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NSPI filed its Fuel Manual Revision Guide establishing a structured process for internal review, stakeholder engagement, and UARB oversight of Fuel Manual changes.
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- NSPI submitted its Fuel Adjustment Mechanism Fuel Manual Revision Guide (filed May 7, 2010) as an internal procedural document governing how revisions to the confidential Fuel Manual are requested, reviewed, tracked, and submitted to the UARB for oversight; the Guide was developed collaboratively with Liberty Consulting Group following Liberty's first-year FAM review.
- The Guide distinguishes between administrative and substantive revisions, with substantive changes tracked via numbered vertical-line margin notation and recorded in a formal Record of Approved Fuel Manual Revisions requiring sign-off by NSPI's Director of FERM and Executive VP & COO before Board submission.
- In response to Board questions (May 14, 2010 letter), NSPI clarified (May 27, 2010) that it does not seek Board approval of the Guide itself — only of future Fuel Manual revisions — and described a stakeholder engagement sequence involving FAM intervenors, Liberty, and working groups prior to any Board filing.
- Industrial intervenors NewPage Port Hawkesbury and Bowater Mersey (NPB), whose earlier comments were incorporated into the Guide, confirmed support for the Guide as filed (May 28, 2010 letter from McInnes Cooper).
- In its July 14, 2010 disposition letter, the Board declined to formally approve the Fuel Manual, instead treating it analogously to the Integrated Resource Plan — NSPI retains ownership and responsibility, but proposed changes must follow a structured collaborative process with stakeholders and Board consultants with clear advance notice before implementation.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-1 Fuel Manual Revision Guide 5/7/2010
- 04392 Letter to NSPI requesting additional information 5/14/2010
- 04393 Letter from NSPI responding to Board's questions 5/27/2010
- 04413 NPB comments 5/28/2010
- 04792 Letter from the Board 7/14/2010