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· Application · 06/12/2026
NSEB Board Staff issued ten information requests to Nova Scotia Power on its 2026 Load Forecast Report, probing forecast methodology, EV assumptions, demand response targets, and data discrepancies.
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- Board Staff IR-1 through IR-5 challenge key forecast figures in Forecasting Methodology, including a negative 2027 Net System Requirement growth projection, a 4.5–5% upward revision to 2031–2033 NSR versus the 2025 Report, and discrepancies between NS Power's manufacturing GDP and employment figures (Figure 20) and Statistics Canada Tables 36-10-0711-01 and 14-10-0202-01.
- IR-6 requests NS Power's Electric Resource Assessment Model EV forecast model in unprotected Excel format, and asks whether the model assumes 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2036 in line with a March 2023 provincial policy analysis.
- IR-7 scrutinizes the large step-change in Direct Load Control MW shown in Figure 69 for 2032, questioning why NSPI reverted to 2022 Evergreen IRP achievable potential targets rather than phasing in demand response capacity gradually.
- IR-8 and IR-9 probe continuity issues with prior proceedings (M12349): specifically whether the IRP and load forecast remain aligned given the IRP's prior underestimation of 2024–2025 energy demand, and how the Municipal Electric Utilities' April 2025 decision to continue bundled service affected NSR assumptions.
- IR-10 asks NS Power to enumerate the historical variation inputs applied in the probabilistic forecasting methodology described in Appendix D, page 2.
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Documents filed on this day
- 102364 NSEB (NSPI) IR 1 to 10