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· Order · 02/25/2026
NSEB approves IESO Nova Scotia's inaugural $6.75M revenue requirement for test year ending March 31, 2026, while imposing a ±10% variance threshold, minimum filing requirements, and mandatory quarterly reporting as conditions on future cost recovery.
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- The Board approved Ieso Nova Scotia's gross OM&A expenditure and revenue requirement of $6,751,287 (net $5,306,824 after a $2.68M provincial grant) for its initial test year under s. 29 of the More Access To Energy Act, with rate recovery deferred to a future application (Decision 2026 NSEB 5, para. 5).
- The Net OM&A Deferral and Variance Account is approved in principle, but cost recovery from ratepayers is blocked until specific guidelines, accounting policies, and financial controls are filed — no later than the 2027/2028 revenue requirement application; any cost category variance exceeding ±10% will trigger a Board prudence review (paras. 48–50).
- Board Counsel consultants Doane Grant Thornton LLP (budget reasonableness) and Synapse Energy Economics (IRP process review) found no unreasonable expenses but flagged the absence of formal budget support, accounting policies, and cost management controls; no intervenor filed evidence (paras. 28–31, 37).
- The Board directed that all future revenue requirement applications meet minimum filing requirements, including formal evidentiary support for significant expenditures, up to five years of audited financials, three years of projections, an annual business plan linked to IESO objects, and details of Indigenous and stakeholder engagement (para. 53).
- IESO Nova Scotia must file quarterly transition reports beginning May 15, 2026, covering Phase 1 (system planning, transmission interconnection, energy/capacity procurement — materially complete Q4 2025) and Phase 2 (real-time dispatch, targeted Q2 2027) milestones, unexpected costs, and progress on Board directives; the Board also expects Synapse's six IRP modeling recommendations — including regional dispatch scenarios, ELCC integration, and AMI-enabled demand response — to be addressed in the first IRP (paras. 86, 90–91).
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- 101053 Board Decision
- 101054 Board Order
- 101053 Board Decision
- 101054 Board Order