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· Application · 06/20/2018
EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power filed reply submissions supporting approval of the 2019 DSM Plan, addressing intervenor concerns on demand reduction pilots, affordable multifamily housing, and avoided emissions methodology
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- Efficiencyone and Nova Scotia Power both filed reply submissions on June 20, 2018, requesting approval of the 2019 Demand Side Management Plan (capped at $34.05 million under the Electricity Plan Implementation Act), which targets 127 GWh of energy savings and 20 MW of demand reduction.
- EfficiencyOne defended its demand reduction pilot allocation (~3% of budget) on four grounds: forecasted peak demand growth through 2024 (citing Synapse witness Alice Napoleon, Exhibit E-13, p. 17), rising avoided capacity costs (jumping to $418/kW in 2019 per the 2014 IRP model), long-term savings potential, and the need to prepare for newly approved Advanced Metering Infrastructure technology.
- On the Affordable Multifamily Housing And Non Profit Organizations Amf pilot, EfficiencyOne declined to commit to 2019 continuation, citing weak uptake despite incentives of up to 80% of project costs, and stated it would reassess after exhausting 2018 opportunities before deciding whether to proceed.
- Regarding avoided emissions, EfficiencyOne accepted Synapse's recommendation to refine GHG timing estimates and agreed to incorporate the value of CO2e avoidance under a cap-and-trade framework into Cost Effectiveness testing, deferring that work to the 2020–2022 DSM Plan process.
- NS Power confirmed it would deliver revisions to the Rate and Bill Impact Analysis (Rbia) to the DSM Advisory Group in Q3 2018, and noted that questions about future DSM levels are outside the scope of this proceeding, which is limited to approving the 2019 plan.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- E-16 EfficiencyOne - Reply Submission
- E-17 NSPI - NSPI Reply Submission