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· Application · 01/07/2026
Nova Scotia Energy Board opens oral hearing for Nova Scotia Power's 2026 General Rate Application, examining Cost of Service and Depreciation panel evidence from a broad field of intervenors.
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- The January 7, 2026 hearing session convened NSP's Cost of Service panel (including witness Blair and Clarke) and a separate Depreciation panel, with in-chief examination and extensive cross-examination by multiple intervenors including the Consumer Advocate, Affordable Energy Coalition, Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus, and NDP Caucus.
- A notable procedural issue arose around witness Blair's qualifications: intervenor counsel Mahody challenged the absence of a CV, and Board Member Deveau followed up to clarify that Blair had testified as a company witness before the Ontario Energy Board but was not formally qualified as an expert there, while he was specifically qualified as an expert witness in New Brunswick.
- One excerpt visible in the section map shows NSP witness Williams explaining that the Settlement Agreement from the prior proceeding expressly identifies the Minimum System cost-of-service methodology as the subject of a standalone application or matter to be brought before the Board in 2026, with all parties free to take any position.
- The hearing featured opening statements from the Affordable Energy Coalition, Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus, and Nova Scotia NDP Caucus before the technical panel examinations began, signalling active intervenor interest in affordability, rate design, and cost allocation issues.
- The document is a section map only (150,502 tokens, not read in full); the substantive content of most cross-examination pages on cost-of-service methodology, depreciation rates, and rate-design topics was not accessible beyond the structural headings and the limited excerpts reproduced in the map.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 20260107-1 Hearing Transcript — 01/07/2026 (Willett, Williams, Flemming, MacIntosh, Blair)