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· Application · 06/10/2022
EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power filed rebuttal evidence in the 2023-2025 DSM Plan proceeding, defending the $173 million Settlement Plan against intervenor challenges on avoided costs, demand response, incentive methodology, and low-income program performance
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- NS Power (Exhibit E-28) reiterated support for Efficiencyone's 2023-2026 DSM Plan Settlement Plan targeting 412.7 GWh and 96.7 MW in savings at $173 million over 2023-2025, and committed to updating Demand Side Management avoided costs with E1 and the DSMAG ahead of the 2026-2028 plan cycle in alignment with the Integrated Resource Plan evergreen process.
- EfficiencyOne (Exhibit E-29) defended its 50/50 residential/BNI investment split as required by the Board-approved Standardized Filing framework, warning that prioritizing highest-TRC measures exclusively would defund low-income and underserved market programs including Mikmaw Home Energy Efficiency Project Mheep, Affordable Multifamily Housing And Non Profit Organizations Amf, and Affordable Single Family Homes Asfh.
- E1 agreed with Synapse (Exhibit E-25) that existing avoided costs are outdated, but declined to restate cost-effectiveness results in Annual Progress Reports, instead proposing the issue be addressed through the DSMAG ahead of the 2026-2028 plan; E1 also supported referring the Cost Effectiveness testing methodology question—including the relative merits of the PAC test versus a jurisdiction-specific test—to the DSMAG.
- On Demand Response Load Control, E1 rebutted the Industrial Group's argument that demand response is primarily a Rate Design matter for NS Power, citing its statutory mandate under s. 79A(b)(iii) of the Public Utilities Act and its role in the joint E1-NS Power Demand Response Working Group; NS Power concurred that E1 has a legitimate role in DR program implementation.
- E1 proposed a performance target of 15.8 GWh applying only to targeted Low Income Programs (ASFH, AMF, MHEEP), rejecting the Consumer Advocate's broader 39.4 GWh target that included incidental savings, and acknowledged COVID-19 as the primary cause of missed low-income savings targets in 2020-2021.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- E-28 Rebuttal Evidence - NSPI
- E-29 Rebuttal Evidence - E1