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Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approved NSPI's $1,000,119 work order for the 2010 Off Road to Roadside distribution line relocation project (CI# 38062).
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- Nova Scotia Power Inc submitted a work order application on June 29, 2010, seeking Board approval for CI# 38062, covering the relocation of 8.65 km of distribution lines from off-road locations to the roadside across three feeders (57C-426 Goldboro, 85S-401 North Smokey, and 582C-311 Arisaig), with a revised project cost estimate of $1,000,119 — marginally below the $1,001,045 included in the approved 2010 Capital Expenditures ACE Plan.
- Project justification centred on System Reliability: relocating isolated off-road sections reduces outage restoration time by improving crew access, particularly in areas with right-of-way and vegetation challenges; SAIFI and SAIDI statistics for the selected feeders over 2007–2009 were provided as supporting evidence (Board Decision Letter, Document No. 180327).
- IR responses (filed August 26, 2010) clarified key scope changes from ACE 2010 assumptions: the preliminary 18 km estimate was reduced to 8.65 km after detailed scoping; feeder 23W-302 (Clyde River) was deferred to 2011; and the labour/contract split shifted from a 55/45 NSPI-to-affiliate ratio to a higher contracted share, with affiliate EUS comprising approximately 60% of contract costs (IR-4, IR-5 responses).
- The cost composition shift between ACE 2010 and the filing was significant: labour fell by ~$147,000 while contracts rose by ~$232,000, partly offset by a ~$81,000 reduction in materials — totalling $1,000,119 against an original ACE estimate of $1,001,045 (IR-5 response table).
- The Board issued its approval letter on September 13, 2010, accepting that the project is necessary and the cost justified, concluding the two-round IR process initiated in February 2010 (Document No. 180327).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-1 Redacted Work Order Application 6/29/2010
- N-1(C) Confidential Work Order Application 6/29/2010
- N-2 Responses to Information Requests 8/27/2010
- 05218 Board Decision Letter 9/13/2010
- 04991 Confidential IRs (IR-1 to IR-5) issued by the Board 8/12/2010
- 05218 Board Decision Letter 9/13/2010