Town of Lunenburg applied to replace its two-year historical averaging formula for NSPI municipal rate pass-throughs with a forward-looking forecast-based formula.

M03453 · E-LUN-R-10 - Lunenburg Electric Utility - Request a change to the flow through formula used to calculate the NSPI Municipal Rate Class increases.IN THE MATTER OF the Application of the Town of Lunenburg on behalf of its Electric Utility for approval of a change to the flow through formula used to calculate amendments to its Schedule of Rates for the provision of electric services to its customers to recover costs incurred as result of the rate increases granted to Nova Scotia Power Incorporated.

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The Town Of Lunenburg filed an application (Matter M03453) on August 27, 2010 requesting the Nova Scotia Utility And Review Board approve a change to the flow-through formula governing how Nova Scotia Power Incorporated Municipal Rate Class increases are passed on to Lunenburg Electric Utility customers.
The existing approved formula averages NSPI cost increases over the two prior years' actual power purchase costs and total sales (variables A–L in Schedule 'A'), which the Town argues reflects past results rather than current or future economic conditions.
The proposed replacement formula (Schedule 'A', proposed section) calculates the required rate adjustment by dividing forecasted NSPI power purchase costs for the test year by forecasted electric rate revenue for the same year, then multiplying by the NSPI approved increase percentage — a single-step forward-looking approach.
The Town contends the forecast-based method more accurately captures the Utility's current economic position, since NSPI increases affect future operations rather than historical periods.
The existing Board-approved formula permits rate amendments across Domestic, Small General, General, Large General, Domestic Time-of-Day, and Street and Yard Lighting classes without a public hearing; the application does not propose to alter that procedural threshold.

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What was filed

Documents filed on this day

L-1 Application 8/27/2010 exhibits