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· Rir · 07/10/2026
Nova Scotia Power filed responses to four information requests on the January 18–19, 2026 winter storm, disclosing $3.02 million in restoration costs, South Shore crew deployment data, and circuit-level vegetation contact details.
AI summary
- Total storm restoration cost was $3,024,602, dominated by contractor costs ($1,853,086) and overtime labour ($633,296), partially offset by a Bell capital contribution of ($162,962) (IR-1).
- South Shore restoration lagged other regions due to hazardous road access, heavy wet snow, and vegetation loading, with cold-load restoration issues identified on circuits 73W-411, 91W-411, and 101W-411; Bridgewater depot scaled from 62 to 147 field resources by Day 3 while out-of-province crews were mobilized starting January 19 (IR-2).
- Circuit 101W-411 recorded the highest tree-contact impact among affected feeders at 16 events, 3,004 customer interruptions (CI), and 125,016 customer-hours of interruption (CHI), despite having been trimmed in 2026; several feeders had last trim dates prior to 2015 or as far back as 2017–2018 (IR-3).
- Nova Scotia Power follows Electricity Canada cause-code guidelines, using 'Adverse Weather – Wet Snow' when field crews cannot confirm a specific tree contact after arrival, meaning that category may subsume intermittent tree impacts; subject-matter expert review of outage data occurs post-storm to identify classification discrepancies (IR-4).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-2 NSPI (NSEB) RIR 1 to 4