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NSEB approves Nova Scotia Power's $1,016,000 Oracle NLA License capital expenditure with conditions on final cost reconciliation
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- The Nova Scotia Utility And Review Board approved Nova Scotia Power Inc's request (CI #34843, Matter M03717) for a $1,016,000 Oracle Network License Agreement (NLA) for its Outage Management System database, a slight increase from the $1,010,430 ACE Plan estimate.
- Approval had been withheld since the May 11, 2010 ACE Plan Order pending additional justification; NSPI responded to Board staff IRs in January and June 2011 before approval was granted on July 15, 2011.
- The Board found the license necessary to support NSPI's Outage Management System, which had been increasingly interfaced with multiple applications and data sources.
- NSPI engaged Miro Consulting to identify cost-effective licensing strategies; the Board noted Miro's identification of cost avoidance opportunities but explicitly rejected any worldwide usage concession that would impose extra cost on ratepayers.
- Approval is conditional on NSPI submitting a final costing approval including a reconciliation to Miro Consulting's recommendations.
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What was filed
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- 07476 Board Decision Letter 7/15/2011