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· Application · 07/17/2026
Consumer Advocate and Nova Scotia Power stake out opposing positions on Industrial Group's request to convert M12661 ELID Tariff proceeding to an oral hearing
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- The Consumer Advocate (Pink Larkin) filed a letter on July 17, 2026 supporting the Industrial Group's July 16 request for an oral hearing in M12661, citing unresolved Tariff Design disputes between Nova Scotia Power and Port Hawkesbury Paper and competing expert views on key Eliadc Tariff-successor features (exhibit 102813).
- Port Hawkesbury Paper (McInnes Cooper) advised it has no objection to an oral hearing but requested scheduling be arranged so a Board decision can be issued 'well in advance of 2027,' given PHP's current tariff expires December 31, 2026 (exhibit 102828).
- Nova Scotia Power opposed conversion to an oral hearing, arguing the nearly seven-month written record — including one IR round, a technical conference, intervenor consultant evidence, and reply evidence — is sufficient, and that contested issues (demand determinant, Interruptible Rider credit, Dispatchable Rider design, Priority Interruptible compensation) are discrete Rate Design matters not requiring cross-examination (exhibit 102833, p. 1–3).
- NS Power warned that an oral hearing would introduce 'material timing risk' to establishing a successor tariff by January 1, 2027, and proposed a mandatory settlement process as an alternative, noting successful prior collaboration that produced the GRA Settlement Agreement (exhibit 102833, p. 4).
- Key substantive disagreements identified in NS Power's letter centre on whether the 2026–2027 GRA Settlement Agreement fixes the ELID Tariff parameters or permits parties to re-litigate them in this proceeding — a question of Interpretation Of Legislation and settlement scope flagged by both the Consumer Advocate and NS Power (exhibits 102813, 102833).
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 102813 Letter CA re: Oral Hearing
- 102828 Email PHP re: Response to boards email re oral hearing
- 102833 Letter NSPI re: Response to oral hearing request