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· Application · 08/28/2024
Small Business Advocate, Consumer Advocate, and SWEB Development filed information requests to Nova Scotia Power on its 2024 10-Year System Outlook Report
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- The Ns Sba (Small Business Advocate) filed six IRs (Exhibit 95183) asking NSPI to reconcile the 2024 load forecast against the Integrated Resource Plan Evergreen IRP scenario CE1-E1-R2, explain discrepancies between the Path to 2030 resource buildout and the Report's Figure 6, clarify contingency plans if the Renewable Energy Green Choice Program cannot absorb 416 MW from a withdrawn Rate Base Procurement project, and analyze implications of federal Clean Electricity Regulations on emitting resources such as Tufts Cove.
- The Consumer Advocate filed six IRs (Exhibit 95185) probing NSPI's treatment of enhanced geothermal technology relative to small modular reactors and tidal generation, requesting peak-demand reduction data linked to hybrid heating adoption, and seeking construction schedule risk registers, high-voltage equipment procurement status, and a 5-year outage history for the existing 345 kV NS–NB interconnection relevant to the Ns Nb Reliability Intertie Project.
- SWEB Development filed five IRs (Exhibit 95186) focused on Renewable Energy procurement integrity, asking NSPI to explain the high dropout rate in the Rate Base Procurement, address interconnection delays affecting awarded RBP projects, reconcile Green Choice in-service date assumptions (2028/2029 per Report Figure 6) with the procurement's CPI Adjustment Period ending December 2027, and clarify whether existing generator interconnection queue mechanisms enable "queue squatting" that could impede future Transmission Planning capacity for Nova Scotia load-serving wind projects.
- Across all three sets of IRs, a recurring concern is whether NSPI will meet 2030 clean energy targets given resource buildout discrepancies, project dropouts, and the potential peak load impact of up to 1,225 MW from hydrogen/ammonia facilities (SBA IR-05; SWEB IR-4).
- Responses to all IRs are due September 19, 2024.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 95183 SBA (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-6
- 95185 CA (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-6
- 95186 SWEB (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-5