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· Application · 05/09/2018
Board staff, Synapse, the Small Business Advocate, and the Consumer Advocate issued Round 1 Information Requests to EfficiencyOne and NSPI in the 2019 DSM Plan proceeding (M08604), due May 30, 2018.
AI summary
- Six IR sets (docs 74058–74063) were issued May 9, 2018, with 21 requests from Board Staff, 22 from Synapse Energy Economics acting as Board counsel consultant, 21 from the Small Business Advocate to Efficiencyone, 5 from the SBA to Nova Scotia Power Inc, and 2 each from the Consumer Advocate to both parties — totalling roughly 73 questions across respondents.
- A central line of scrutiny concerns Cost Effectiveness methodology: multiple parties (Board Staff IR-4/8, SBA IR-4/5/6, Synapse IR-5/6) question E1's decision to forgo full Demand Side Management cost-effectiveness modelling (TRC/PAC tests) for the 2019 continuation plan, citing diversion of ratepayer funds as justification (Evidence p. 18).
- Significant questioning focuses on the proposed Demand Response Load Control pilots (~$1.0 million budgeted under Enabling Strategies, Appendix A p. 21): Synapse IR-19, SBA IR-20, and Consumer Advocate IRs 1–2 all probe pilot design, ITC/AMI infrastructure dependencies, coordination with NSPI's pending AMI application (M08349), and whether pilots will target peak demand periods.
- Board Staff and Synapse probe the Standardized Filing departure (Synapse IR-1) and the omission of lifetime savings, total ratepayer benefits, and customer satisfaction as Performance Monitoring targets (Synapse IR-3/4, Board Staff IR-13/14), with Synapse also requesting detailed program-level breakouts of investment and savings by end use (IR-10/11).
- Several requests address Low Income Programs and Affordable Multifamily Housing And Non Profit Organizations Amf: Board Staff IR-6/9 question appliance retirement costs for non-electrically heated homes under Homewarming, Synapse IR-21 asks for an update on the Affordable Multifamily Housing Pilot timing, and SBA IR-12/18 challenge the classification of AMF Pilot results within the Small Business Energy Solutions portfolio.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 74058 NSUARB (E1) IR-1 to IR-21
- 74059 Synapse (E1) IR-1 to IR-22
- 74060 SBA (E1) IR-1 to IR-21
- 74061 SBA (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-5
- 74062 CA (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-2
- 74063 CA (E1) IR-1 to IR-2