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Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approved NSPI's $585,072 capital expenditure for a PeopleSoft HR software upgrade to maintain vendor support.
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- The UARB issued a decision letter dated September 20, 2010 (Document 181409) approving Nova Scotia Power Inc CI #37722 — a $585,072 capital project to upgrade PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) from version 8.9 to 9.1 under the 2010 2025 Ace Plan framework.
- The upgrade was justified on the grounds that vendor support for HRMS/CS 8.9 would end in December 2010 (tax/legal/regulatory support) and December 2012 (extended support), making continued use without patches a compliance and operational risk.
- The $585,072 cost breakdown (per IR-GP7 response) comprised consulting fees ($418,400, primarily xwave/Bell Aliant resources at $105–$170/hr), internal IT labour ($58,680), functional labour ($39,115), training ($35,000), overheads ($24,898), interest ($7,479), and meals ($1,500).
- NSPI justified capitalizing the expenditure — rather than expensing it as an operating cost — on the basis that the upgrade extends the service life of an existing asset and provides a multi-year benefit, consistent with NSPI Accounting Policy Section 6000.
- The Board flagged an Affiliate Transactions consideration, noting that the original PeopleSoft Time and Labour Module also benefited parent company Emera, and conditioned its approval on appropriate cost allocation between the affiliates.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-1 Non-Confidential Work Order 7/30/2010
- 05301 Board Decision Letter 9/20/2010
- 05301 Board Decision Letter 9/20/2010