Bates White Economic Consulting filed responses to Round 1 Information Requests in NSPI's ELID Tariff proceeding, clarifying that the Power Sales Agreement disrupts cost recovery despite no identified inconsistency with the tariff proposal

M12661 · Nova Scotia Power - Application for approval of an Above-the-Line Tariff applicable to Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP)Application for approval of the Extra Large Industrial Dispatchable (ELID) Tariff, an above-the-line- tariff available to Port Hawkesbury Paper

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Bates White (retained by Nova Scotia Power Incorporated) responded to one information request (IR-1) filed by intervenor Blake Williams in M12661, concerning the proposed Eliadc Tariff (ELID Tariff) for Port Hawkesbury Paper.
In response to IR-1(a), Bates White confirmed it identified no inconsistencies between the proposed ELID Tariff and the General Rate Application Settlement Agreement, within the scope of work described at page 7 of its Evidence.
In response to IR-1(b), Bates White clarified that while no direct inconsistency was found between the ELID Tariff and the Goose Harbour Power Sales Agreement (PSA), the PSA's terms undermine the likelihood of Port Hawkesbury Paper paying its properly allocated embedded costs as an above-the-line customer — citing Evidence at page 8, lines 5–21.
The filing was submitted on June 18, 2026, the same date responses were due, and was authored by Vincent Musco and Collin Cain of Bates White Economic Consulting.

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Documents filed on this day

N-32 BW (NSPI) RIR 1 exhibits