NSEB dismisses Allan King's appeal of DRO decision, upholds NS Power's estimated and reconciled billing for February 2026, and directs utility to offer a payment plan within 30 days.

M12747 · NSPI DRO Appeal - Billing Issues - Allan King

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The Board dismissed Mr. King's appeal of a March 12, 2026 Dispute Resolution Officer decision, finding that NS Power complied with Regulation 5.1 by using historical consumption data to estimate meter reads during periods when actual reads were unavailable (June–December 2025) and correctly reconciling those estimates upon obtaining an actual read in February 2026 (Exhibit K-2, p. 2).
The February 24, 2026 bill — totalling $1,126.42 at an average of 96.1 kWh/day — was a catch-up bill covering the full April 2025 to February 2026 period; the Board accepted it as fully and correctly reconciled based on the actual meter read of 28,266 kWh on February 20, 2026.
The Board found that Mr. King's October 2025 installation of Heat Pumps, replacing oil and wood heating, likely explains a significant portion of the consumption increase, and that NS Power could not have accounted for this in its estimates as it was not notified of the installation until March 11, 2026.
Mr. King's concern that NS Power's Cybersecurity incident (subject to separate investigation under M12273) may have compromised meter readings was not upheld, as the disputed bill was based on an actual — not system-generated estimated — meter read.
The Board directed NS Power to contact Mr. King within 30 days to assess whether a Billing Procedures payment plan is required and, if so, to establish a reasonable payment arrangement.

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