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· Application · 01/17/2020
Nova Scotia Power filed responses to interested party comments on its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan Terms of Reference, characterizing feedback from the Small Business Advocate, Natural Forces, and Envigour as generally supportive
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- NS Power submitted Exhibit N-7 on January 17, 2020, responding to comments filed by January 9, 2020 on the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the 2020 Integrated Resource Plan IRP (Exhibit N-4), which had originally been filed December 16, 2019.
- The Small Business Advocate confirmed its earlier comments had been addressed and offered no further objections; Envigour Policy Consulting (on behalf of QUEST and Marine Renewables Canada) stated it was "generally satisfied with the wording and approach."
- Natural Forces raised concern that greenhouse gas emissions reduction remains only a secondary decision criterion behind least-cost revenue requirement minimization; NS Power defended the TOR's hierarchy while acknowledging the growing importance of multi-metric planning in a dynamic supply environment.
- Envigour recommended the TOR explicitly model price-decline thresholds at which emerging technologies — including offshore wind, tidal, renewable natural gas, hydrogen, EVs, demand management, and storage — become economic; NS Power agreed in principle but declined to amend the TOR, treating the issue as a matter for ongoing stakeholder engagement during IRP phases.
- NS Power confirmed that its pre-filing collaboration with Board staff, Board consultants, and interested parties through summer 2019 resulted in minimal and non-contentious comments, and reiterated its commitment to continued engagement through the formal 2020 IRP process.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-7 NSPI's Response to Comments from Interested Parties