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· Application · 04/29/2026
NSEB Board Staff issued three information requests to Nova Scotia Power regarding the $3,455,473 L-5532 transmission line replacements and upgrades application (M12798), probing cost breakdowns, overtime labour, and contingency justification.
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- IR-1 requests a detailed scope and cost breakdown for the L-5532 project — covering components such as wood poles, crossarms, insulators, reclosers, and conductors across 75 structures — and comparable breakdowns for two recently approved projects (CI C0041805–L7005 Phase 2 and CI C0031122–L6539) to identify any cross-project cost variances (Application p. 3).
- IR-2 questions why $7,000 is allocated to overtime labour given that transmission line replacement and upgrade work is performed on a regular basis, asking why the work cannot be completed during regular business hours.
- IR-3 challenges the application of a 15% fixed contingency to a routine transmission project, noting that predictable work scope and methods should reduce uncertainty and therefore may not warrant such a contingency allowance.
- Responses to all three IRs are due to NSEB Senior Advisor Somesh Singh, P.Eng. by Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 101795 NSEB (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-3