requesting specific justification for the accelerated timing (p. 4 of 20).
- IRs 3–9 probe the history of transformer failures at Kempt Road — four since 2001, with two units removed after failures in July 2009 and September 2010 — seeking root-cause investigation findings, corrective measures, single-line diagrams, and remaining life expectancy of existing units.
- IRs 10–12 examine Asset Management practices, asking NSPI to inventory all 138kV system spare transformers potentially available for Kempt Road and to describe how it determines the optimal number of substation spares shared across multiple stations.
- IR-14 requests analysis of alternatives to the immediate transformer purchase to confirm it represents the lowest-cost option, while IR-13 seeks a cost breakdown of the $46,000 'Other Goods & Services' line item.
- Responses were due January 13, 2011, with the application having been submitted November 24, 2010 and an estimated in-service date of August 2011 (IR-2).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 06049 Information Requests issued by Board Staff