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· Decision · 07/07/2026
NSEB accepted Nova Scotia Power's Community Solar Program 2025 Report and approved confidential treatment of PPA energy cost data, declining to impose additional reporting requirements.
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- The Board accepted Nova Scotia Power's Community Solar Program – 2025 Report (filed January 30, 2026), which showed four approved projects representing ~9% of the 100 MW program capacity, with only one project achieving commercial operation in 2025 and $13,657 in credits paid to subscribers for 682,853 kWh of energy received.
- The Board approved Nova Scotia Power's Confidentiality request under Rule 12 of the Boards Regulatory Rules to redact the total cost of Power Purchase Agreement energy purchased in Attachment 1, finding that disclosure would likely benchmark future proponent bids to the single operational project's awarded rate, harming ratepayers through cost inflation; the Board noted that different considerations may apply once more projects are operational.
- The Consumer Advocate recommended additional future reporting on program self-financing, fuel-savings offsets, billing system enhancement cost recovery, and low-income Residential Solar Pv Program subscriber transition activity, but the Board accepted NS Power's position that administrative fees and reporting obligations are governed by ministerial determinations and existing Board directives (M11911), and declined to issue further direction.
- The Small Business Advocate sought expanded interconnection status reporting and clarity on NS Power liability during the Interim Period before commercial operation; the Board accepted NS Power's explanation that Interim Period energy pricing is set in Board-approved PPAs and that interconnection details are reported in the annual Interconnection Processes Report.
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What was filed
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- 102657 Decision letter
- 102657 Decision letter