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· Application · 07/14/2026
Nova Scotia Power filed a $4,392,251 capital project application for Lingan Unit 2 refurbishment to maintain firm capacity through the 2025/26 winter season.
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- NS Power seeks subsequent approval (CI C0082195) for $4,392,251 in capital expenditures to refurbish Lingan Unit 2 (LIN2), covering boiler components, bottom and fly ash systems, coal mills, valves, feedwater piping, and electrical/control equipment to enable safe operation through winter 2026 (Exhibit N-1, p. 1–3).
- The project cost exceeds the 2026 ACE Plan estimate of $3,162,203 by $1,230,048, with the variance attributed to scope uncertainty pending equipment inspection and to higher-than-anticipated unit utilization—LIN2 was recalled four times during 2024/25, generating 128 GWh of firm output (Exhibit N-1, p. 4).
- Consistent with the Board's August 28, 2025 direction in CI C0067023, NS Power is filing all LIN2 winter capacity work as a single combined application; the filing also requests Board approval of $1,331,000 in 2025 operating costs for LIN2, broken out quarterly, as required by prior Board decisions dating to 2022 and 2024 (Exhibit N-1, p. 4).
- Both the 2025 Integrated Resource Plan 10-Year System Outlook and the inaugural IESO Nova Scotia 2026 10-Year System Outlook (M12916) identify LIN2 as required through Winter 2029/30, with retirement contingent on new fast-acting firm generation resources being in service and demonstrating reliable operation (Exhibit N-1, p. 3).
- The project is filed as a Class 0 estimate with no contingency, as work is substantially complete; the asset will be depreciated over 30 years within the Steam Production Plant – Lingan 2 depreciation group, representing 0.41% of the asset pool (Exhibit N-1, p. 2, 5).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-1 CI C0082195 – LIN2 2025/26 Capacity Requirement - $4,392,251