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· Application · 09/12/2025
NSEB Board Staff issued 25 Information Requests to NSIESO regarding its inaugural revenue requirement application for the test year ending March 31, 2026
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- Board Staff filed IR-1 through IR-25 (Exhibit 99332) to Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator, pressing for details on the two-phase transition timeline from NS Power, organizational staffing, and the basis for all cost forecasts in the inaugural Revenue Requirement application.
- A central line of questioning (IR-3, IR-4, IR-6, IR-10, IR-12, IR-25) challenges the NSIESO's proposed Cost Deferral structure — specifically the 'NET OM&A Deferral and Variance Account' — including why rate recovery is deferred until a future proceeding, how carrying costs will be treated, and whether one-time transition costs will be held in separate accounts from ongoing OM&A.
- Staff scrutinize staffing and compensation assumptions (IR-13, IR-14), the potential double-recovery of costs already embedded in NS Power's rates for transitioning employees (IR-15), and the absence of emergency preparedness positions in the transition plan (IR-16).
- Questions on Integrated Resource Plan IRP consulting fees (IR-17), procurement documents licensed from New Brunswick Power for an energy RFP (IR-21), and a proposed 50% capitalization of procurement and project management costs (IR-20) probe the adequacy and appropriateness of key spending categories.
- Cybersecurity and control centre planning costs (IR-23, IR-24) attract scrutiny over vendor selection methodology, NERC critical infrastructure protection compliance obligations adopted by the Board, and whether acquiring NS Power's existing control centre was evaluated as an alternative.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 99332 NSEB (NSIESO) IR 1 to 25